Christine Dabney wrote:
>
> Heya folks,
>
> I am in orientation all this week..and today we had several speakers.
> One was a chaplain, who asked us if we had Living Trusts and wills.
>
> This got me thinking...and thinking about my kitchenware and
> cookbooks, among other things. The slightly morbid part is wondering
> how to give those to people that enjoy food and cooking, and to whom
> they should go to, after I am gone.
>
> I put this question to the cookbook collectors first of all.. Are you
> planning to leave your cookbooks to family? Or do something else with
> them?
>
> For me, (not that I plan to kick off anytime soon) I am wondering who
> I would give all my stuff to. I have no family that would want them.
> Occasionally, I know we have joked here and in chat, that various
> folks here might want the stuff...but that was probably just joking.
>
> I suppose I could leave the cookbooks to some used bookstore, or to a
> library, but I would prefer to leave them to someone that would get
> immense pleasure from them... Same with the kitchenwa I suppose I
> could leave all that to some worthy recipient, but who?
>
> I have idly thought about this over the years, but only today did I
> think about it more seriously. I realized I should probably designate
> some beneficiary someday...and should probably have a will written
> up...
>
> My mother, when she died, left everything to me and my 3 sisters. She
> designated some things to be given to each of us...and my middle
> sister and I split the good china, and I took the silverware.
>
> Anyway, I am putting this out to you all...to see if you have ideas.
> Mind you, I want to live as long as I can...hopefully into my mid 80s
> or longer... The people that I know would love these things, either
> have a ton of cookbooks themselves, or are about my age...and it
> probably wouldn't do them much good for me to leave them this stuff.
>
> As I said, slightly morbid, I know.

I don't think such forethought is morbid - it's actually considerate for
the folks left behind ! Recently, my stepmom had a dear friend of hers
who suddenly died. Stepmom is the Executrix. Thankfully, the Deceased
left specific instructions (whew!). The wise (try to) plan. More
important I think, is the 'means' to accommodate the Deceased's wishes
should be included, too (?). Alas, that's not always the situation, I
think? Makes it much more difficult to follow those wishes and Last
Declarations.

Sky

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