Family: It Can Happen to You

It Can Happen to You

Written by Joyce Moseley Pierce

"It Can Happen to You" by: Joyce Moseley Pierce

You see it every day on repparttar news. You get up and turn repparttar 111515 tv on in repparttar 111516 morning and learn that while you were sleeping, others were involved in accidents that caused their death. As one friend put it, "You watch repparttar 111517 news and think that somehow your family is protected from these tragedies. After all, these people don't live in your neighborhood. They come from a different social class. They were in repparttar 111518 wrong place at repparttar 111519 wrong time." It wasn't until his 21 year-old sister was killed in a skiing accident that he realized that all of his justifications were wrong. Your family most certainly can be affected.

Donna had asked her husband to write some things down for her before his flight to repparttar 111520 Middle East several years ago. He scratched some things out on repparttar 111521 back of an envelope and told her she was being silly. He returned from that trip, but a few short months later was killed by a drunk driver.

At least Donna had something to start with, but she wasn't prepared for all of repparttar 111522 questions repparttar 111523 funeral home fired at her. She knew what bank accounts they had, and had helped with paying repparttar 111524 bills over repparttar 111525 years, but what about funeral arrangements? Did he want to be buried in Louisiana with his parents, or here in Texas where she and her family lived? cremation or burial? What about repparttar 111526 obituary for repparttar 111527 newspaper? Did she have all of repparttar 111528 accurate information they needed to write it?

Her emotions were raw as she tried to deal with repparttar 111529 reality of it all. Was this all just a bad dream that would soon end? She just wanted to go home and grieve, but there were too many things to think about.

* How long will it take to settle repparttar 111530 estate? * Will I have enough cash to live on until then? * Will repparttar 111531 insurance come before they foreclose on repparttar 111532 house? * Where is repparttar 111533 real copy of repparttar 111534 will? * How can I prove stock ownership? * Do I know about all bank accounts and insurance policies? * How do I collect social security? * Whose advice can I trust?

"How to Cope When Things Go Wrong"

Written by Gary Simpson

There are times in every person's life when things do not go according to repparttar

way we would like. All of us have our ups and downs. These can consist of periods of poor health, emotional problems, financial struggles, relationship challenges, accidents and repparttar 111514

like.

Understand that these challenges are normal. We simply cannot exist in a "bubble of happiness" all of repparttar 111515 time. It would be nice but life doesn't work like that - for anyone.

When things seem to be going poorly, there are two basic options open to you:

withdraw inside yourself and sink deeper and deeper into depression, probably weakening your ability to deal with future challenges.
work through your troubles as best you can and try to emerge out other side, probably making yourself stronger and wiser for experience.

Robert Schuller, a famous clergyman and prolific author, wrote a book which he aptly titled: "Tough Times Never Last, But Tough People Do!" (ISBN: 0-553-24245-8). In his book, Schuller says: "Name your problem and you name your possibility." It is a book about faith and strength and hope. He encourages readers never to surrender.

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