The Random Tuesday Test: Caregiving, Inheritance, and What Family Really Owes

nodded quickly. “Yeah. We should just be practical. Mom would want us to be practical.”

My mother—who cried the first time I suggested we buy a used recliner because she worried it was “too much” for me—would want us to be practical.

Sure.

My brother pulled out his phone. Of course he did.

“I can call someone about the house,” he said. “It’s probably best continue reading …