June 16, 2026 7 min read
The Form That Outranks Your Will
In a blended family, who inherits your 401(k) is not named in your will. It's named on a form you filled out in 1998 and forgot.
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June 25, 2026 7 min read
What the Watch Is Worth, and What the Watch Is For
The appraiser says a number. To you it's the weight of his wrist on Sunday mornings. To the IRS it's a data point. Both real, two ledgers.
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June 8, 2026 7 min read
The Document That Speaks When You Can't
A will is a letter to the people who outlive you. It can wait. The decision about the ventilator tonight cannot.
May 30, 2026 6 min read
The Drawer Nobody Can Open
A death certificate will not open your phone. The only thing that opens it is a setting you turn on while you are still here.
May 22, 2026 6 min read
The Folder Your Family Looks For First
Your family will open the kitchen drawer before they call the lawyer. Would they find one page saying where everything is, or just takeout menus?
May 14, 2026 3 min read
The Difference Between Stuff and Story
An heirloom isn't an object. It's an object plus a reason. When you lose the reason, the object becomes clutter.
May 11, 2026 3 min read
Conversations Worth Having (Before You Can't)
How to start the inheritance conversation with aging parents without it turning into a fight, a guilt trip, or a will reading.
May 4, 2026 2 min read
The Cookbook Nobody Could Read
Every family has a binder like this. The cookies you remember and the recipe on the page are almost never the same thing.
May 2, 2026 5 min read
Beyond the Will
A will, a personal property memorandum, and a conversation — in that order. Why a will alone, no matter how careful, is never enough.
April 18, 2026 5 min read
Cleaning Out the House
The work nobody signs up for and almost everyone does eventually. A few things that help, from people who've been through it.
April 4, 2026 4 min read
How to Photograph an Heirloom
A phone, a window, a clean dish towel. Five shots that let the next person know exactly what you were keeping and why.
March 21, 2026 4 min read
Privacy by Promise, Privacy by Math
Telling you we won't read your stories isn't enough. We built the product so we can't — even if a court asked us to.
March 7, 2026 3 min read
The Personal Property Memorandum
The small legal tool that lets a handwritten list carry the same weight as a will — without rewriting the will every time you change your mind.
February 21, 2026 3 min read
What a Will Doesn't Do
A will is a divisive instrument for a divisive moment. It can split a house. It cannot tell you why your mother kept the chipped one.
February 7, 2026 2 min read
A Starting Point
Wills divide property. They were never built to carry meaning. We're building Pass It On because the meaning has nowhere else to live.
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