Contents
Cover
Title Page
Dedication
Introduction
Background
Walking with Coffins
Changing Our Lives
The Conversion of Ebenezer Scrooge
Bridging the Chasm
Destiny Descends like a Force of Nature
Change as a Wake-Up Call
Change Forced upon Us
Living Our Legacies
Improving Your Own Backyard
Surf Sisters
Game Changer
Science Educator and Environmental Steward
Designing a Business to Give Back
Leaving Ourselves in Others
Teacher
Grandmother
Mentor
Philosopher King
Who Tells Our Story
Why Do Family Stories Matter?
Where Do We Start?
Sylvia Plath
Censoring Ourselves
Emily Carr
Curating Our Digital Selves
History Will Have Its Way with Us
Our Pasts Catch Up with Us
James Baldwin
Jane Austen
Instructions from the Grave
Do I Need a Will?
Is My Will Legally Binding?
Where Are My Documents?
Does Asking Mean Getting?
What about My Remains?
What about My Stuff?
What If I Don’t Allocate My Things?
What about a Family Cottage?
Does Unequal Treatment Matter?
Who’s Your Family?
Can We Get It Right?
The Dubious Honour
Whom Should We Choose as Executor?
How Much Discretion for Our Executor?
Franz Kafka’s Legacy
William’s Legacy
Andy Warhol’s Legacy
Revisiting Our Choice of Executor
Giving Back
How Do I Choose My Legacy Cause?
What Are Some Legacy Options?
Developing a Family Legacy of Giving
Children vs. Charity
Social Ventures
“In Memoriam” Donations
Leaving a Piece of Ourselves
Letters from the Grave
Transferring Skills
Things with Heart and Soul
Actual Parts of Ourselves
Conclusion
Acknowledgements
Notes
About the Author
Also by Lyndsay Green
Copyright
About the Publisher