Save Us From Our House!

Save Us
from
Our House!

Episodes

EPISODE 25 - Upstairs Downstairs

When Donna and Saul first bought their dream home it was split into three apartments. The couple wanted to turn it into a single family home, but then Donna discovered she was pregnant and all their plans came to a standstill. Three years later the family of four is still living out of three small rooms on the second floor, while the unfinished main floor remains an empty shell. Donna, can’t understand why Saul, who works in construction, hasn’t been able to get the job done, but after a long, grueling day installing drywall, the last thing Saul wants to do is come home to work on the house. His wife is fed up, frustrated and exhausted. This cramped, unfinished house is not what she had in mind for herself or her family. Saul feels guilty and responsible but powerless to change things any time soon. To make things worse, Donna can’t understand why her husband continues to send a chunk of their income to help support his large family in Mexico instead of using it to improve the life of his own, young family right here in Canada.