ISBN: 0-9766382-0-7 (204 Pages)

What Would Happen If You Died Tomorrow?

Have you told your loved ones all they need to know about your personal history, your life, your final wishes? Would they know where to find the necessary paperwork documenting your insurance policies, investments and bank accounts? Would they be prepared to make medical, financial and legal decisions according to your wishes? Would they understand the life you lived and the legacy you would like to leave behind?

Grant Me My Final Wish: A Personal Journal to Simplify Life's Inevitable Journey, written by Renata Marie Vestevich, makes recording your answers to these questions an easy and gratifying experience. A guide to the various practical and vital matters of life, Grant Me My Final Wish gently assists readers in recognizing and expressing their innermost desires.

Beautifully designed and clearly laid out, this comprehensive journal compassionately helps readers to consider large issues and small details.  Each of the thirteen segments includes a helpful introductory paragraph to ease the reader/writer into filling in the blanks and recording personal thoughts, wishes, plans, instructions and data. When completed, this journal is a well-organized compilation of basic information about medical wishes, bank accounts and insurance, location of important documents, people to notify, funeral arrangements, care for a beloved pets, and more. Grant Me My Final Wish also gives readers space to share heartfelt memories, special messages and favorite photographs with family and friends – the essence of an ethical will.

Grant Me My Final Wish offers a chance to celebrate life, contemplate death with peace of mind, and ultimately, make saying good-bye easier for those who pass and those who are left behind.

Who would benefit from using Grant Me My Final Wish?

Grant Me My Final Wish is for:

• Any person who would like to organize and document certain aspects of their life
• People who want to plan ahead and minimize stress on loved ones
• Couples experiencing the birth of their first child
• Baby boomers caring for aging parents
• Those experiencing the thrill of having grandchildren
• Everyone, young and old, since the topics covered are relevant to any stage in life

What are the benefits of using Grant Me My Final Wish?

Grant Me My Final Wish is designed to:

• Organize topics for your consideration and offer you a structured format for documenting important data
• Help you define specific requests you wish to be carried out at the end of your life, making it easier to express them to your loved ones and minimizing their uncertainty about making difficult decisions
• Give you the reassurance that your important final wishes have been recorded, which will bring you and your loved ones a profound sense of comfort and peace of mind
• Help you confront your own mortality in a healthy way. It allows you to sort out the essential details, giving you a sense of control and a feeling of closure.
• Record ethical will issues, which focus on non-material gifts - the values and life lessons you wish to pass on to others
• Celebrate a life well-lived with specially designed pages to fill with favorite photographs, keepsakes, and fond memories, creating an enduring family legacy to be shared with those closest to you

You refer to an ethical will in your book. What is an ethical will?

An ordinary will or Last Testament is a legal document and primarily concerns the disposition of your material possessions at death. An ethical will, which is not a legal document, has to do with non-material gifts. It’s a way to share your thoughts, values, life’s lessons, and love and forgiveness with your family and friends. An ethical will provides the writer a way to live on after death in the hearts and minds of loved ones. We all want to be remembered and an ethical will may be one of the most cherished and meaningful gifts you can leave your loved ones. This is the essence of Grant Me My Final Wish.

Would it be appropriate to purchase this book as a gift?

Absolutely! Grant Me My Final Wish is a gift of love. It is a way of asking a loved one to share with you the treasures of their stories, the value of their insights and their special wisdom.

Has this book received recognition?

Grant Me My Final Wish was a 2006 EVVY Award winner in two categories. The book has also received many editorial and personal reviews, which have all rated Grant Me My Final Wish five stars!
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How can I purchase Grant Me My Final Wish?

Grant Me My Final Wish can be purchased at local bookstores, on-line through Amazon.com, or through the publisher, Bella Vita Books for $24.95. To order now, click here.