What if ... Workbook: Give the Gift of Preparedness to Your Loved Ones - Softcover

Morgan, Gwen W.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1502583887 ISBN 13: 9781502583888

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2014

Synopsis

WHAT IF something unexpected were to happen to you: a fire, a flood, a death ... does your family know about your finances, where your important documents are stored, your final wishes, your family medical history, who you’d like them to contact? If you’re single, does anyone know about your ‘stuff’? If you’re married, and you take care of the household affairs, does your spouse have a clue as to what bank you use? Or if your spouse takes care of the finances, do YOU know how to access their IRA? The What if ... Workbook© is a unique fill-in-the-blank organizational guide that leads you through the necessary steps for organizing all that is imperative to have in one central location. It serves as a valuable resource for families to begin communication about issues that can be difficult to address. Give the Gift of Preparedness to Your Loved Ones!

About this title

From the Author:

Here's Gwen W. Morgan's story of how she came to write the "What if... Workbook."

In 1996 her mother, Fern Wingate, passed away after eight years of suffering from Alzheimer's Disease. In 1997, her father-in-law, Carl Morgan, passed away from Lou Gehrig's Disease. Gwen knew it was time to stop and evaluate what really mattered in her life.

During his illness, Carl was visited by a hospice volunteer who provided great conversation and friendship, while offering his wife Marion a sympathetic ear as she dealt with Carl's illness. Gwen thought this was a wonderful service; so she went through the hospice training program and became a Hospice volunteer. Through hospice she found she loved helping the elderly, and began working with seniors, providing companionship, taking them to doctor's appointments and doing light housekeeping for them.

In October of 2000, Gwen's Aunt Jeanette passed away. At her funeral reception, Gwen was struck by how calm her cousin Michele was. Michele explained that her mom was very prepared for her death: she had designated the dress she wanted to be laid out in, she wanted her rosary in the casket, had pre-purchased her burial plot and headstone, things of this nature. Gwen remembers thinking, What a GIFT to know all of this information beforehand! Her family had given no thought to these issues when her own mom had died. The seed of the idea for a fill-in-the-blank organizational book was planted.

About the Author:

In her early career, Gwen Morgan followed her entrepreneurial spirit and enjoyed many interesting pursuits while raising her two children in Scituate, MA.

• She imported eel skin products from Pusan, South Korea, where she and husband John lived in the early years of their marriage working with Nike Athletic Shoe Company.
• She was a sales rep for an exclusive resort on Cape Cod, started her own recycling company, Community Recycling Resources
• She was what John called 'the volunteer queen,' helping out at the kids' schools and heading up numerous service projects at her church, the United Church of Christ in Norwell, MA.

Through several tragic illnesses and deaths in her family, Gwen experienced the many benefits provided by hospice.  Thus began a new stage in Gwen's life.  She trained with hospice and started working with the elderly.

After years of working with hospice and the elderly, Gwen discovered a need to help people prepare for the unexpected such as fire, flood and death.  That's when Gwen decided to write the "What if... Workbook."

Today, Gwen provides presentations, workshops and one-on-one sessions with individuals, small groups and families to help them have those much needed conversations about their wishes and complete the "What if... Workbook."

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1502583887
• ISBN 13: 9781502583888
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 76