Since 2001 I have had a Black Folder.
Why A Black Folder?
Adding Letters in the Black Folder
I gathered things together like my Last Will and Testament and Life Insurance Policies for my only son. I had many of these documents scattered throughout my files and I just decided to put them in one place. When I was organizing I happened to find a black folder and decided to put the documents in that black folder.
My son was not quite an adult at that time. I thought the easiest way for him to remember where to look for these important documents was to tell him that no matter what to look for a black folder. There he would find what he needed to take care of business and carry on.
My son was not quite an adult at that time. I thought the easiest way for him to remember where to look for these important documents was to tell him that no matter what to look for a black folder. There he would find what he needed to take care of business and carry on.
Adding Letters in the Black Folder
Over the years I decided that just having the legal documents in this folder was not enough and I should at least write him a note. I was doing a lot of traveling for work at that time. Almost annually I would write him a letter. (There were some years that I forgot, or maybe I just was feeling invincible and confident that this wasn't going to be my year, and the previous letters would suffice).