At first they mocked what I got, but eventually they returned to ask for it.

When my mother passed away, it felt as if the world had shifted in a way I couldn’t fully describe. Everything around me continued normally, yet I felt disconnected from it, as though I was observing life rather than participating in it. Even simple routines, like walking into a room or hearing familiar voices, felt slightly distant.

Grief does not arrive all at once; it slowly changes how reality feels, until even ordinary moments seem unfamiliar. The reading of the will became one of the most emotionally difficult moments of that period.