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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lucyray, post: 1293525, member: 24565&quot;]I don&#039;t know the answer to this question, not really.&nbsp; All the advice sounds so...Good, and Right On... however, it just doesn&#039;t seem to work that way in the(my?) real world.&nbsp; At least, this has not been my experience.&nbsp; I am almost 7 years down the road from my husbands death, and I still have all of the &#039;collection&#039;.&nbsp; Without having the personal relationship that is required for someone to help a spouse or heir, numbers on a piece of paper (a spreadsheet listing all of that <i>data</i>) typically garner barely a glimpse, and instead that look, the one that says &quot;BINGO!&quot; is often what I experience. Everyone wants a banana for a peanut.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; I have a t-shirt that has a bullseye printed on it, and I&#039;ve taken to wearing that when I study this collection!</p><p>Maybe, write an article, complete with STEPS TO BE TAKEN regarding your collection to your spouse or children.&nbsp; Write it as if you were teaching a class.&nbsp; Take the time to put on paper what you won&#039;t be able to say or explain after you are gone.&nbsp; Or provide some names and numbers.&nbsp; Write the questions you would ask yourself, and then answer them on paper, so that your spouse will have a very clear picture, and she (he) won&#039;t become a target.&nbsp; Write about what makes it/them so special to you.</p><p><br /></p><p>EVERY single day, I literally pray that I live long enough to be able to finally get through all of these collections.&nbsp; The task is daunting, overwhelming, and I wish there was a book with the answers, and if there is, I hope to learn of it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Good luck, great question!</p><p><br /></p><p>Lucy[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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