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gorgeous1 -> RE: What if you unexpectedly died? (12/14/2007 9:06:22 AM)
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My parents have chosen me to be the executor of their will, and my younger siblings don't know. When they asked me, I begged them to choose a different kid, because I have seen too many families torn apart over things...and that's all they are, things. I
My great grandmother was given a broach watch as an engagement present. Her five daughters were fighting over who would get it, so she decided to give it to me, her only great-grand-daughter at the time of her passing. I am a sentimental creature, so I think I was the appropriate person to inherit it. Unfortunately, my grandmother was so upset that it was willed to me, that she kept it for "safe keeping" until I was older. The reality was that she didn't want me to have it because my mother is adopted, and she didn't want my mom in the first place- it was my adoptive grandfather who really wanted my mom. 8 years later, my grandmother gave birth to a son. He married a selfish materialistic hose-beast who had a daughter who was trained at an early age to say things like, "How many credit cards do you have?" Right before my grandmother died, she gave the watch to my cousin, and I'm sure it's shoved into a sock drawer somewhere, and if she could trade it in for a more fashionable piece of jewelry, she's do it in a heartbeat.
It really hurt that I didn't get the watch, but I'm over it. Besides, I have something of my nana's that means much more to me. She used to read her bible to me. It's a well-worn bible written in Italian. She had wanted to be a nun, but met my nano and fell in love so got married. She willed her bible to me, and I have it. If I was given the choice right now to give up the bible for the watch, I'd keep the bible.
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