by Nanette Piotrowski

Created on: May 19, 2010   Last Updated: December 01, 2010

My Mom was the type of person that would do anything for her six children, or anyone else for that matter. If one of us would have called her and said we needed money or a place to stay, there was no question as to what her answer would be.

We all wound up sooner or later back at Moms until we could get back on our feet financially again. When Mom died of cancer in 2007, we all thought she had a will.

One of my sisters and I lived out of state, but it was my daughter who handled all of the funeral arrangements, not my other 2 sisters or my brother, who had lived with Mom his entire life.

Mom had made it clear to everyone that my brother would remain living in the house for as long as he wanted, which knowing my brother, would be forever.

My 2 sisters that lived in Moms town rarely called her or went by for a visit. They never even showed up for her birthday, Thanksgiving or Christmas but if they needed something, then all of a sudden they could make the time to show up at her house.

After the funeral, the ugliness started. They said I was always Moms favorite and that Mom had 'never' done anything for them. Because Mom had not left a will, they were going to force my brother to sell Moms house so they could divide the money from the sale between them.

One thing you have to understand about my brother is that from a young age, he's not been 100%, if you know what I mean, so he would be easily swayed.

When my brother stood up to them and said no, my sisters took a different tact. They told my brother that they were going to clean the house for him. My sisters had a gigantic dumpster put in the driveway and proceeded to literally empty the house.

They destroyed and smashed pictures of Mom and me and my sister. They threw all of Moms clothes in the trash as well as all her mementos, knick-knacks and most of the furniture. When my daughter found out and went over to the house, they told her there was a restraining order placed against her, me and my other sister.

It was so bad that my brother had a stroke from the stress. This I believe was my sisters plan all along. Now, that one sister lives in that house with my brother. He has since had another stroke.

One way or another, she's going to make sure she gets that house in retribution against my Mother. When it comes to greed in the family, my sisters prove that blood isn't thicker than money.

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