Family Conversations
When you are both the executor and the family
Administering an estate while grieving, for a family who are also beneficiaries, is a combination of roles that generates most of the complaints made against executors.
Topic
communication
Every Before Last Wish article tagged communication — 4 pieces across 1 section.
Family Conversations
Telling people that someone has died
Delivering the news is exhausting, repetitive and frequently done badly for lack of any guidance on how.
Family Conversations
Talking to someone who is dying
People avoid visiting because they do not know what to say. What is wanted is almost never the right words, and the absence is what causes lasting harm.
Family Conversations
Talking to children about death
Children handle honest information far better than adults expect, and considerably worse than euphemism, which they interpret literally and find frightening.