non tax IMPORTANT papers to save!

      As I had shared the other day, our son Brent has enlisted in the Navy. This is one of our sons whom has challenges with reading. He is our son whom has the 'let's do this and NOW' type of personality. When you combine the personality with the reading disability, you see why he prefers to only read menus or instructions on how to fix or assemble things. (Yes, he usually reads the instructions first, totally because of his personality and absolutely hating having to go back to re-do something!!!).
     He came home from the recruiters office mumbling and grumbling about all of the paper work 'they expect you to read, fill out, know the information about, provide documentation for! grumble, grumble, grumble! '
     A couple of years ago he had got a tattoo. 'There were like twenty pages just on that! Good thing I only have the one so far, cuz you have to do that much paperwork on each and every one!!' Some of the information they require is: Where you got it. Whom was with you when you got it. Who did it. What does the symbol in the tattoo mean to you. What types of inks, etc. were used in applying your tattoo. AND, they want a sales receipt for it! Yes, seriously.
     He was very glad that the only trouble he'd ever had with the law, was one speeding ticket and one ticket for not wearing a seat belt. If he had had any type of criminal record, then there was a HUGE stack of paperwork you had to fill out. And you had to provide court records, and for some types of cases they even wanted court transcripts. And if you'd done jail time, then prison records. And if you'd been on parole, then parole records. Etc.
     He needed to take along his Social Security card. "It should be in your file ..." "Yeah, no. I had had it in my room because .... but now I can't find it ..." (points for mom, he has learned why I say to keep certain things in one particular spot :-) )
    "Do you know where my high school diploma is?" "Probably in with all of your graduation stuff." "Why isn't that in my file?" "Didn't realize I should keep it there" (Mom learned on this one.)
    But here's the BIG one folks. Here's what made me think that I should post this information as a 'hopefully useful tip' so that others can be in the know too. They want you to provide documentation from each and every time you have been in the E.R. (hospital emergency room); for each and every bone you have ever broken; and for any and every time you have been admitted to a hospital. And again, yes, I am serious!
    I realize that some of you don't see how any of that is a BIG deal. Please stop for a second and go add that to your 'things to be thankful for' list'!
     We, on the other hand, are the type of family that people in the E.R. recognize by face, and sometimes know our names. We are the ones whom make the health insurance companies shudder when they hear our voice on the line. One time when I had called my dear friend Robin P. and stated that I was in the emergency room, she had replied, "well, your either there or at a Goodwill" chuckle, chuckle. Problem was, she had a valid point!

    So all of you dear people out there, whom usually shred such medical records after so many years, when you shred that years tax information - STOP!!!! You may still shred the tax type of records, but it turns out that some of those medical records are to be kept and treasured as though they are indeed Holy documents. SERIOUSLY!!!!!

    IF your children are under the age of eighteen, then:
       - Those of you whom do have one of my 'Life Files', I strongly recommend that you add a 9 x 13 manila envelope to the files for each age of your child, and that you always remember to file away the papers from E.R. visits, bone specialists reports, hospital stays, etc. there in!
      - Those of you whom do not have a 'Life File' for each of your children - behold, now is the time to start one!!!! And when you do, make sure that you too add the manila envelopes, and that you always remember to file away the papers from E.R. visits, bone specialists reports, hospital stays, etc.!

     Trust me, should one of your children decide to join a branch of the military, you WILL thank me for this!!

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I 'plan on' linking this particular posting up to:
~ "Making Your Home Sing Monday('s)", are hosted by Nan, at 'Mom's the Word (I love to hear)' (http://momstheword--livingforhim.blogspot.com/).
~ "Homemaker Mondays ... Yours, Mine & Ours", are hosted by Mom2my10, at '11th Heaven's Homemaking Haven' (http://rtheyallyours.blogspot.com/).
~ "Monday Mommy Tip('s)", are hosted by Marie, at "Mommy Community' (http://mommycommunity.com/category/Monday-mommy-tip/).
~ "What I Learned this Week", are hosted by Jo-Lynne, at 'Musings of a Housewife' (http://www.musingsofahousewife.com/).