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When You and Your Partner Don't Agree on Burial Plans

When You and Your Partner Don't Agree on Burial Plans
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Writer, inveterate reader, literacy advocate, wife, mother

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Two Characters in Search of a Plot

There are two kinds of people… at least where death is concerned: those who like to talk about it, and those who don’t.

My husband is reluctant to speak about it. He is the fun one, after all. And death, while possibly funny, is, I think we all can agree, not fun.

Whenever you pass away, practical matters remain for your family to sort out; however, certain choices and actions can be taken ahead of time, lightening the burden for your children. For me, that would mean that all arrangements would be made for my burial plot. That would also mean that my spouse and I had discussed and agreed upon these arrangements—a challenging undertaking for us.

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