I am here at the airport heading for California for the third time this month. Unprecedented. The first trip was to visit with a brother who had received a devastating health diagnosis. The second was for my elder sister who needed to plan her future after a difficult hospital visit, and today to take care of her affairs as she passed five days after I visited.
I am indebted to both of these siblings. They have saved my bacon too many times to count. They have stood by me when others walked away and they have generously entrusted me with their burdens. An honor. For many years I did not feel worthy of such trust.
Given the choice between the often touted unencumbered and indebtedness, I am grateful to be indebted. To be a part of rather than apart from. I say these things, at least in part, to assure myself that even though I don’t know what I’m doing as an executor, my gratitude for our mutual indebtedness with carry me through.
Boarding shortly for the third time in the shortest of months.
— DanielSouthGate
I am indebted to both of these siblings. They have saved my bacon too many times to count. They have stood by me when others walked away and they have generously entrusted me with their burdens. An honor. For many years I did not feel worthy of such trust.
Given the choice between the often touted unencumbered and indebtedness, I am grateful to be indebted. To be a part of rather than apart from. I say these things, at least in part, to assure myself that even though I don’t know what I’m doing as an executor, my gratitude for our mutual indebtedness with carry me through.
Boarding shortly for the third time in the shortest of months.
— DanielSouthGate
Beautifully said.
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Oh, Daniel! My little brother was executor of my parents' "estates" and though he procrastinated, he did a great job! It's a fine thing, a weird pinnacle of "civilization," in a way, that such elaborate motions must be made after someone leaves. You will make these motions and it will be like a dance.
ReplyDeleteThanks. I'm just starting to get my head around it. More to come.
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