Galvatron
Spock and Galvatron < one and the same
Since my Mother passed away myself and my Brother that did not speak for close to 16 years have become good family and friends again, but sadly he and his wife have failing health and they are in their mid 50's so 10 years older than me.
We have talked honestly about what lies ahead and it is all worrying, his dear wife has leukemia and at the moment it is under control with powerful drugs but this in turn has it's side effects and makes daily life a struggle for her and my Brother has just this past few weeks been diagnosed with emphysema with his right lung being as he described to me as being heavily scared and the left lung is catching up fast.
With all this said they have 2 children, their Daughter is 14 and their Son 16,clearly they have concerns about the children's futures and me and my wife are the only family to them so with a heavy heart we have been starting to make plans just in case them children need guidance in life at a short notice.
My Brother is coming down this week with legal documents for me and my wife to sign, it will cover what happens to property ect and what to do if and when either himself or his wife passes away or needs to have permanent care ect ect, more importantly who cares for their children and what their wishes are for the children's education and care needs if anything happens whilst they are still classed as minors.
The reason my Brother and his wife trust us is they know we put our own children before us in life and education is damn important, they also know myself and my wife are 100% financially secure and we would protect their children's future with any funds sold from their estate if it was to come to that and we would 100% make sure the children would use any money to secure a good education and a future home for them.
As well as all the legal stuff we chatted last night and think it is a good thing that the children start spending more time with me and my family, so to start this process my niece is travelling down to and she is going to spend the week with us ,my nephew has exams to study for so he will come the next time, my niece is so much like my Daughter who is the same age i know they are going to have so much fun and that is the point...she needs to know in a gentle way she is never and i mean never going to be alone in life.
It is hard getting my head round all this but i know with a few prayers and love and support these kids will be just fine, by the way their names are Kaci and Lee.
My Niece is on the left and my daughter on the right...damn they look and act so alike and until a few months ago they never even knew each other existed.
Worrying times as i said in the thread title.
We have talked honestly about what lies ahead and it is all worrying, his dear wife has leukemia and at the moment it is under control with powerful drugs but this in turn has it's side effects and makes daily life a struggle for her and my Brother has just this past few weeks been diagnosed with emphysema with his right lung being as he described to me as being heavily scared and the left lung is catching up fast.
With all this said they have 2 children, their Daughter is 14 and their Son 16,clearly they have concerns about the children's futures and me and my wife are the only family to them so with a heavy heart we have been starting to make plans just in case them children need guidance in life at a short notice.
My Brother is coming down this week with legal documents for me and my wife to sign, it will cover what happens to property ect and what to do if and when either himself or his wife passes away or needs to have permanent care ect ect, more importantly who cares for their children and what their wishes are for the children's education and care needs if anything happens whilst they are still classed as minors.
The reason my Brother and his wife trust us is they know we put our own children before us in life and education is damn important, they also know myself and my wife are 100% financially secure and we would protect their children's future with any funds sold from their estate if it was to come to that and we would 100% make sure the children would use any money to secure a good education and a future home for them.
As well as all the legal stuff we chatted last night and think it is a good thing that the children start spending more time with me and my family, so to start this process my niece is travelling down to and she is going to spend the week with us ,my nephew has exams to study for so he will come the next time, my niece is so much like my Daughter who is the same age i know they are going to have so much fun and that is the point...she needs to know in a gentle way she is never and i mean never going to be alone in life.
It is hard getting my head round all this but i know with a few prayers and love and support these kids will be just fine, by the way their names are Kaci and Lee.
My Niece is on the left and my daughter on the right...damn they look and act so alike and until a few months ago they never even knew each other existed.
Worrying times as i said in the thread title.