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Choosing a Legal Guardian for Your Child - http://parenting.blogs.nytimes.com/2009...
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"Choosing a guardian for a child is one of the more sobering moments of parenting. You have to face your own mortality and the possibility of your baby growing up without you. You have to take cold, analytical looks at your family and friends, and decide who would do almost as good a job as you at shepherding your children through their grief and toward adulthood. It is such a tough conversation that too many of us don’t have it. So this is a reminder (a plea) to parents out there who do not have a will, and have not named guardians – do it NOW."
- Jen (SquirrelGirl)
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We have not written up a will yet, and really, really should. As long as my parents are of an age where they're able to keep my daughter, that would be my choice. What is much harder is deciding who to take her if they're not in a position too. I have no idea what we'd do.
- Jen (SquirrelGirl)
Who here has a will covering this question?
- Jen (SquirrelGirl)
We've been thinking about this and have chosen guardians, but no alternate guardians. We also don't have a will drawn up. With my mother-in-law's recent death, we really need to get this done.
- Sally: baby flier
We don't have anything written up but our whole family knows that Audrey would go to my parents. Hopefully if that happened, it wouldn't be an issue at all.
- Rochelle
My family knows that too, Rochelle... but I wonder sometimes how hard it would be logistically for them without the will drawn up. Would there be red-tape for them to deal with? unexpected legal fees? that sort of thing.
- Jen (SquirrelGirl)
Before I was married, I had a will written up. It's something that EVERYONE should do, along with an advanced health care directive! My lawyer said, the moment you have kids, rewrite it to include all of the guardian type stuff. We like to think that people know what you want, and will do it, but unless it's written out, that's not always the case.
- Georgia Diehl
We have no one. If we die, our kids will most likely become wards of the state.
- Admiral Anika
I have a trust set up. The money would be handled by my older sister. My younger sister would raise the kids. She has more of the same parenting philosophy as I do.
- Shevonne
my parents and all my aunts and uncles are old and sick and i don't trust any of my cousins. my wife's family all live on the other side of the planet and barely speak English. we're not sure what we will do yet.
- Joe Silence is not Santa
My wife and I have talked about this and come up with possible solutions. We are now starting to talk to my brother, our first choice. It's a delicate conversation to have.
- Matt
It is delicate. Besides my parents, I don't really have a solution... And the're not getting any younger.
- Jen (SquirrelGirl)
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We are a bit stuck, our first choice would be my mother-in-law, mostly because she is 12 years younger than my parents and more financially secure, then would be my parents, they are all aware of our wishes but we haven't had anything written up yet. After them though (and they are all getting older), it is a tough decision, my brother is unable and my husband is an only child, we have cousins, but none of which we are close too--so the godparents and dear friends of ours would be next in line.
- Kelly W.
We need to update our will, it was made before our son was born. We would like him to live with my brother and his family.
- Mellissa Claus
ours was made prior to our first (4yo) and now we have twin boys. We keep talking aobut making stuff official... gotta do it. One of our parents (the kids grands) has also passed away since, making the choices even harder.
- lisa gentry
Fwd: Who said I can't sleep here? - http://cuteoverload.com/2009... (via http://friendfeed.com/oh-so-c...) from Kol Tregaskes feed... so cute!
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Sunrise in Sedona, Arizona
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neat artistic piece... the way the shadow comes together on the cactus it almost looks like someone is climbing it to view the sunrise better.
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the lil' guy is a doggie dentist...
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