This is my quandry.

[wombat2u2004]

Ahh mate, I'm so sorry to hear of that outcome.
Pick up your sticks and move on Richard.....put it all behind you, and the sibs to......they ain't worth knowing.
Just remember that you tried your best to get the family to agree on something that would be beneficial to you all in the long run, and not as they have done by selecting the short run to grab what they can now.

If it's any consolation mate.......it ain't that hard to get rid of people like that out of your life.....I got rid of my sibs years ago, and I'm a much better man because of it......family politics are hurtful and mean....you don't need that in your life old mate.....life is too short.

If there is anything I can do.....just PM me...k ???
Wom

[RICHARD]

There just isn't anything I can say that will help make it better.

There is a ticket to Scotland waiting for me at LAX?

If it's any consolation mate.......it ain't that hard to get rid of people like that out of your life.....I got rid of my sibs years ago, and I'm a much better man because of it......family politics are hurtful and mean....you don't need that in your life old mate.....life is too short.

If there is anything I can do.....just PM me...k ???
Wom

Yes, sir!

You cannot take the 'blood' out of your veins.

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My dearest sister said something to my brother-they are part of the opposing force-that made me laugh.

She confided to my brother that I would freak out and commit suicide.

My Dear Sis was so compassionate that she never came to the house to say goodbye to my mom for the two months she was at home.

As a matter of fact? I was with Ma up until the few hours before she died.
She was comatose and we had to wet her lips with a swab so her mouth would not dry out.

When she felt the pressure of the sponge she would try to suck the moisture out of it.

I felt an overwhelming sadness as I did so. I thought how she may have done the same thing for/to me as I was growing up. With a warm breast or a cool cup of water?

I spoke to her at that time and told her that I knew she was tired, she was in pain and it was O.K. for her to go.

Not that I am any giver of life or death, but I wanted the best for her.


No pain, no suffering and no sorrow.

That really released me from having to mourn for her.

I got to be there and I was able to talk to her for one last time.

I went to sleep to rest and a few hours later they woke me up to tell me that she had passed.

I felt not pain, but I small sense of relief and a smaller twinge of what would come to pass.

In the almost two years I have thought about her and her stubborness in not making a will or administrating to her estate?

But, we all want to live forever, so I see her point.


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I have wanted to run away from all this mess, but staying and putting the best foot forward is what I have to do.


I have 5 sibs an NOT ONE offered to be here today to see how this open house would go.

No one called, no one asked and one of my sibs is going to Disneyland today.

Really.

So,
My cochlea won't suffer any damage in the near future.

I'll need it to hear the complaints the will have down the road when they complain about the "way I screwed them out of the -------- they wanted from her house".

To be totally mean?

Eff them and the horse that carried their sorry arses into the arena.

I don't have to worry about riding in that rodeo.

I had to take the bull by the horns.

[Cinder & Smoke]

We have decided to sell the house.

The financial turnover was just too great for us to bear.

Sorry to hear things aren't working out.

So, where are You, Ed, and the Kittys all headed ?

If you need a couple nickles to rub together while you find a spot ...
drop me a line ... NO strings attached. Can't have any Homeless Kittys!

{{{Hugs}}}

[Pinot's Mom]

Richard, as others have said, please let me know if there's anything I can do. I don't know what, but I just feel I should be doing SOMETHING. Please keep us updated, we care a whole lot about you!