An Adult Kind of Week
Woman in the Middle | June 18, 2015Sometimes you just have no choice but to do adult kinds of things. This is one of those weeks were Hubby and I are getting adult things done.
The first was accomplished Tuesday. Hubby and I finished getting our “estate plan” in place. Oh boy! Nothing feels more adult than talking about what should happen when you die, signing wills, and, even better, signing something called an “advanced health care directive.” Checking a box next to “pull the plug, don’t let me linger” is a sobering experience.
Yesterday we placed Mom in Law in the niche we selected for her at the cemetery where Dad in Law is also buried. This took a very long time primarily because the cemetery was very hard to work with. Given what we have had to deal with, I guess with shouldn’t have been shocked when we arrived and discovered that the plaque that goes over her niche had the wrong birth year. We requested to see a proof before they ordered the plaque, as we anticipated something like this. That never happened. So, of course, there was a mistake. We should have taken bets.
However, we put that aside and had a nice moment, just the four of us with Grandmama, as it was so many times through the years. Eldest read a bible verse and Youngest read a poem. I said a prayer and Hubby gently placed his mom in her final resting place. We then went over and visited Dad in Law’s grave and thought some good thoughts about him.
Like I said, an adult kind of week. However, sometimes we have to get these adult kinds of things done, so Hubby and I are feeling good that we got some important things done this week.
How is your week going? Are you having to be an adult?
That must have been a very special moment for all of you as you laid Grandmama to rest and then visited Dad-in-law as well.
It was. Sad but good, too.
Are you going to do anything about the mistake on the plaque?
Believe me, they are already aware of it and are supposedly ordering a new one. Hubby or I will check back with them next week to make sure it is being taken care of. I would like to pull out the paperwork first and have it in front of us so they can’t say it was our fault.