The author's aunt was a famous sculptor. When she died, my mam inherited a bunch of the pieces and then when she died, she kind of made it clear, she hoped they would stay with me,. cause she had been remarried after her parents were divorced. So we had em evaluated. Andd i didn't actually have to write a check, because we were getting some inherited money from the sale of my dad's house. But i could really see that had my parents not drafted a really careful, professional legal document saying, this is exactly where everything goes, and everybody gets this amount, i could almost feel like my blood starting to boil if i thought for a
“Mine” is one of the first words babies learn. By the time we grow up, the idea of ownership seems natural. But who controls the space behind your airplane seat: you reclining or the squished laptop user behind? Why is plagiarism wrong, but it’s okay to knock-off a recipe or a dress design? Mine! explains these puzzles and many more.