How to Set Healing Goals While Navigating Grief and Loss
Words by: Annabelle Harris Miami residents facing family loss often have to keep moving while grief pulls focus in the opposite direction. For grieving individuals, the emotional challenges of grief, shock, fatigue, anger, numbness, and guilt, can make basic decisions feel heavy, and legal responsibilities can add pressure at the worst time. That’s when […]
They died… now what?
What To Do When a Loved One Passes Away: A Practical Estate Checklist Losing someone you love is overwhelming—emotionally and logistically. On top of grief, families are suddenly faced with handling an estate, navigating paperwork, and making legal decisions they’ve never had to think about. If you know me, you know I’m all about lists. […]
How to Obtain a Death Certificate
Your relative has passed away and your probate attorney has asked you for an original Death Certificate. Where do you get that? Do you have to go to downtown? Travel to Jacksonville? Pay someone to do this for you? This may be one of the most overwhelming moments in your life and something relatively […]
Planning Your Own Funeral (ew, we know, but ya gotta do it!)
Everything You Need to Know About Planning Your Own Funeral Words and Resources Collaborated with Sara Bailey at thewidow.net. While death is a natural and inevitable part of life, most people don’t like thinking about their mortality. As a result, families are often unprepared to make post-death decisions and can have a tough time […]
How to tell toddlers about death… and how I failed miserably.
Today I taught my three year old his first lesson about death and was left far more affected than he was. His great aunt passed away a month ago (his “Tutita”) and today, in a moment of shame and vulnerability (he had farted and mistakenly pooped a little in his undies), he said through tears […]
Homestead Exemption After Death
January 1st marks the time to file or renew your Florida homestead exemption. Corrine Markey of The Seniors’s Answer has written a great article explaining the three main sections of Florida homestead laws. Here are some of the important parts: It’s time to file or renew your Florida homestead exemption which takes place every year […]