Friday..Make a will, in case you die!

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So for today:

As long as I live I will never forget the story my dad related about a visit to a local attorney.  He was encouraged as a pastor, by church officials, to have a will on record.  So, dad made an appointment here in Belmont and entered the attorney’s office.

After introductions my dad said, “I need to make a will in case I die!”

“Reverand, it is good to see you and I am honored you decided to come to my office. But sir, your statement is a little off, It is not IN CASE YOU DIE, BUT WHEN YOU DIE!”

(I love the old Ford in the picture and wonder whose it was!)

Grandma Darnell with her cow and chickens on the Art-Cloth Mill Hill in Lowell, NC.  I watched as a 5 yr old when she took her last breath; her family around her bed. She died with no will. Her 12-13 children AGREED everything she had would go to taking care of Ralph, the son whose mental condition needed the care.  Ralph was a great guy, his brain never made it to it's teens but he lived to be 35.

Dad always said that one sentence rung in his head for years. I is NOT in case I die, but WHEN I die. WE all know if God decides to end this world as we know it, things will change.  BUT until that time we must live, and do what is smart for us and our families.

We know a young man who was in the process of a nasty divorce. I do not know the inside of it, but I do know he died in a car accident and had never changed his will.  His estranged wife inherited everything, but his family and friends KNEW he did not mean for that to happen. OF course he did not foresee that accident, NO ONE DOES!

 

Nite Shipslog

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