Hey friends! Today’s another slice of our Securing Your Family During and After a Disaster miniseries, and fair warning — it’s a bit of a Friday mood-ruiner. It’s been almost two months since my dad passed, and we’ve moved into a phase nobody prepared me for. Here’s what we get into:

• The paperwork nobody thinks about — my mom still doesn’t know what her monthly income looks like now, and the answer is buried in a box somebody lost the key to.
• Divvying up a lifetime of stuff — and why our 2019 house fire completely rewired how I think about possessions.
• Dumpster weekend — my wife makes keep-or-toss calls like a Terminator. Also: my dad owned 60 rakes, and a spirited family debate about the resale value of bee spray.
• Sell it or pitch it? — why we mostly gave up on Facebook Marketplace mid-cleanout, and my one non-negotiable rule for meeting strangers to hand off your stuff.
• The conversation I wish we’d had five years ago — it’s short, it’s simple, and it’s absolutely brutal to bring up with your parents. Do it anyway.

My hope is this nudges you to have some of these talks now, while everybody’s healthy and nobody’s crying in a garage. Been through it yourself? I’d love to hear what you’d do differently.

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Have a great week,
Brian