Helping Survivors Manage

After research and thought, I have decided to sell the book on Amazon. Sales and feedback continue to be promising…as always, any and all feedback is welcome..Peace…

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1616232730

Kat Reed — Begin Here: Helping Survivors Manage

Time: Thursday, February 18, 2010 7:30 p.m.
Location: Common Good Books
165 Western Ave N, Suite 14
St. Paul, MN 55102
651.225.8989
www.commongoodbooks.com

Everyone dies. We realize that this blatant statement is shocking, but it is true. There are countless organizations around the world that offer grief support, but none that provides the product that we offer. Helping Survivors Manage was created on the foundation of most new ventures: a void in the market. We hope to fill that need with our experienced team of subject matter experts (those who have been through it, as well as funeral directors, hospice, health and death care professionals) to help others through this difficult time.

Kat Reed has over 25 years experience in the financial/business world. Her background in bookkeeping and office management gives her the unique ability to address both the details and the big picture. She has been a hospice volunteer and has an affinity for the elderly. She became interested in the issues survivors face when both her parents died in a thirteen month span.

This book arose from Kat’s own work helping her predominantly deaf father manage her mother’s affairs when her mom died. Kat and her dad wondered how people manage all these tasks when they don’t have a family or support system.

The father of a very close friend of mine died several years ago. One item (task) she mentioned was particularly frustrating. At his death, her father had a Certificate of Deposit (aka CD) that she was trying to settle to his estate. The challenge was that his wife was the beneficiary on the CD, and his wife had died ten years prior. It was a difficult process and took years to resolve. Taking the time to remind yourself, your family and those close to you to check to make sure they have updated beneficiaries will help a survivor tremendously in their already arduous responsibilities. A good time to do that is once a year, typically, I think of these things around the first of the year. Peace…