KNOW, the Magazine for Paralegals Fall/Winter 2013.2

Compassionate Choices for the Final Hours… To Lay Down Your Life in its Season By Tina M. Johnson, RP® W hen thinking about life after death and planning for the moment when your eyes close, when your heart settles and your soul rises, you undoubtedly have a multitude of choices to consider. Choices floating in your mind like wild butterflies and pumping compassion into your heart as you begin creating your own path down the road to an estate plan. The planning is never easy and is often put off for many years. It involves a wealth of choices and oftentimes difficult decisions must be made, but always keep one thing in mind. Picture what your life will look like in a photograph after you’re gone in the last chapter of your life. What season is in the photo’s background? Is it a tranquil scene? Is your end of life photograph all you hoped it would be? 43

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