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Life Insurance- Get It While You Can

Leah
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A former teacher, majorette. A wife, mother of one, grandmother of...

Leah

Wednesday, April 02, 2008
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I suppose I am like most people out in the world...I had a good job which had a great life insurance policy (as long as I worked). I never gave retirement a thought-it was always too far away. I figured I would always be healthy-and when I wasn't, life insurance wouldn't be important anyway. ...
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    Sue
    Wednesday, April 02, 2008 at 09:15 PM

    Thanks Leah for your post.  Your honesty is awesome and also brave.  I'm glad you are sharing all of this with us. It is really important for us all to listen to what we don't always like to hear.

     

    It really is a tough thing to figure out how you can pay for all these "extras".  I guess if we look at it differently we should consider life insurance an essential.  Thanks for helping set us on the right course.

     

    All the best, sue

     

    Read another one of Leah;s post about not waiting until it is too late: 

    Living Wills: Make Them Early, While You Still Can 

     

     

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    Leah
    Thursday, April 03, 2008 at 08:44 AM

    Hi, Sue.  I still surprise myself at how open I am being, after having been such a private person all my life.  It may be my dementia which has opened my lips, but I think, rather, that it is my strong desire to help others while I am still on this earth.  Your continued support is appreciated.

    Leah

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    Karen E Wheeler
    Thursday, April 03, 2008 at 09:48 AM

    Thank you so much.  You're right, with regards to live don't know what's waiting around the corner.  Having learned this lesson myself a few months ago with the experience of having to make the difficult choice of having to place my mom in a skilled nursing facility. Partly because of finanical issues. Thank God, at the moment I'm in good health. However, having recently celebrated a milestone birthday and advised by many, it is time to get life insurance. A sacry thought as one who is self-employed, to not have. Thanks again for the valuable information you have shared with us.

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    Leah
    Thursday, April 03, 2008 at 10:20 AM

    I'm glad I'm able to share my experiences and that they may either help others out there in the world or give those who share the same problems the feeling that they are not alone.  Good luck with your mom.  May her remaining days be filled with peace and love.

    Leah

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