I nodded.
“Yes, Mom. You should have.”
The house sold the following spring for $574,000.
At closing, I received $147,108.66 under our agreement.
When the money arrived, I sat in my car and stared at the bank notification.
Then I called Patricia.
“I want to establish a trust for Luna.”
She referred me to an attorney experienced in planning for children with disabilities.
Together, we established the Luna Calder Supplemental Needs Trust.
I contributed the returned money, the savings remaining from Mara’s insurance, and the $4,149 I’d recovered from Christmas.
For years, I’d struggled to look at the life insurance money because it reminded me of losing Mara.
Ahora representaba otra cosa.
Seguridad para nuestra hija.
My parents moved into a smaller house in Weaverville.
Ainsley and Brooks postponed their wedding. She returned to Charlotte, took an additional job, and began working with a financial counselor.
For months, we didn’t speak.
