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Susan Ross's avatar

Another important thing to talk about is what you want in your obituary. Wendy, you and I are both journalists, so it frequently falls to us to help folks with their family members’ obituaries when the time comes. If that information is organized, it helps a lot. It’s also important to ask people while they are active and healthy what they would want included. It makes me sad to read an obit that focuses only on that they loved their grandchildren. What happened in the rest of their lives? There were decades and decades of activities and interests and accomplishments and people who should be included. Remember, an obituary is your own little autobiography, so drafting it yourself is a good idea too.

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Elizabeth Wiegand's avatar

Wendy this hit home. Two weeks ago I fell on an outing with grandkids and broke the femur at hip joint. I’m now Bionic Bebe with a rod that was pounded in and screwed from hip to knee. It’s been a painful challenge but I’m now getting about with walker and doing our stars. But, I’m the one that pays the bills, online. So at the first of the month I had to time doing that when I wasn’t woozy from pain meds. We have kept folders labeled as ICE. In Case of Emergency It’s got all that info you asked for. And I feel like most of that information the kids need they’ll e able to find there. So someone else could have made sure bills were paid if needed

Also I had been working on balance issues with MS with PT and increased working with weights last fall. Boy am I glad to have better upper arm strength and core too. It’s helping my rehab now. I just miss helping out with our 5 grandsons as I do weekly. Hello to your folks! Keep on achieving Wendy!

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