Time to get things in order, to help those left behind.

[rustic]

Well, an odd post, but sadly true, yesterday morning we had the sad news that my step mother had been found dead in bed after the Police had broken down the door. She had been dead a while.
It was a big birthday of mine a few days before, you know the one... free prescriptions, 10% discount at B&Q on Wednesdays, and I had been trying to phone her to thank her for my birthday present over the following few days. We hadn't been able to get through, a friend had called by to take her out on her weekly evening outing... Then the alarm bells started...

As it happens, her brother is organising the funeral, and he asked me if I knew if she had left a will...

We had no idea, my Father had long gone, so she was on her own, and no one knows where or if there is a will. We never talked about it... you don't really do you?
It's not nice searching through her belongings so early on.

No, asking for the will is not money grabbing so and so's, but for things like her wishes for funeral arrangements etc.
We have made a best guess of what we believe she wanted, but believe me, it does nothing to help us with the grieving process.
Have we made the right decision ?
Well she won't complain.

So, even though you might be in great health now, think of those left behind, you never know if, as a couple you both get wiped out in one incident.
Would your loved ones know what to do.

Get that will written... let your immediate family know where it is, and keep it updated for your wishes, life changes, so should your will.

Picking up the pieces only adds to the grief, so think of others left to sort this out.
The solicitor will be sending out a round robin message to all solicitors in the area to search their records.

Richard ( Rustic ).