The Wall Street Journal listed 25 documents you need before you die.1 Their subheading was “Design your death dossier soon – or you could be setting up your heirs for frustration and financial pain.” They are right. If you don’t take the time to create a plan for your future and organize your documents, you…
DetailsIn a speech to high school students, Bill Gates passed on to them the following eleven (11) rules. The rules come from Charles Sykes, author of “Dumbing Down Our Kids: Why American Children Feel Good about Ourselves but Can’t Read, Write or Add” (St. Martin’s Press, 1996). It appears that the rules did not come…
DetailsLast week I wrote about two ways to pay for your funeral. There is a second part of funeral planning to consider. We believe it is important to leave a legacy. Part of that legacy is to be remembered long after we are gone. We have a new FREE service that we offer to our…
DetailsThere is a 100% guarantee that each of us will die one day. Who is going to pay for your funeral and where will they get the money? One of the greatest gifts you can give to your family is to prepay and prearrange your funeral. There are different ways to do this: (1) Meet…
DetailsFather’s Day is June 19. It took fathers a good deal longer than mothers to get their rightful national recognition. It wasn’t until President Johnson’s proclamation, in 1966, that the holiday was officially recognized. With Father’s Day just around the corner, let’s give our dads their due with this perspective on fathers and children: 4…
DetailsThis spring, a family reported to me that a loved one in a nursing home had trouble getting her medications in balance. She was placed in a hospital to help sort the problem out and after her stay, she was even worse and never spoke again. What a tragedy. This summary of a national report…
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