This week, the United States of America marks a remarkable milestone: 250 years since the signing of the United States Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia on July 4, 1776. A quarter of a millennium ago, a small collection of colonies made an audacious decision—to break away from the most powerful empire in the world and […]
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June is Brain Awareness Month As estate planning professionals, we spend much of our careers helping families prepare for the unexpected. We talk about wills, trusts, powers of attorney, long-term care planning, and preserving assets for future generations. Yet behind every document we prepare is something far more personal than legal language or financial strategy
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When I was in ninth grade, one of my most memorable teachers—who also happened to be one of the toughest—asked our class a simple question: What does this quote mean? At the time, most of us tried to answer in very literal terms. If you plant corn, you get corn. If you plant weeds, you
Preparation Changes the Outcome After more than two and a half decades in the senior services and estate planning world, I have learned a truth that no textbook, license, or designation can fully teach: life rarely goes according to plan, and death never arrives at a convenient time. My work has placed me alongside families
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In the short time of four weeks earlier this year, we had seven clients pass away. When I shared that with a friend, he stopped me mid-sentence. “Seven?” he said. “How can you stand that? Isn’t that incredibly depressing? Your clients… their families… they’re just gone.” It’s a fair question. And it made me pause.
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