I couldn’t resist using the above photo, though this post doesn’t focus on the details of legal wills. The quip made me smile for itself – and then also that it’s attributed to Anonymous. Before a death, any time we get near the topic of divvying up belongings after a death might make us want to go into an anonymous mode if we’ll be the inheritors. On the other hand, since we regress after a death, not dealing with the topic ahead of time tends to set up a higher degree of conflict with others. As a relative of mine told me, “Grandpa said he wasn’t going to bother making those decisions and his kids could just fight it out afterwards. And, boy, did they!!” It’s tough to take this on in so many ways. I offer the following ideas and information in the hopes that they may be tools [link to read more…]
