It
is not rare that families fracture over a loved one’s assets. It sometimes goes
to the extent that those set to inherit may not see eye to eye.
A
woman shared a story of her mother and the inheritance she left after her
passing.
The
woman started her story saying how she was the one who took care of her mother
who battled cancer. “Mom was always my best friend, so naturally, I was going
to be there every step of the way while she battled this illness,” the woman
wrote.
However,
as she was always there for her mother, her greedy brother and her aunts were
only around when they needed something, usually when they wanted their bills
paid.
“One
aunt (while my mom was on a steady decline), she wanted mom’s “contacts” to
sort out a new house for her. Because my mom owned a real estate agency. The
audacity was unbelievable,” the woman wrote.
Sadly,
her mom passed away.
The
woman then recalled the day her mom’s will was to be read. All of her family,
including her brother and her aunts, as well as her late mom’s lawyer were sit
in the room that resembled a scene from a Hallmark movie.
“I
was sipping a cup of weak tea from one of the chipped teacups when the lawyer
dropped the bomb. Mom’s savings, about all $5 million of it, was to be split
between my brother and my aunts. I choked back the tea, thinking what was
happening in the name of heaven. Because I got nothing. Zip. Nada.
“I
was sipping a cup of weak tea from one of the chipped teacups when the lawyer
dropped the bomb. Mom’s savings, about all $5 million of it, was to be split
between my brother and my aunts. I choked back the tea, thinking what was
happening in the name of heaven. Because I got nothing. Zip. Nada,” the woman
wrote.
At
that moment, tears started rolling down her face and mascara drops stained her
skirt while her brother and her aunts had a hard time hiding the smirk on their
faces.
“How
on earth could my mom have done this to me?” I thought, wiping my nose
with the face of my hand. And then, as a classic overthinker, I began to wonder
whether I cared enough for her during those final months,” the poor woman kept
wondering.
Next,
she could see the lawyer approaching her and handing her an envelope.
When
she opened it, the woman saw an address written on a piece of paper. She had no
idea what was going on.
At
first, she thought it could be a location to a storage her mom wanted her to
clear out. The lawyer, for one, stayed tight-lipped. He only reminded the woman
that she was the person her mom loved the most.
When
she got to the address, the woman realized that her mom left her a gem of a
home. The house in front of her was so beautiful it resembled one from a
fairytale. Even the woman’s favorite flowers were planted in the yard.
“It
turns out my mom knew all about how my brother and aunts were the biggest money
drains. But she wanted me to have a place to build a future and a family. To
make new memories in a place that clearly has her spirit,” the woman continued
her story.
Another
letter on the kitchen table in this new home explained that the mom left the
money to her son and her sister fully aware they would waste it the moment they
put their hands on it, but she wanted to teach them the value of family, which
would likely come as a lesson once they spent all the money they inherited.
“But
now, I’m standing in my new kitchen, drinking coffee from the coffee machine I
always wanted, and I realize that mom’s love was never in the money — no. It
was in this home, and I knew that this gift would be more valuable to me than
anything else.
“Hey,
Mom? You still know the best.”
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