[Hildy]

This is a great idea. I will email you privately. My wonderful father did everything for me before he died. I knew where everything was, what his wishes were, who to contact, and he set up A B trusts so we didn't have to pay alot of taxes.

When we went to New York last week, my husband and I went crazy at the last minute getting all our paperwork together so someone could figure our mess out if something had happened to us. I've been through two big Estate deals and they are alot of work. It's so much easier if everything is spelled out. I do have a suggestion for your book: As morbid as this sounds, one of the hardest things for me was what to put on my Dad's headstone. He was a writer, and I know he would have thought of something great! Whenever I go to the cemetary, the best things are what people chose to put on their headstone. Next to my Dad's someone wrote this:

"THERE WAS A TIME I DID NOT EXIST
NOW ONCE AGAIN I'VE BEEN DISMISSED
THERE'S MUCH TO SAY, BUT HERE'S THE GIST,
I'M REALLY, REALLY, TRULY PISSED."

Now, you know what kind of person that guy was!

[JD86]

That's fantastic! Thanks for sharing. Everytime my mother is in a grouchy mood I get her to smile by telling her I am going to put on her tombstone
"I told you I was sick!"

First she yells, then she laughs.