My mom tried her best to say it casually, but it was still such a painful sentence: “Steven honey, now that dad is in the nursing home and the town house is sold, before I give everything away you should go downstairs in the basement and take whatever you want.” My dad was not a materialistic guy.  He worried about money his entire life—to the point that even after he made it in business, he still reused his dental floss—after [...]