Long Lost Relative

You've undoubtably heard the stories of people coming into an inheritance, out of the blue, from a long lost relative.  Someone they barely heard of or even didn't know about.  They are summoned to the reading of the will and find they are millionaires overnight.  I was musing about this probably 25 years ago with my Mother-in -law, Gloria.  I said something like, Who would there be in my family that would have that kind of money?  We were saying how great it would be because the person would not be someone you knew about and therefore wouldn't be saddened by their passing.  Gloria told me of a second cousin she had in Ann Arbor.  The woman was rich and there were very few heirs.  She was somewhat daft.  Her dress was eccentric and often she wore long dress gloves around, even as she worked with flower gardens.  She owned real estate in Ann Arbor.  I never met the woman, but I thought it would be interesting to see what she was like in person.

Well, we got the news last month that she had passed away.  There were about seven or eight people listed who were relatives of the deceased.  The estate is valued at 19 million dollars.  We're thinking of buying a place in Florida.  There will have to be a renovation of our Fenton place, of course.  I'm considering changing from Five O'Clock to Grey Goose.  That may be a little extravagant.  Stay tuned.

Here's hoping you have a long lost relative or benefactor at some point in your life.  Of course, if you've ever watched The Millionaire on television you know that the money doesn't always result in happiness.  The bad emotions of people come to the surface and of course government wants a part of the action.  You'd be lucky to have enough left to buy a new Lexus.  Well, I have to check Facebook to see if anyone commented on my status.