The Satellite Son and the Cane Son: When Money Can’t Carry Grief

paid for the casket, but he held her hand until her last breath rattled out of her chest.

That afternoon, I drove to a local law firm. I drafted a quitclaim deed transferring 100% of the property and the land to David. I set up a trust to cover his living expenses for the next ten years.

It wasn’t a gift. It was back pay. And even then, as I drove back continue reading …