By: Susan M. Graham, Certified Elder Law Attorney, Senior Edge Legal, Boise, Idaho A friend just received a check in the mail for $300,000, his share of his mother’s estate. Of course he was delighted to get the money, but wants to make sure it passes to his kids when he dies and not his…
By: Susan M. Graham, Certified Elder Law Attorney, Senior Edge Legal, Boise, Idaho My friend died last week. It became my job to write his obituary. We were friends for 40 years, but I did not know all the details I thought he would want included. People want to have an obituary for many reasons. …
By: Susan M. Graham, Certified Elder Law Attorney, Senior Edge Legal, Boise, Idaho 83702 It is the name of a new best selling novel, by Kate Atkinson. When I read that title, I thought “my … someone put into a short phrase what life is about.” Life after life …? To me that means what…
I remember as a child, sitting at the Thanksgiving table and listening to the adults share stories about their lives and the lives of their long dead family and friends. I heard new stories and the same stories year after year and only slightly paid attention (because I was young and somewhat stupid). Now the…