Wesley, I remember Joe Bzsflqk very well, and am sending you an umbrella of smiles until the cloud finally lifts. Hang in there...

I don't post often so doubt anybody would miss me on Mudcat, but I have left instructions with 3 different friends, also have a copy on my computer desktop. And, since I have very little family, except for a sister I don't have any contact with and a stepdaughter I love dearly I've been working up a will to make as sure as I can that my "estate," such as it is, goes where I think best.

I've made sure that friends I'm in contact with continue to want my dogs, and have promised to keep them together. I care about what happens to them a million times more than any "thing" I own.

Thanks for starting this thread, Kat.I don't think it morbid at all. My husband died quite unexpectedly in his sleep, which has made me think about this sort of thing a lot over the past year. It's a great idea to not only pass along "things" but words of love and appreciation. I, too, give them freely while alive, but it doesn't hurt to say it one last time as well.

One thing, tho....I'm taking my Martin WITH me!