Families rupturing over a loved one’s possessions is not unusual. It can occasionally get so bad that people destined to inherit might not agree.

A woman shared a story of her mother and the inheritance she left after her passing.

The woman began by stating that she was the one who cared for her mother during her cancer battle. The woman added, “Since Mom has always been my best friend, it goes without saying that I will support her through this illness at every turn.”

She was always there for her mother, though, while her avaricious brother and aunts were always around when they needed something, which was generally to have their bills paid.

“One aunt wanted my mom’s “contacts” to help her find a new home as my mom’s health was steadily failing. since my mother ran a real estate company. The woman wrote, “It was astounding how daring they were.

Her mother sadly departed away.

The woman remembered that day when her mother’s will was supposed to be read. The room, which looked like it was out of a Hallmark film, was filled with her brother, her aunts, and the attorney for her late mother.

“When the lawyer dropped the bomb, I was drinking weak tea from one of the broken teacups. Approximately $5 million of Mom’s savings were designated to be divided between my brother and my aunts. I swallowed the tea hard, wondering what on earth was going on. since I received nothing. None at all. Nothing at all.

Her brother and her aunts were trying desperately not to grin at her as tears began streaming down her face and mascara drips marred her skirt.

“‘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 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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