Gratitude

Dear Sears Card

I miss you and your friends in home appliances, too

image of a closed Sears store, shared via Creative Commons License, Wikimedia Commons

When I first moved into an apartment (twenty-something years ago), my mom suggested I apply for a credit card. She said if paid for a purchase over time, I could establish credit. So I mailed in an application, and one day you arrived, blue and silver and with a little white strip on the back where I could…