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Bud Grossmann’s
Words of the Week
for the Week of
January 7, 2007
Published as a Planning Form in a Gramma Letter dated April 2, 1996.
© 1996 by Bud Grossmann.
All Rights Reserved.


Untitled, 1986
  Untitled, 1986
© 1986 by Bud Grossmann

GETTING READY FOR A JOURNEY


You may make your own copy of this form.

This issue of Words of the Week is available as a PDF document at http://budgrossmann.com/wow_070107_journey_form.pdf. You may, without charge, print the form for your own family's personal, non-commercial use.

                     BG, 1/2/07

Getting Ready for a Journey to the Great Beyond

 

HOW TO USE THIS WORKSHEET: This two-page form can help a person “get things in order” for when he or she leaves this earthly life. Have a trusted relative or friend assist you as you fill it out. Add pages if you need more room. Decide who should have this information, and make sure copies are given to them.


My name, birth date, and today’s date:



Names and phone numbers of people who have copies of my written instructions for health care (“Living Will” or “Advance Directives”) and for sharing my worldly possessions (trust documents; Last Will & Testament), and for donating my organs if that is my wish:





How I would describe my physical health at this time:



How I would describe my spiritual faith and well-being; how close I am to God; how angry I am at God, if at all:




A “thumbnail sketch” of my life:









What I plan to accomplish in the time remaining in my life on earth:




People with whom I want to “make peace”; things I have allowed to go unspoken, but which I now want to say:





Advice I would like to give:






People I want to thank:




How I’d Like to Be Remembered When I’m Gone

(Page 2 of a 2-page form)


The place I would prefer for my memorial service and the person I would choose to conduct it:




Other people—eulogist, soloists, pallbearers, for example—who I hope will participate:






Favorite hymns or other special music:






Favorite Scripture passages or other readings:






What I hope people will say at the service; special words that might “sum up” my life:






Preferences concerning casket or urn, memorial marker, and my final resting place:






Favorite flowers, clothing, or other information helpful to my family and friends:







Other things I think a form like this should include:











Signature                                         Date          Witness (optional)                            Date


 ♦


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