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Creating Legacies

  • The Gift of Grace

    From the Desk of San Diego Trust and Probate Attorney, Kristina Hess Last week I was writing about 2012 being the year to make big gifts… for some. But maybe you are saying to yourself, that’s great, but I’m not in the multi-million dollar estate range and so the opportunity to gift millions this year…

  • Creating Legacies – Letters that Last

    From the Desk of San Diego Trust Attorney, San Diego Estate Planning Kristina Hess: A part of my San Diego estate planning practice includes providing people with the opportunity to record a “legacy” video where they impart life lessons, family history, thoughts for their children or grandchildren.  This is a priceless activity and can even…

  • Our American Heroes … Talk about legacy

    From the desk of San Diego, Del Mar, California Trust and Estate Attorney, Kristina Hess…. One of my sons is in second grade and the second graders have the wonderful opportunity to do a sharing report each month.  For the month of February he had to choose an American hero and talk about his/her life…

  • Dealing with Loss of a Loved One

    From the desk of Del Mar Estate Planning Attorney, Kristina Hess…. In the business of San Diego estate planning, I have the privilege of meeting people in various stages of life.  I work with a lot of young families, helping them to plan and provide for their precious children.  I also work with single people…

  • So much to do and so little time … Legacies, Estate Planning … What?

    Today my head was filled with ideas. I looked at my “To Do” list that I wrote out before leaving the office yesterday, and added on to that were so many things… What to focus on first? Taking care of self — need to get that pedicure!   After months of talking about doing it, actually…

  • I Want to Leave a Legacy, How Will They Remember Me?

    So, truth be told, the legacy theme certainly isn’t novel, original or anything else, but nonetheless, it is fundamental and timeless. I love the lyrics and song by Nicole Nordeman “Legacy.”  We played this song at my dad’s memorial service.  He was a legacy man.  I want to be a legacy woman and to take…

  • Your Greatest Legacy? An Extraordinary Life

    Last week I had the privilege and honor of hearing John Bevere discuss everyone’s innate, God-given desire to live an extraordinary life. It is no coincidence that we love stories of super-heroes. We are all born with a desire to be more than just ordinary. And yet, left to our own devices we will fall short of…

  • We Can’t Leave a Legacy if Our Kids Don’t Survive

    As a mother of three boys, my heart just breaks with the recent news about two separate teenaged boys who died in car accidents.  Our thoughts and prayers are with the families of these boys — Alex Capozza and William Wardrip. It saddens me greatly and also causes fear for my own boys when they reach their teenage…

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