The Budgeting Babe » death http://thebudgetingbabe.com A personal finance blog for career minded women with small budgets and big dreams. Mon, 17 Jun 2013 03:01:30 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Take Chances On Today http://thebudgetingbabe.com/2011/02/25/take-chances-on-today/ http://thebudgetingbabe.com/2011/02/25/take-chances-on-today/#comments Fri, 25 Feb 2011 16:45:51 +0000 The Budgeting Babe http://thebudgetingbabe.com/?p=966 My friend, whose blog is here, also is dealing with a family tragedy this week. She posted this reminder on her triathlon training page today and I liked it so much I wanted to share: “…   you never know when your time will be up.  So, make the most of being here, now.  Tell [...]

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]]> My friend, whose blog is here, also is dealing with a family tragedy this week. She posted this reminder on her triathlon training page today and I liked it so much I wanted to share:

“…   you never know when your time will be up.  So, make the most of being here, now.  Tell people you love them.  Do the things you’ve always dreamed of doing.  Take chances.  Risk your heart, even, from time to time.  Value your time here and always keep in the forefront of your mind that it’s the people and experiences that are important, not things or money.”

Amen sister.
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By the way, our triathlon training site is here. It’s free to join. If you happen to be on it (or decide to join), let me know so I can follow your training. I am ALWAYS looking for fitness-friendly friends.

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]]> http://thebudgetingbabe.com/2011/02/25/take-chances-on-today/feed/ 1 Life and Death and Financial Planning http://thebudgetingbabe.com/2011/02/20/life-and-death-and-financial-planning/ http://thebudgetingbabe.com/2011/02/20/life-and-death-and-financial-planning/#comments Sun, 20 Feb 2011 12:43:57 +0000 The Budgeting Babe http://thebudgetingbabe.com/?p=953 As I sit down to write this, gloomy freezing raindrops and gray skies mirror the intensely serious and stormy mood that’s taken hold of my loved ones this February. Conversations are enveloped in worry, weary out-of-town relatives split time between hospitals and homes, and the notions of love, loss, and responsibility weigh heavy on all [...]

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]]> As I sit down to write this, gloomy freezing raindrops and gray skies mirror the intensely serious and stormy mood that’s taken hold of my loved ones this February. Conversations are enveloped in worry, weary out-of-town relatives split time between hospitals and homes, and the notions of love, loss, and responsibility weigh heavy on all of our minds. My 65-year-old Uncle is sick, and appears to be losing his battle today. And as I watch my mom alternate between turns as upbeat hostess, grieving sister, supportive friend, and strong mother, I’m reminded how lucky I am to have her in my life, and how precarious life can be at times.

I spend a lot of time on The Budgeting Babe writing and worrying about savings, investments, financial security, and future stability. But in the end, no matter how financially prepared – or unprepared – I as an individual might be for the dealings of daily life, I am wholly unprepared for dealings with sickness and death. My age probably has something to do with that – I don’t know anyone in her 30′s who spends time making sure his/her own papers are in order. And my parents are young, in their 50′s; I know they’ve started pulling together paperwork (my mom just told me she has a kit set up) but truthfully I don’t want to spend any time at all thinking about days when they might not be here.

But, because I was curious and also because I’m just sitting around my parents’ house waiting for a phone call from the hospital, I Googled “life death financial planning” and found this disaster plan on Wise Up Women (a site I had never heard of before). It’s a good checklist to browse and a nice starting point for someone like me for whom financial disaster planning isn’t top of mind most days. I’m going to start exploring the web site for other tips, make a few notes to myself, and start compiling a disaster plan of my own, and also make sure I know where my parents’ plans are.

Then, I am going to return to praying for my Uncle to pull through this, and for my family to find peace.

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