I Used My Teen Daughter’s Inheritance For Her Sister’s Tuition—She Said “You’ll Re…”

I am a mother to two wonderful girls, but our journey has been far from easy. My eldest daughter is 16 years old and comes from my first marriage. Her name is Ameenah. The sudden loss of her father meant she was left with a sum of $50,000, money I was legally responsible for managing until she turned 18. This money was meant to be a foundation for her future.

My second daughter, Liyana, is 9 years old and my child with my current husband, Malik. My husband and I had a dream for Liyana: we wanted her to attend the same excellent private school that many children in our community went to. When we looked at the cost, we realized we needed a solution. So, we made a choice that changed everything: We used the funds from Ameenah’s inheritance to pay for Liyana’s tuition.

When I told Ameenah what we had done, her reaction was immediate and heartbreaking. She looked at me with an intensity I had never seen and stated simply, “You’ll regret this.” I dismissed it as teenage anger, but I was terribly wrong.

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