01/07/2025
MY DEAR GRANDMA LEFT ME A PHOTO OF US, WHILE MY GREEDY MOM AND SISTER GOT HER HOUSE AND CAR, SOON I REALIZED HOW WISE SHE TRULY WAS
Since childhood, my grandmother, Grace, had been the closest person to me. My mother was too busy running from one man to another, and my older sister treated me like I didn't even exist. Grandma saw this and couldn't stand it. When I was 6, she took me in and became my whole world.
She was there for every school performance and football game, raised money for my education, and was always ready to listen to me.
When my grandma passed away, it felt like I had lost a part of myself. I was 26, but at her funeral, I couldn't hold back my tears.
But the real shock came during the reading of her will. The notary announced: the house goes to my mother, the car to my sister, and to me, her beloved grandson—just an envelope with a note inside. "For you, Tom, our photo in a frame. The one from the zoo, when you were 8 years old. Love you. Grandma," the short message read.
I froze, unable to understand why the woman who raised me had left me only this.
My mother and sister were smirking, certain they had gotten everything while I got nothing.
The next day, I returned to Grandma's house, where my mother was already sorting through things, preparing to sell the property. Without saying a word, I walked up to the wall where the photo hung—me and Grandma at the zoo, smiling and happy. With tears in my eyes, I took it down.
When I got back to my rented apartment, I noticed a crack on the outer side of the frame. I decided to put the photo in a nicer frame I had recently received as a birthday gift from a colleague. But when I took apart the old frame, my eyes fell on the inner side of the back cover. I stood there speechless.
"Oh, God!" I thought, "My Grandma was so wise!"