Matriarch uses inheritance to keep her family in line

DEAR ABBY

DEAR ABBY: For the last 12 years, we have been traveling 7 1/2 hours to see my husband’s grandparents. This happens several times a year. Each time I pray it will be the last visit.

Invariably, when we return home, I am sick for about a week, and it’s getting worse. At 96, Grandma

isn’t cleaning the house (Grandpa died four years ago). She lives on her own in the country. Grandma has falle…