Well, Ann, keep kicking and when you slow down to zero we'll know that
you've stopped. And shed a tear.

Mary

Samantha C. wrote:

Ann wrote:

   > but they're not computer-esque, and

(Hope I didn't completely mess up the above message repeats -- on
WebTV...)

Ann's situation is very much like my own. I am single, have an estranged
family situation, and my friends here are also older and not on
computers. Don't think they would even really understand the internet
support group concept. I do have a very long-time friend in another
state that I could send info to ahead of time (pre-written?)  but don't
know....

I have just recently done my 'final directives' by putting my condo in a
Trust and naming a bank as successor trustee (or whatever) so that when
I die everything will be handled professionally from disposing of apt.
contents to selling the condo. Most of remaining profit will go to
several charities that are in the Will. Took me a long time to figure
out how to handle all this, but lawyer I finally went to specialized in
Estate Planning and Elder Law and knew how to do all this. Also
pre-arranged and paid for cremation and burying of ashes beneath a tree
in cemetery. I'm also putting personal info re: insurance info, soc.
sec., birth certificate, car title, medical info, credit card info, what
bills paid by automatic deduction from checking acct, tax records,...all
in separate vinyl file envelopes so that someone can find out this
information without me around. I feel so much better about doing all
this. Now I can go on with life without worrying about "what will
happen" to everything when I die. It's also made me clean and donate
some things now.

I think maybe I could pre-write a generic announcement and leave it for
the bank trustee dept. to send to several people, but haven't gotten
that detailed yet. It is something that those of us who are  "alone" do
think about I think. I'm not going to get any younger and sooner or
later something will get me. But hopefully, not for awhile.

I'd be interested in any other thoughts or information others might
have. The only thing I don't have, and probably won't have, is a Power
of Attorney for Health Care. Don't have anyone close enough I feel
comfortable in asking them to make my health care decisions if I'm not
able to. That's a real biggie! Living Will is for not existing
mechanically on machines.

Kathie

How about someone at work?

Or a line in your will when you happen to make or modify one.

I don't think being only 'electrons' make you any less real to us. After
all someone you have seen face to face is still only photons.

We do care about you, you know.

Tim