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Same here though not her age group. We call it OMG - out of my garage. Cast iron went to a 22 year old who discovered clean eating last week. She is happy!
Hard to believe said godmother is now 98. She claims her vision and hearing are both going and so is her memory, but she still seems sharp as a tack! She attributes it to "good genes and gardening". Her motto has always been "bloom where you're planted." She's always been skilled at not sweating the small stuff and she hardly ever complains. So many minor life annoyances roll like water off a duck's back.
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Hard to believe said godmother is now 98. She claims her vision and hearing are both going and so is her memory, but she still seems sharp as a tack! She attributes it to "good genes and gardening". Her motto has always been "bloom where you're planted." She's always been skilled at not sweating the small stuff and she hardly ever complains. So many minor life annoyances roll like water off a duck's back.
Count your blessings and record conversations about her past.
Hard to believe said godmother is now 98. She claims her vision and hearing are both going and so is her memory, but she still seems sharp as a tack! She attributes it to "good genes and gardening". Her motto has always been "bloom where you're planted." She's always been skilled at not sweating the small stuff and she hardly ever complains. So many minor life annoyances roll like water off a duck's back.
There's a beautiful program called "Senior to Senior" (I think) that pairs elderly homeless pets with older people so that neither is alone, helping them with food and vet bills, then taking them back if they survive the person (or the human goes into a nursing home) and pairing them with another. I would love to leave ALL my money to that organization!
I also once had a dream of starting my own in which dogs in shelters on the euth list got to go home with someone and be thoroughly spoiled for at least one day and night, then given a sedative in a treat before the deed was done. At least they would die having lived "A Dog's Life" (that's what I'd have called it) and having known love and happiness rather than dying alone and scared on a cold steel table after having spent a last night alone in a concrete cell. But like a lot of my great ideas, that one may never happen!
There's a beautiful program called "Senior to Senior" (I think) that pairs elderly homeless pets with older people so that neither is alone, helping them with food and vet bills, then taking them back if they survive the person (or the human goes into a nursing home) and pairing them with another. I would love to leave ALL my money to that organization!
I also once had a dream of starting my own in which dogs in shelters on the euth list got to go home with someone and be thoroughly spoiled for at least one day and night, then given a sedative in a treat before the deed was done. At least they would die having lived "A Dog's Life" (that's what I'd have called it) and having known love and happiness rather than dying alone and scared on a cold steel table after having spent a last night alone in a concrete cell. But like a lot of my great ideas, that one may never happen!
Thanks as I never heard of Senior to Senior. I think you should leave all your money to them. You get to feel good about that the rest of your life and the organization benefits when you are gone.
I think a lot about all the small and big organizations that help animals. It would be an ideal charity in my opinion. Another idea is to help raise charitable contributions for them (not necessarily provide large amounts of funding from your own fund, but by organizing events. You could turn these ideas into something.
Hard to believe said godmother is now 98. She claims her vision and hearing are both going and so is her memory, but she still seems sharp as a tack! She attributes it to "good genes and gardening". Her motto has always been "bloom where you're planted." She's always been skilled at not sweating the small stuff and she hardly ever complains. So many minor life annoyances roll like water off a duck's back.
My dad, sadly, passed away in his late 50s. He didn't have a will, as he simply thought that A) he would likely outlive his wife (my mother), because he was the cool, calm one, whereas she was very "hyper"; and B) he also assumed that when he died, things would automatically pass to either my mother or myself, as we were his "next of kin".
Legally, it wasn't all that simple, but in actuality, it's pretty much what happened. However, there were a few small legalities that had to be tended to, at his passing, and fortunately he happened to be good friends with an attorney, who stepped in and helped us out.
I was 23 at the time, and while the attorney was helping us get organized, he insisted that both my mother and I draw up both wills, and POA papers. So, I've had a will in place for close to 50 years.
That is basically what we did:>) All we are concerned about is our cats. We invited them into our lives and are responsible for them.
My biggest concern is my cats (4) as well. I am trying to find a cat sanctuary that will take them at my death. I need to update my trust with that information. I was going to use the local SPCA but have heard some bad stuff about them from a trusted source. Most sanctuaries want $15K and UP per cat as an intake fee, which I actually have no problem with, but I need to make sure the contract with them will hold fast.
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