Bless you, and bless you for being straight with your kids!!
Wife's grandmother was a hoarder. Cleaning out her house was an adventure. Piles and piles of old magazines, newspapers, plastic bags and the like.
One habit was saving old Pringles potato chip cans. She had 100's of them. While I was tossing them in the dumpster, I noticed that one felt/sounded a little weird. Opened it up, and found a roll of 10's and 20's. $%@%$#$#%##!!!!. So, back through all of the trash we went, found I don't know how much cash stashed in odds and ends of stuff. Just going through the clothes (also hoarded) in her closets was daunting.
After a whole lot of hunting, we found her jewelry - Engagement ring and the like, at least the pieces the family knew about.
Whoever bought that house likely got themselves a small fortune, without ever knowing it.
Oh my gosh,Pringle cans full of cash. Hoarders can’t help themselves,I guess.
I was VERY specific,where house deed and auto stuff are,where they could find any unpaid bills(usually empty),where the bank book and check book are,gave the number for my former employer a/c a life insurance policy, location of keys for a storage unit in my building,and where the paid bills,for the last 12 months are located.
They all were sent a copy of my will years ago.
That’s it-—except for the ubiquitous jar of pennies,nothing of value left.
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