It has to be very difficult to have to deal with a loved once finances and estate after they have passed. I know it would be the last thing I want to think about. Everything would be a reminder when going through their things and accounts. I also would not want to find anything that would change my perception of they way they were and they way I remembered them. I think it was a beautiful thing for them to do when they donated the authors mothers furniture.
I really see the importance of advanced directives and wills through the authors story. Like he said, some wills (or lack of) have ripped families apart. It is obviously very important to have a will so that everyone will clearly know your intentions and wishes. It seems that a will may sometimes hurt feelings as well but it is better that there is no ambiguity about what the testate wants.
It is kind of hard for me to read this manuscript because inevitably, I think about my parents and what will happen with them one day. Every time I read I get sad, I will definitely have trouble detaching myself emotionally from my parents if I have to take care of them one day. I have the greatest respect for those who take in their parents because it is so easy to just push them off on a nursing home or onto another sibling. It is apparent through the authors storys that it is very tough, financially, and emotionally but personally, I know that I absolutely owe it to my parents.
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