This is why we do what we do.

Yesterday Tanya, my legal assistant, said: “This is why we do what we do.”

She held out a paper in her hand.  An obituary.  A couple – he 55 and she 53 – killed in a car wreck this week.  Six kids and two grandkids. That’s not supposed to happen.  But it does.

The husband’s brother is one of my friends, and I know their parents.  That brings the deaths home to me.

Whenever I hear of people younger than me dying, I pause.  That’s not supposed to happen.  Of course, it makes me realize I could be next.

So, yes, this is why we do what we do.  Our clients probably won’t need their estate planning to be in order for a long time.  But we want to help them – and their families – be prepared if the unexpected happens.