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Good to Go TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction: That won’t happen in my family
 
The ABCs
 
A -- Accidents Happen
A is for Attitude
Affluent Aunt with Alzheimer's
A is for Attitude Again
 
B -- Bones of Contention
 
C -- Care Givers Have Feelings Too
Cremation: Making an Ash of Yourself
 
D -- Donate Your Body to Science
 
E -- Etiquette of Sympathy and Grief
E is for Eulogy
 
F -- Let’s Put the "Fun” Back in “Funeral"
 
G -- From Beyond the Grave
 
H -- Hospice
 
I -- Independence Issues
 
J -- Jewelry Junkie
 
K -- Keeping on Top of the Meds
 
L -- Dying While Doing Something You Love
 
M -- Meetings, Meetings, Meetings
 
N -- Nemesisters (and The Little Brother)
 
O -- Obits, a.k.a. “The Women’s Sports Page”
 
P -- If You Love Your Loved Ones, Preplan
Presenting Items to People Before You Go
 
Q -- Quilts and Other Ways to Celebrate Memories
 
R -- Respect the Family Unit
Respect Other Family Units
 
S -- Stuff, Stuff and More Stuff
Surprises and Shootings
The Surprise Hits Keep on Comin’!
A Surprise of My Own
A Super-Duper Surprise !
 
T -- Time Waits For No One
 
U -- Death is Quite an Undertaking
 
V -- It Takes a Veterinarian and a Village
 
W -- The Will: Write it Down, Make Your Wishes Known
 
X -- eXecutor/eXecutriX
 
Y -- Yard Sales vs. Estate Sales
 
Z -- Zzzzzzzzz
 
Jo’s Glossary
 
Afterword from the Afterworld
 
Acknowledgments
 
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