My Aunt Announced My Grandmother’s “Death” at Thanksgiving—Then the Doorbell Rang

the conversation was about to shift.

“I went to see my attorney yesterday,” she said.

I glanced up. “Everything okay?”

“Everything’s fine. I’m updating my estate plan.”

I groaned. “Grandma—”

“Don’t make that face. I’m not dying. I’m organizing.”

She had always talked about death the way she talked about property taxes and insurance premiums—as something continue reading …