When Death Approaches, You Think About Death

As Mom's death approaches, its making us all think about death. My sister and her husband are finally getting around to putting together a will. After some discussion, they've going to leave me their kids. Its a big thing because we've all not been getting a long for some time. They admitted that they've talked about giving the kids to my brother in law's sister who lives in LA (but hardly sees the kids and my sis really doesn't like) or friends, but they've decided that no one has a better connection with the kids than me.