This book documents the author's personal experience with administering her mother's estate. The story is a candid and detailed account of the legal, financial, and emotional components of estate administration. The author shares several great lessons from her experience:

Be prepared to make short-term and long-term decisions.
Everyone has an estate.
Everyone needs an estate plan.
Everyone can build an estate.
Leave a trail of breadcrumbs for those left behind.
It costs money to die Who knew
Leave a mark and not a scar.