"A Dr. Spock for death"

   Now there's a headline that caught my eye, "A Dr. Spock for death, 'A Beginners Guide to the End' helps people prepare for a life stage that many wold prefer to deny."  Star Tribune, Sunday, November 24, 2019, p. E10. Shoshana Berger and BJ Miller are co-authors of A Beginners Guide...
Shoshana "My sister and I ended up literally sitting down at a computer in the room where my father lay cold and Googling, 'What do you do when someone dies?' That encapsulates how little preparation we have, and how little we know about this experience...." "Q. Why is our culture so hellbent of avoiding death?" BJ "Death is scary. We're wired to run away from it, so there's no shame in that. But you can tell America is a young culture by the way it handles  aging and dying--that it's something you fight, not come to terms with...." "Q. How and when should people start preparing for death?"  Shoshana "Creating a When I Die file. You can put all your stuff in a shoebox, or a file, or a cloud drive that's going to make it so much easier for the people you love to deal with it when they lose you. Because they are going to be in the thick of grief themselves and then to have to call Verizon and sit on a phone tree for an hour is just adding insult to injury.
    "So having all your passwords in one place, your advanced directives, your will and trust, and then some softer things that you can add, like writing a letter to the people you love.
    "This is not a book for old people. This is a book for everyone. It always feels too early until it's too late."

    So, we all have our will and trust, right? Advance directives are properly prepared? Passwords and information clearly organized?  Well, what ARE we  waiting for?

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Al