Death Greed & Drama
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Death, Greed, & Drama: Some Takeaways
This will be the last post in this series as I am starting the new year fresh and its time to leave this behind. *** Having both parents gone as adults feels so peculiar. A junior high school friend had also recently lost her dad and handling his estate described it best, she said that Continue reading
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Death, Greed, & Drama: Letting Go
The attorney began our session with asking, “why did your mom do this?” And all I could say was that DW got in her ear. And she attempted to console me by saying no matter what I did or say I couldn’t compete against DW’s daily indoctrination. The stunning truth was that Māmā grew not Continue reading
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Death, Greed, & Drama: Things Are Not Better in the Light
I maintained enough pleasantries to leaving with a copy of all Māmā’s legal documents from my end of September visit. Over the next 3 weeks I had to reach out to five different local law firms before I found an attorney who genuinely wanted to provide substantive answers rather than collecting a large retainer and Continue reading
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Death, Greed, & Drama: In The Dark
Māmā had not given me a copy of her Last Will and Testament despite me asking multiple times. She certainly did not provide me with a copy of the mysterious Family Trust. At no point did anyone offer me any information as if I should blindly trust them because they said so. Under the guise Continue reading
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Death, Greed, & Drama: Sep 6, 2025 E-Mails Continued
SEPTEMBER 6, 2025 at 4:15 pm MY EMAIL RESPONSE AW, First of all, you called me twice on Friday, Sep 5th – 8:48 am & 8:51 am. Then you called me at 7:02 pm the same day. I didn’t respond within 17 hours and can hardly be considered as ‘non-responsive.’ Second, my brother and I just lost our mother, and I Continue reading
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Death, Greed, & Drama: No Time to Grieve
The 2 weeks after the funeral, DW called me almost every day, sometimes 2-3 times a day. It got to the point that every time I heard her unique ringtone, I instantly became crossed and filled with rage. She inquired when I was going to take Daniel, when I was going to take over being Continue reading
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Death, Greed, & Drama: Thursday, August 28, 2025 at 11:00 am
I had an off-site work meeting at the end of September and had planned to swing by to visit since I was within a few hours of the general area. However, it was not meant to be. I haven’t seen Daniel since he’s had his stroke. It was difficult to believe that he was only Continue reading
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Death, Greed, & Drama: Tuesday, August 26, 2025 at 6:26 pm ET
DW called and left me a message letting me know that Māmā had passed away. I fell to my knees in shock, wept out loud – ugly cried, heartbroken, and could not regain my composure to immediately return her call. I asked DW how Māmā died but she could not understand what I was asking. Continue reading
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Death, Greed, & Drama: A Therapeutic Series of Letting Go
My mother unexpectedly passed away in August 2025, and life has been full of family drama driven by greed. So, I will be publishing a series of posts as an attempt to work through emotions, internal dissonance, and find some peace in the turmoil. Continue reading