My Last Wishes - by Joy Meredith (Paperback)

About the Book

A resource for planning the final steps of a life. Includes advice on a range of topics, from drafting a will and funeral planning, to keeping an advance health-care directive and preparing an obituary, with blueprint journal spaces to record last requests.

Book Synopsis

An eminently practical and friendly guide to planning life's ultimate conclusion, including journal space to help loved ones honor and celebrate your life in the best way possible.

Have you ever thought about who will be at your funeral? Who will read your eulogy, or what your obituary will say? How about who will take care of your precious dog Lester?

Formatted like a journal, sprinkled with tips from professionals and amusing anecdotes, My Last Wishes is a resource to consider these questions and more. Not only does it help you to plan your "last party," it makes the planning process less painful for your loved ones by clarifying your wishes.

Author Joy Meredith takes a fresh approach to end-of-life planning with practical guidance as well as prompts to examine and reflect on your own life in journal entries, such as, "What is your biggest accomplishment?" and "What is your biggest regret?" What's more, the book helps you to enhance your life right now with chapters like "Finish the Unfinished," on the freeing process of making amends.

Playful, pragmatic, and uplifting, My Last Wishes makes a sensitive subject charmingly accessible.

From the Back Cover

Have you ever thought about who will attend your funeral, who will give your eulogy, or what your obituary will say? How about who will take care of your precious dog, Archie?

Formatted like a journal, sprinkled with tips from professionals and amusing anecdotes, My Last Wishes is a resource to consider these questions and more. Not only does it help you to plan your "last party," it makes the planning process less painful for your loved ones by clarifying your wishes.

Author Joy Meredith takes a fresh approach to end-of-life planning with practical guidance as well as prompts to examine and reflect on your own life in journal entries such as "What is your biggest accomplishment?" and "What is your biggest regret?" What's more, the book helps you to enhance your life right now with chapters like "Finish the Unfinished," on the freeing process of making amends.

Playful, pragmatic, and uplifting, My Last Wishes makes a sensitive subject charmingly accessible.

Review Quotes

"A wonderful and easy-to-use resource for everyone and especially for those facing a life-challenging illness." - David Kessler, author of The Needs of the Dying and On Grief and Grieving with Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
"Regardless of any documents that are signed or promises made, the vast majority of us will die in pain, afraid, alone, and surrounded by machines. We can change this. But to do so, we must bring this subject out of the closet. We must explore our fears and our beliefs, and we must talk with our loved ones about death, about life, about our worries and our hopes. Joy Meredith's book, My Last Wishes, provides us with a guide for those invaluable conversations." - Virginia Morris, author of Talking About Death and How to Care for Aging Parents
"Provides us with a guide for invaluable conversations so that we can make this vital passage more peaceful." - Virginia Morris, author of Talking About Death and How to Care for Aging Parents