I suddenly got very sick. My daughter-in-law was the only one who visited me. For 7 days, she brought fresh ingredients, made chicken soup, fed me, cleaned, and left. I never left my room.

When I finally got out of bed, I froze. I realized my daughter-in-law had been taking all my possessions: my fine porcelain, my precious artwork, even my expensive furniture. Everything was gone. At first, I was shocked. Technically, she wasn’t stealing—the house and everything inside it were in my son’s name. For months, he had begged me to sell my things because he “needed the money urgently.”
I refused every time, telling him that he could have everything after my death, but as long as I was alive, the house and its contents were untouchable. But while I lay helpless in bed, my daughter-in-law had taken advantage of my illness to empty my home and sell off everything I loved. I am heartbroken and utterly devastated.