In February 2018, my family vacationed with my widowed mom on a fabulous Caribbean cruise. We had a wonderful time, but it quickly became evident that it was no longer possible for mom to be left alone for long periods, let alone continue to live by herself in the city where she had raised my sister and me since birth. In the coming weeks, we discussed and planned the transition of listing mom’s condo for sale and moving her in with my family, 5 hours away from her home. It was laborious to clean out her condo and purge so…
