Bob Wright
Hawkeye
Not sure why I'm posting this, its just one of those experiences that leave you sort of wonderin'.
A man asked for my advice this morning, via telephone. The situation was this: His father had died some time back, and his mother wanted to distribute her late husband's guns. She is in ill health and doesn't expect to live much longer.
At the death of her husband, her husband's brother gave them two burial plots, one of which her husband was buried in. The donor asked for nothing, but did indicate he would like to have his brother's L.C. Smith shotgun if the children would agree to that.
Now the older son was from a previous marriage, and was given first choice for one of the guns. They then took turns picking the remaining guns, after first giving the L.C. Smith to their uncle. Distribution continued for the guns until all were given out.
Some time has passed, and the older son got word that this man, my caller, had sold some of his father's guns. (This was not true, however.) He had his cousin call the younger brother and tell him he was disowning him and wanted to never hear from him again. This has hurt the younger half-brother deeply and he asked my advice about confronting him.
I had listened to all of this without any input as he unfolded the story to me. My advice for now was to simply do nothing. Just let it ride for a time, telling him "a wound will not heal if you keep picking at it." Regardless of what I told him, I think he sort of resolved himself in the same attitude, just let the truth come to light in its own way.
Again, I don't know why I'm posting this here. Maybe just to talk it out here. And why I was called into this anyway.
Bob Wright
A man asked for my advice this morning, via telephone. The situation was this: His father had died some time back, and his mother wanted to distribute her late husband's guns. She is in ill health and doesn't expect to live much longer.
At the death of her husband, her husband's brother gave them two burial plots, one of which her husband was buried in. The donor asked for nothing, but did indicate he would like to have his brother's L.C. Smith shotgun if the children would agree to that.
Now the older son was from a previous marriage, and was given first choice for one of the guns. They then took turns picking the remaining guns, after first giving the L.C. Smith to their uncle. Distribution continued for the guns until all were given out.
Some time has passed, and the older son got word that this man, my caller, had sold some of his father's guns. (This was not true, however.) He had his cousin call the younger brother and tell him he was disowning him and wanted to never hear from him again. This has hurt the younger half-brother deeply and he asked my advice about confronting him.
I had listened to all of this without any input as he unfolded the story to me. My advice for now was to simply do nothing. Just let it ride for a time, telling him "a wound will not heal if you keep picking at it." Regardless of what I told him, I think he sort of resolved himself in the same attitude, just let the truth come to light in its own way.
Again, I don't know why I'm posting this here. Maybe just to talk it out here. And why I was called into this anyway.
Bob Wright
