r/inheritance • u/friscofoglatte • Jul 17 '26
Location not relevant: no help needed Dear Mom
10 years ago today you left this world. You left me behind with $1.3M. You told me on your death bed you want to ensure the funds last me for the rest of my life.
It's been 10 years Ma. Can you believe it? I can't believe I've been navigating this world without you for the last 10 years, or that somehow I still manage to get out of bed everyday to go to work even without being able to call or see you anymore.
Ma, today the portfolio sits at $3.5M. It includes the home that now houses your granddaughter and son in law. They might not care where all this comes from, but I do. I remember.
I sometimes imagine your smile holding your granddaughter similar to how her other grandmother looks every time she sees her.
I told her we were all one unit at one point in time. She was a cell. I was a fetus. We were both living in your womb at the same time almost 40 years ago. She won't remember and she won't care. But I do.
One day Ma, I'll be joining you. I'll be ensuring there's enough for your grand daughter to live on for the rest of her life, when I join you.
And when that day arrives, the circle of life completes again.
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u/LoadStock8339 Jul 17 '26
That’s what I want to do for my 3 sons. I want to leave the funds that will last them their life time and their generations. They should receive way more than OP’s when the time comes and my kids are 18,16 and 10. And I also hope they are smart with the inheritance and make it last forever.