I guess I am at that place in my life where you realize that death is inevitable - it is going to happen and not all that many years away, probably. It is not something I like to think about or plan for but today I decided it was time to start taking some responsible steps towards death.
I took out a life insurance policy on myself.
My next step is get a burial plan. I need to figure out what I want to put in a will and make sure I have a living will on file.
All things I would rather put off but I can't leave it undone anymore.
My worst fear is leaving Emily. Who would ever love her like I do?
Speaking of Ms. Em.... we got her new bed today. It is so pretty. It is one of those designer mattresses, pale pink with the breast cancer ribbon embroidered into it and hearts in the quilting. I wound up going with the two inch memory foam topper that is replacable. It's not really what I wanted but I checked furniture stores within a 50 mile radius and no one carried the natural latex or anything even in the higher end of Serta mattressess. I decided I would rather replace it in 3 -5 years than drive to Oklahoma City or Dallas to go mattress shopping.
Now if JC Penny would get off their asses and get her new bedspread shipped to us....
3 comments:
Everyone needs to have a life insurance policy and living will!!! Good for you taking those steps. I know what you mean about the fear of leaving your children. It's particularly painful for me to think of since Noelle's dad died when she was 3.
After dealing with Pam's death I realised how important it was for EVERYONE to have a living will and life insurance. She had neither. The most important thing is the living will. Everyone talks about what to do if they are considered brain dead. Pam's brain was fine. It was the rest of her body that gave up. We'd never talked about that.
No one could ever love Miss Em like you do. :)
Good for you on taking these steps. My parents, my sister and I have started talking about what will happen when they die, who will care for my sister. They are hard conversations. I know how much I want to be here to parent my children until they are grown; the difficulty in knowing you will leave behind an adult who still is not fully independent must be big. I am so glad that you are starting to face this now. As hard as it must be.
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