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- About Me:
- Hi, I'm Shelley. I'm from Portland, OR. Married to my best friend on the planet.
Been through alot with the death of my Father 6 years ago, the tragic death of one of our best friends, one year later, the death of my husbands Father 4 years ago, and the suicide of my husbands uncle. Learned an awful lot about estate planning, wills, probate, etc.
My husband and I were there for each other through all the loss, and I couldnt' have coped or done it without him. I also had some very very close friends, some I've never even met, from an online community who were great support when I needed it most and just needed to cry or vent. I'm still friends with the most important ones today and still haven't met any of them. I sooo love them and owe them all so much.
Through it all, we ended up (on super accident thanks to my fantastic neighbor at the time) with a wonderful probate attorney. If it weren't for finding Tim things could have gone very poorly.
I am now considering furthering my education and going to law school to become an Elder Law, Estate Planning and Administration, Probate attorney. (It'll take me 9 years though, so we'll see, but after having been through all of that BS, it's something I'm quite passionate about.)
- Tell a little about the person lost...
- My Dad was my best friend. I could talk to him about anything under the sun, and him to me. We could talk every single day for hours. He was always there for me and my brothers, though thick and thin, the best and the very worst. He was Very well liked by many, Super freakin' hilarious, and always an accident waiting to happen.. which my brothers and I have definatly inherited. I couldn't be happier that my husband and my Dad got a chance to get to know one another. My Dad loved my husband and that means the world to me. My husband loved my Dad too, and that also means sooo very much to me. Many of my close friends too knew him and loved him as much as we did. We still tell "Veryl" stories to this day, and laugh our asses off. Sometimes I laugh and I cry at the same time.
His wishes were to be cremated and loaded into shotgun shells and shot over his most favorite spots. This has been something I've struggled with alot over the last six years because we still haven't done that. I feel like if my brothers and I can finally take care of it this summer, it will be a huge weight off my shoulders and a little bit of closure.
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i'm so sorry for all the losses in your Life
it's so hard to lose so many people in such a short time
I hope you and your Brother "shoot" your Dad's ashes this summer
My Jacob wanted to be cremated too and have his ashes scattered on some of his favourite soccer fields ( & one in england that we haven't gotten to yet ;-)
I felt such a release after we did his wishes it turned out to be a really good day with lots of funny "jacob" things happen so we knew he was there with us
My your Dad father in law and uncle all find happiness and peace in heaven sending angel kisses down to surround you
with Love Jacob's Mum
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