There are only two things that we are sure about in
life: birth and death. We all know that one day we will pass on from this life
to a better one (so I choose to believe). Therefore I think it is important
that we prepare for it. Not only spiritually, emotional, but physically. What I
mean here is that we should leave our life in order so that those who come to
dispose of our material things can do it easily; after all, it will be painful
enough for the person to do this, why not cut the red tape.
All right, so by now you must be thinking `why can´t
she be a bit more clear in what she´s talking about? ´ I believe that we should
leave all our passwords available for a family member to find and close bank
accounts, use the money that is in the bank to pay for funeral fees, delete
social media accounts and other things that need to be done after one has
passed away.
For instance, the other day I was checking my Facebook
account when all of a sudden I got a message from a friend who had passed away
on April 1st. My first reaction was to drop my cell phone and say a little
prayer. But then slowly I picked it up again to check the picture in the little
circle that appeared at the bottom left-hand corner of the app. To my horror,
it was a message from my deceased friend.
She had passed away on the first of April (April
Fool´s Day) when I received the message; I thought it was a prank because she
was always joking around. But then again, what a horrible prank it would be. Then
when I got this message 2 months after the incident, all that sadness aroused
and I thought: Could it have been a prank after all? Did someone make a mistake
and in identifying the body? Instead of just reading the message, I started
wondering what could have happened.
Actually it took me a few minutes to finally read what
had been sent. In fact, it was a message from her sister letting me know what
in fact had happened and how much I was loved.
Once again, I dropped my cell phone and said a little prayer. I guess
that in reality I wanted the whole story to be a prank, but it wasn´t.
In the message the sister mentioned that it took all
this time for her to find out what her sisters Facebook password was and that
in the meantime she was going to continue using her sister´s account before
starting one of her own. I thanked her for the message but I asked her to stop
using her sister´s account. It just felt weird to see messages coming in through
the inbox with her sister´s picture. There is just so much emotion connected to
all a small circle with a picture in it.
So in preparation for my death, I have written a
letter to my family where I written down all my account numbers and passwords
to facilitate their job after I am gone.
I haven´t told them exactly where it is, just in case there is a break
in , but at least they know that it is there.
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