My mom built an addition onto my house so she could live with us and remain independent. Our multigenerational setup even boosted our home's value.
"She will never go for that," I told my husband in 2023 when he suggested that my then-68-year-old mom sell the Hudson, New York, home she had lived in for 45 years and move an hour north to live with us.
After my stepdad died in 2020, she seemed to ... [4581 chars]