Kimberly Draxler, 57 years old and surviving on disability income in Hillview, Kentucky, had spent years treading water.
Her son helped her stay afloat with $600 each month.
When he moved out, everything changed. Bills piled up. The math no longer worked. Then came a letter from a lawyer’s office, informing her that foreclosure proceedings had already begun.
No phone call. No warning. Just a notice that her home, her anchor, was being pulled out from under her.
Kimberly's story is more than a tragedy. It is a signal. A warning flare. And if we fail to see what it represents, we risk missing the early signs of something far bigger.
Because while pundits chatter about soft landings and optimistic outlooks, the real economy, the lived economy of American households, is sending a very different message.
A Rising Sense of Financial Fragility