I had a neighbor for 18 years. The last 10 years she was my neighbor I paid her bills, and purchased her groceries. This woman was mentally alert and a lot of fun to be around. She became part of our family. But she was blind and hard of hearing.
In 2004 she had a series of strokes that left her unable to live by herself any longer. Her niece and I decided we had to put her into a convalescent home because she no longer knew where she was. That was in 2004 when she was 91 years old. Today she sleeps 20 hours a day and for the last three years she has not known any of her friends or family.
This woman had approximately $300,000 in bonds and CD’s. Between the interest and her social security her income was about $2500 per month. Today we have enough money left to carry her through December 2009. After that we will probably have to sell her home which was supposed to go to her nieces. Continue reading ‘A True Story’ »