My sister, Cynthia DeStaffany, forced my brain-injured mother into GIVING her our family business, The Gourmet's Galley, in Friday Harbor, after the whole family had built that business TOGETHER. Cynthia did this while she continued to ignore and severely neglect Mom, allowing Mom to live in terrible squalor with unpaid bills for YEARS.
When my husband and I found out and tried to put a stop to all of this, my sister intervened, and scared my mother into allowing it all to continue until Mom's death in 2011. Mom's house insurance lapsed, her electric bill was shut off many times, and her property was very nearly lost in an auction due to unpaid taxes. My sister was against us hiring a housekeeper or nurse for Mom, so Mom declined our many offers of help. Yet when Mom died, my sister was right there to take Mom's property, her (now-dilapidated) house, and nearly everything in it. This is after she did the exact same thing to our Dad.
When you shop at The Gourmet's Galley in Friday Harbor, you are condoning and further supporting this reprehensible behavior. Please STOP! My Mom did not want any of this to happen, but felt powerless to stop it. BULLYING IS WRONG. Don't let it continue by spending money in this shop.