[Magdalen] a little thanksgiving

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

Estates are such pains.  Mom died in Florida, and the lawyer we had was
taking his sweet old time. My brother said, "He's never seen us before, and
almost certainly will never see us again. Why should he care if something
takes a year when it could be done in a couple of days?"

We agreed that we will never ever go back to Florida again either.  But I
guess I digress.

Mom's estate finally was finalized about a year and a half after her death.
There was nothing to do, but they just didn't do anything -- verrrry
slowly.  However, it's done, and eventually you will be done with this pain
too, and then, you won't have to do it again.



James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
*“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy

On Fri, Jun 10, 2016 at 5:53 PM, Lynn Ronkainen <houstonklr at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I am so grateful today.... I'm mired in probating my mom's will (no simple
> thing in TX it turns out, and especially fluky here in my county - same as
> Houston) and just got the good news that I'll have my first hearing, at
> which point I'll be a few signatures and a mailing away from being named
> executor, on June 28. My lawyer (a necessary partner in this endeavor)
> warned me that the hearing date could be in August (which would have
> possibly killed the purchase offer on my mom's condo, begun before her
> death).  Sigh. Thank you God.
>
> Lynn
>
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>
> When I stand before God at the end of my life I would hope that I have not
> a single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything You gave me."
> attributed to Erma Bombeck
> "Either Freedom for all or stop talking about Freedom at all" from a talk
> by Richard Rohr
>