I will

I'm finally getting a will drawn up - and it's about jolly time too. As a single mom, it's something rather essential. If I die without one my son's a ward of the state. Yet somewhere in the back of my mind lingers a notion that if you don't have a will nothing bad will happen. Strange, isn't it?

In the process of doing this, I've approached my brothers and parents regarding guardianship of my son. One brother says "no problem, that's what family is for", parents say "we'd be glad to" and other brother says "you shouldn't spring this on us without warning, but for now we'll say yes". Trouble is, there was warning in the form of a chat over lunch months ago, but that seems to have been forgotten. Oh well.

I'm setting it up that my parents are primary guardians, and if they are absolutely unable to then it falls to the brothers. So it's highly unlikely the brothers would have to do anything - and hopefully highly unlikely anyone else would either.

The rest of the will I'm somewhat clueless about though. What do I do with all my stuff? Do I leave it all to the boy (especially my sapphire and gold ring, and the piano), under care of someone, or do I just say "take what you want, except for the ring and piano"? Dunno.

There are suggestions of a "pull the plug if I'm too far gone" clause, and things like organ donation or similar. I don't even know how to head in that direction though. Some put in what they want at their funeral. Cremation or burial. White doves released and happy songs sung, or whatever. Heck, I don't know what I'd want!

Maybe I haven't given enough thought to the contents of this will, but at least we'll have the basics down on Monday morning and I can drive/walk/fly/sleep/bath/eat/dance in peace.