This morning, I was reading the morning paper and happened to read the "Dear
Abby" column (an "advice" column). The letter that caught my eye was from a
woman who had been married for a year to a man whose wife had died some
years ago. She said that they had sold their respective homes and combined
households when they married, and had disposed of things that they didn't
need, including donating his late wife's lacemaking supplies to the local
recreation center. That's what caught my eye - lacemaking rarely pops up in
something as mainstream as "Dear Abby", and it was a surprise! So I'm sure
a lot of readers thought, "Oh, she was a tatter:"!! (And maybe she was.)
But then, I expect that the writer would not have chosen the term
"lacemaking".
Which brings up the point again... We need to be careful about planning for
the disposal of our things after we're gone. If we don't have children to
whom we can entrust them, then we should consider bequething them to a lace
guild who can conduct a sale and use the money to further the goals of the
guild.
I'm sure all of you who are getting into high excitement over Montreal will
not be much interested in this right now, but for the rest, give it some
thought, and add a codicil to your will.
Clay
Clay Blackwell
Lynchburg, VA USA
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