IT'S ALL ABOUT THE MONEY:

Over the years, once I agreed to be Emily’s executrix, she often teased me about a safety deposit box she and Rob maintained since they left their posting in Waterbury, Alberta back in the 1980s. She informed me the box was filled with valuable coins and dreamt of a road trip where she and I would cross the country and clean out that box. I even suggested, once, that we take the train to Edmonton and then the bus to Waterbury. She just laughed. Sure enough, as I root through Emily’s paperwork during those first days following her death, I discover the lease for two boxes at the Credit Union in Waterbury. Emily and Rob had faithfully been paying the annual fees for almost thirty years. (Atkinson, 2012)

Chapter Six introduces the reader to all the challenges of dealing with Revenue Canada and three separate banks, one of which is located in Alberta. There are some pleasant surprises and some almost insurmountable challenges. Everything has to do with relationship building and connections between the executor and those people in positions of authority who must act as needed for the benefit of the estate. Tenacity is a quality that comes in handy on more than one occasion.