Dear Reader Column 11-02-09

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Dear Reader,

Years ago my husband and I each drew up a will, including a living will. Most people's living will outlines their wishes regarding life prolonging medical treatments. Mine does, too. If there's "no-hope, no-hope," feel free to pull the plug. Quite the opposite of our grown son's wishes, in his own words, "Don't pull the plug! I don't care if you have to plug me into the cigarette lighter and drive around with me in the front seat of the car. Find a way to keep me going!" But come to think of it, he might be out of luck now. Do they even put cigarette lighters in cars anymore? I guess we could hook him up to the IPod plug-in, or the phone charger and hope the car battery never goes dead.

I've added a personal grooming advanced directive to my own living will. Mind you, I'm not overly fastidious when it comes to grooming, but I've left strict instructions for my husband and grown children. If my mind should deteriorate and I end up sitting in a wheelchair parked in the hallway of a nursing home, with a crocheted lap pad resting over my knees, there better not be strands of curled hair dangling down from underneath my chin. Chinny-chin hair! It's one of my pet peeves. Don't people look in the mirror? Well, okay I admit they are fast growing. When I went to bed the other night, it was all-clear underneath my chin, but when I woke up there was a single dangling strand of hair waving at me. Get out the wax! Call the esthetician! Yes, I've left no wiggle-room in my living will, pull 'em out with your own teeth if you have to, but get rid of those chinny-chin hairs!

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Suzanne Beecher
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Comments

[Hathor with a Hat]

In a Will, of any sort, please leave your passwords and User/Login name to your computer. It helps in notifying friends, associates, business people, subscriptions.
All kinds of information that is lost or not readily available to your executors or loved ones may be there.

[Rita Brock]

Thanks for the advice!

[Lucille Clark]

This was humorous, but so true. I have become fastidious about my own chin hairs and they do grow fast, don't they? I am conscious to the point that I carry a tweezer in my car console. I can see them best in the sunlight. While I am sitting at the traffic light, I check for chin hairs. I think I'll follow suit and add this to my living will as well. As always, I enjoy your insight and humor.