Thanks for writing. I know of at least two couples, where one person is a lawyer, and they took years to have a will drawn up. Procrastination and the feeling that nothing will happen may have been the reasons for delay, although naming a guardian can be a challenge.

I wish that pregnancy training classes had a lecture on the importance of having a will and naming a guardian. Maybe if that was the default option, everyone would just do it. And it would not take on psychological dimensions.

Roger

This is good advice. I once had a dear friend who was also my attorney. He died suddenly of a motorcycle accident leaving a widow and one child. And guess what? He had no will or life insurance! Imagine an attorney not following his own advice! He was 31 and invincible…so he thought. His family struggled until his widow remarried. Facing your mortality may be difficult, but doing so shows that you care dearly about the ones you leave behind.

John D.