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Be as prepared as you can be because it’s not a secret

funeral display of photos — Two nights ago.

Be as prepared as you can be because it’s not a secret.

What?

Your death.

Johnny and Margie planned and paid for their funerals in 1995, 22 years ago.

For 38 years i watched them gradually shed their belongings.

And this is remarkable because they never were overloaded with things.

Twelve days ago Chapin and i arrived in Allentown to attend Johnny’s Funeral.

He was 91.

His wife Margaret, my Mother-In-Law, went to join him six days later.

Margaret was buried yesterday on a frigid November 11th morning.

She was 94.

She was by Johnny’s side as he breathed his last.

Cheryl and i were by her side as she breathed hers.

We never returned home after “Dad’s” (Pop-Pop to Chapin) burial.

It didn’t make sense and Chapin’s School gave their blessing – even during the final two weeks of the semester.

Cheryl will stay a few more days to manage things.

We are blessed, and reminded, how a lifetime of being decently organized makes end-of-life details easier and lighter – why shouldn’t they be?

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The big three documents are ready for signature

The big three documents are ready for signature.

Durable power of attorney for financial management
Designation of health care surrogate
Last will and testament

No matter what prompts you, get ‘er done.

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#Surrender

Surrender and the serenity prayer is the same thing.

Letting go of things i can’t control is the key to peace.

i completely control what (and why) i keep and what i repurpose, recycle, trash, or give away.

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On April Fool’s Day 2009, jeff noel began writing five daily, differently-themed blogs (on five different sites). It was to be a 100-day self-imposed “writer’s bootcamp”, in preparation for writing his first book. He hasn’t missed a single day since.

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i trusted them and it didn’t work

iAqualink device — Brighthouse reconfigured our wifi network, at my request, disabling the old network password.

Zodiac pool app — Called iAqualink at 2:41pm yesterday and discovered i need to connect my laptop to the pool device.

special pin cable required — i only own Apple created cables, none of which fit this.

Best Buy website — Best Buy recommended this SKU# and brought one to the store pick up desk.

Best Buy product — Never doubting Best Buy, i discovered, at home, it was the wrong cable.

i trusted them and it didn’t work yesterday. Had to invest an additional hour to return and repurchase. i remained calm and grateful the entire time.

Backstory: Brighthouse came to fix a cable TV issue the day prior and turns out there was nothing to fix. i felt bad for the technician, so i asked if he could take a quick look at my wifi router. It worked fine but he had an idea how it could work better.

This change caused our old network, and password, to become obsolete. The pool app requires special handling. We leave tomorrow for four days. The pool is either going to run non-stop or not at all, since the mobile app cannot be connected. So there’s a time sensitivity to this.

One small thing has multiple ripple effects.

The good news is that even though pressed hard for time, it was still manageable because of good and decent organization and prioritization.

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Figure it out is all we can do

Spray painted sidewalk marker during yesterday’s run near Florida Turnpike.

Funny how things on our to-do list can go untouched all day. Not the day to day stuff, but the other stuff we need to do on top of daily responsibilities.

Figure it out is all we can do.

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