The calendar marks one year since the sky dimmed with the passing of Mama Clynch, and I'm inviting you on a journey through the raw tides of grief and the legacy she left behind. As we navigate through the changing landscapes of our lives, I share tender insights and the wisdom gleaned from not just mourning, but also managing the practicalities that death entails—from establishing trusts to the sale of family property. This episode is more than a reflection; it's a testament to the strength we muster as we trek through the personal evolutions prompted by loss.
Then, we shift gears to a beacon of guidance on estate planning, weaving through the intricacies of wills, ladybird deeds, irrevocable Medicaid trusts, and powers of attorney. It's a crucial conversation that offers peace of mind and honors the memories we build with family, like my nephew's proud graduation walk at Stephen F. Austin. Through these narratives and heartfelt stories, this episode stands as a reminder to savor moments with our loved ones, embrace the growth that comes from change, and find solace in preparation during life's most challenging times.
The calendar marks one year since the sky dimmed with the passing of Mama Clynch, and I'm inviting you on a journey through the raw tides of grief and the legacy she left behind. As we navigate through the changing landscapes of our lives, I share tender insights and the wisdom gleaned from not just mourning, but also managing the practicalities that death entails—from establishing trusts to the sale of family property. This episode is more than a reflection; it's a testament to the strength we muster as we trek through the personal evolutions prompted by loss.
Then, we shift gears to a beacon of guidance on estate planning, weaving through the intricacies of wills, ladybird deeds, irrevocable Medicaid trusts, and powers of attorney. It's a crucial conversation that offers peace of mind and honors the memories we build with family, like my nephew's proud graduation walk at Stephen F. Austin. Through these narratives and heartfelt stories, this episode stands as a reminder to savor moments with our loved ones, embrace the growth that comes from change, and find solace in preparation during life's most challenging times.
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Have you ever given thought to how quickly one year passes by, how many changes we all experience in one calendar year? Think about that for a second, and for many of us, including myself, one date of a year in one year signifies a lot of. A year in one year signifies a lot. It signifies success, signifies a change and signifies a loss which forever changes our perspective. Let's talk about it. Hey, I appreciate you joining us or joining me. Let's talk about it.
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A series under the umbrella of Stories Inside the man Cave podcast. Really want to make this quick because you know you think a lot when you lose a parent. You think about a lot of things, you change your perspective, you're more relaxed. You think about a lot of things. You change your perspective, you're more relaxed, you're more you. Just you think about living. You think about living a fuller life. You think about things, how they change. You think about a significant figure which is no longer in your life on earth. But it's up to us to change your perspective. It's up to us to find victories every day and that we have a purpose.
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And I'm not preaching, this is more or less a tribute to now my late mother, mama Clinch. She passed away one year ago today, on May 13th, and I have been confused, a lot, been trying to refocus my life and refocus my perspective and my goals in life, which many of you who are watching this. You've lost a parent or lost someone significant in your life, so it's inevitable, this is going to happen, but on this one year anniversary, I wanted to pay tribute to my mother. On this one-year anniversary, I wanted to pay tribute to my mother A year ago when this happened, kind of blindsided, she was in the hospital dealing with heart failure, a lot of health issues, and I think those of you who deal with a parent, aging parent, who's going downhill it's years in the making and we were going through a lot. I'd set up quite a few things as far as a trust. We'll get to those here shortly.
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I think about how quickly a year passes and what has changed. What has changed in your life in one calendar year. I think about this on my end. In one year, I sold my mother's house and it's already been renovated and already has another family in it. I think about my career that I'm in now and I feel like I'm in a much better place. I work for a great company, work for great people. My relationships there have changed for the better. Learning I'm continuing to learn. I'm growing. You know success in the career. This podcast is growing because of you in one year.
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Think about what has changed in your life in one year. It's pretty, it moves quickly. Friends change friends. Relationships grow stronger. You meet new people. New people are in your life. I'm about to meet my biological family because I'm adopted. But I just want you to think.
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Think about this because many of you who are watching are friends of mine and, as I pay tribute to my mother one year ago, in which she passed away and left us on this earth, she's here spiritually and I know it and I've experienced it. But in one year it's kind of hard to grasp that. It's kind of hard to grasp that because I was always one, either through coaching, through many ways in life to be tough or to acclimate, move forward. And that's my message to you through my experience. It doesn't matter how hard it is, it will get better. And that cliche, this too shall pass. And to my mom, I do miss you dearly and I think I'm doing my best through many ways to make you proud and to improve myself, because I continue her legacy here and her wishes in some way.
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But you know I've learned through that process that there's three things that, if you haven't already, I would love for you and your family and your loved ones and your parents to begin your estate planning, beginning with number one revise that will with the strongest legal language. Name an executor, a trustee, if you have a trust. So number one get a ladybird deed. What that does is, upon death, it becomes whoever the names on it. In my case, myself and my sister, we became owners of that home without having to go through probate. Saves a lot of headaches. Then a irrevocable Medicaid trust and, of course, the will and powers of attorney. Do that now, I promise you. And, of course, the will and powers of attorney. Do that now, I promise you, and put every person that you want involved in that to transfer into those names immediately to save a lot of headaches and a lot of time. Do that. Do that for yourself and if that process makes your relationship stronger with your brother or sister or whoever else is involved, and including the beneficiaries on every financial account transfers upon death, do that, because I guarantee our parents and I'll use my mom, for example I know she's smiling and happy that we did that and preserved everything the right way to alleviate the stress. Man, that's all I wanted to do and, as we, you know, relive pictures right here. That's Mama C, you know. Especially this weekend, this past weekend, I thought about her a lot.
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I graduated from Stephen F Austin over 25 years ago. She was there along with the lady next to her G-Ma, my father's mother. Well, I was there because my nephew made the same decision I did to go to Stephen F Austin Very proud uncle moment and he walked that same stage I did. I'll forever have that bond with him and I was thinking about the entire time. I guarantee my mom would have teared up because we all our moms all do that during those moments, but I was just full of pride and knowing that that happened Another SFA lumberjack in our family and, man, I've enjoyed watching each of your children and relatives graduate walk the stage, taking that next stage in life.
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It's a beautiful thing. All those pictures are amazing. I'm very happy for all of you who have had the honor of having a college graduate walk the stage in your family. That's pretty much all I had and that's just pretty much all I wanted to relay Just pay attention to our elders in our family and appreciate every moment and include them in everything, because, man, it goes by quickly and think about how much we have changed in our lives in one year. Live it. You know what Life, life with people you love and your friends. It's always good to talk about it.
