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MLAA

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17. My dad was a plan ahead-er as well. He had written down all information and phone numbers of

Reply to Ms. Toad (Reply #16)

Wed Feb 7, 2024, 09:52 PM

Feb 2024

everyone who needed to be called along with his account numbers. Put all the kids as beneficiaries on the accounts and insurance policies etc. Prepaid his burial as well as let the funeral home know all his preferences for the funeral. As he use to say ‘plan your work and work your plan’. It’s motivated me to do the same. 😉

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Many can claudette Feb 2024 #1

Thank you! Ms. Toad Feb 2024 #3

Congrats on being accepted for the show! Wonderful shot. MLAA Feb 2024 #2

Thanks! Ms. Toad Feb 2024 #4

If you go forward with the idea and want to open it to others I'll take a few pics and post some from my collection MLAA Feb 2024 #6

The one from when I was 5 and tangled with a roll of barbed wire looked like a caterpillar for quite a while. Ms. Toad Feb 2024 #8

My caterpillar is from 1965 and about 3 curt inches and when it had black stitches it really looked like MLAA Feb 2024 #10

I'm actually considering a tattoo. Ms. Toad Feb 2024 #12

Haha, or you could put where mom won't see! MLAA Feb 2024 #15

It would go on my forearm with the scar as the center. She'd notice. Ms. Toad Feb 2024 #16

My dad was a plan ahead-er as well. He had written down all information and phone numbers of MLAA Feb 2024 #17

I didn't even notice the scar, until I read your post... bahboo Feb 2024 #5

Thanks! Ms. Toad Feb 2024 #7

That is beautiful and powerful consider_this Feb 2024 #9

Thank you! Ms. Toad Feb 2024 #11

I love this!! LoisB Feb 2024 #13

Thanks so much! Ms. Toad Feb 2024 #14

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