Babies on the Brain – Preparing for My (“Our”) Future
The majority of my friends are popping out their first children or well on their way to their second child by now. My Facebook feed, filled with folks I went to school with, mostly lesser educated yet...
View ArticleMay the Force Be With You: Bringing a Child into this World
It has taken 34 years, but I’ve finally – almost – accepted that my parents will never be the loving, empathetic, caring people that I’ve always assume parental types should be. Like any human, they...
View Article14 Weeks Pregnant, 2 Weeks Until I Tell My Parents!
Today I have officially entered the second trimester. I’m fortunate that my first trimester was actually not that bad–no major morning sickness outside of mild nausea if I didn’t eat anything in the...
View ArticleCan you teach empathy? Pregnant daughter of narcisstic parents would like to...
My sister and I surprised my parents this weekend with the news – I’m pregnant. While I envisioned the surprise – in a normal, loving family -to go something like this… My parents would meet my sister,...
View ArticleWhen Long Term Care Insurance Terminates (Or, Almost Does) Due to Dementia or...
Welcome to the sandwich generation — taking care of kids and elders all at once. That was the message that I got loud and clear this week at 37 weeks pregnant and with a father in the hospital who has,...
View ArticleUpdate on the Whole My Mom’s Finances are Fucked Situation
Sorry for the foul language, but hey, when things are fucked, there isn’t a better way to describe the situation than the appropriate terminology. The saddest of all is that THEY SHOULDN’T BE FUCKED....
View ArticleHow Did My Father Leave Such a Financial Mess?
It has been a while since I’ve written about my mother’s financial situation because seeing the full picture of the train wreck that it is has taken time since my father’s passing. I think we now can...
View ArticleHow to Help My Mother NOT go Broke
They paid for college and a relatively lavish wedding and a lifestyle we apparently never could afford. They made a lot of bad money moves along the way–constantly adding on to and updating a house...
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My Three Year Plan: $2.5M Net Worth, IVF, and Baby #3.
The only reason I’ve achieved what I’ve achieved thus far in life is, quite frankly, this blog. Well, the fact that this blog has, since I was 22, force me to plan my life in tiny increments and...
View ArticleHealth scares and reminder of how short life is
When you’re on the journey to FIRE it’s easy to forget that life is short and maybe shorter than you think. A few months ago I opened my eyes from a nap and my right eye was blurred for 30 minutes. It...
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