Huffington Postさんのインスタグラム写真 - (Huffington PostInstagram)「"Death was a dinner-table topic almost every night when I was growing up," writes HuffPost guest writer Carrie Friedman. "There was no fear or stigma attached to the subject in our house. My father was a successful estate planning attorney. He wrote wills for a living, spending his days meeting with families, couples and individuals, helping them draft their plans for their funds and family businesses."⁠ ⁠ "In addition to the standard will, he encouraged his clients to write what some call an 'ethical will,' but what he called a Legacy Letter, as a sort of road map of wishes ― to share beliefs, experiences, life lessons, even regrets, with the family members who would outlive them," adds Friedman. "My father would prompt his clients to write their Legacy Letters by asking them a few questions: What do you want people to remember about you and integrate into their own lives? What do you want your legacy to your community and your children to be after you’re gone?"⁠ ⁠ "As part of his own legacy plan, he kept Dictaphone tapes of his verbal letters to us, his three kids, in the event something sudden and tragic happened to him... He prepared for the worst, but we were not prepared for what happened to him. Parkinson’s and dementia overtook his brain, and within a couple of years, at the age of just 72, he could barely speak or walk."⁠ ⁠ "As sad as I am to be losing my father, I feel overwhelmed with gratitude," Friedman writes. "I know what my dad believed in, who he was at his core, what he wanted for my siblings and me and how much he loved us. Nothing was left unsaid. He has given us these gifts that I can now share with my own children, and with the world."⁠ ⁠ Read Friedman's full essay at our link in bio. // 📷 Carrie Friedman」6月23日 9時03分