Short articles for hard moments.
Practical writing for the first hard days: what to do today, and what can wait. We update each piece as the world changes and mark the date, so you know what you’re reading. Nothing here is sponsored. Nothing here links to a service that pays us to send traffic.
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1 · First Calls
The first seventy-two hours
A short, kind list for the person who just got the call: what to do today, and what can wait.
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6 · Devices & Access
When you can’t get into their iPhone
A plain-language walk through the realistic options for unlocking the iPhone of someone who is gone. What works, what doesn’t, and what each path asks of you.
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9 · A Letter for Them
A letter to my family
A template for the note that makes the binder sound like you.
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5 · Documents
Order fifteen, not five
The small mistake that costs months. Why you’ll need more original death certificates than anyone tells you, and what each one is for.
Each starts where a binder would help.
Write yours before anyone needs it. Personal is free.