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Many people consider the death of a loved one to be the worst experience they have to face in life.
Whether the death is of a husband, wife, parent, brother, sister, other family member, or close friend, it is almost always a heartbreaking experience. For most of us, such times are an emotional mixture of shock and pain and uncertainty about what life will be like without that person. We are not generally at our best during such times, nor are we in an ideal state to make lots of immediate decisions related to death and funeral arrangements, or more long term financial and legal decisions, some of which may be critical. Yet these are the things which we are faced with when someone dies. Sometimes we face these decisions alone, and sometimes we face them with other family members.