Widow Left on a Dirt Road: Son Claims the House and Business, Not Knowing What Mom Secured

with me wasn’t in any of those boxes Melissa packed.

It was already in place.

I was born Naomi Marie Blackwood. I became Naomi Canton when I married Nicholas in 1981. I remained that person until three weeks ago, the day after we buried him.

I’m sixty-eight now. My hands ache in cold weather and crack in the winter no matter how much lotion I use. They continue reading …