{"id":7844,"date":"2026-10-18T02:12:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-18T02:12:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digitalnews25.com\/?p=7844"},"modified":"2026-10-18T02:12:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-18T02:12:09","slug":"my-son-skipped-christmas-dinner-with-me-the-first-year-after-my-husband-passed-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/digitalnews25.com\/?p=7844","title":{"rendered":"My Son Skipped Christmas Dinner With Me The First Year After My Husband Passed Away"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Joanne explained that Garrett had deposited the check into his own account two weeks after the funeral. Herbert had arranged months before he died for the bank to alert her if anything unusual touched my accounts. The bank\u2019s fraud department sent her the copy in November. I pressed my hand against my mouth. My son had forged my name while I was still sleeping on Herbert\u2019s side of the bed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s more,\u201d Joanne said gently. 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