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Our intention with this series is to highlight what options you have when it comes to how you would like your body cared for after your death. When I met John Christian Phifer of Larkspur Conservation, I felt like people needed to know about this amazing option for burial.

In the final post of our “what can you do with your body” series, we want to feature Vanderbilt’s Anatomical Donation Program. This program utilizes your body after you pass for clinical training of medical students-“Voluntary whole body donations by generous individuals are relied upon as a resource to help physicians and other medical personnel complete their required learning as they prepare themselves to provide outstanding care for the living.”

Serving in the role of executor can be so incredibly draining. You’ve lost a loved one and now you have so many things to do- sell the car, call the credit card companies, find titles and deeds, send off death certificates…the list can build quickly.

I wanted to start our series of helpful resources for executors with the best starting point I think any executor can find— executor.org.

As a former project manager and lover off all things organization, I am a big fan of products that help those not so naturally inclined in life’s most complex transitions. I love a good checklist and plan (as we learned in the last blog post about executor.org) and that is why I was thrilled to learn about Kaathy.

You may notice at this point that there is a theme among all of these resources and that is that many of the people who started these resources created them out of their own loss and wanting to help others experiencing similar issues (myself included!) Going through a lost loved one’s things can be an extremely emotional and some people just simply cannot bring themselves to do it, but know that it needs to be done. That is where Pamela and Long World Services comes in. I am excited to share this resource with you.