Never Underestimate The Importance of Life Insurance
Sunday, January 18th, 2004For those of you who think that life insurance isn t important, or that you can “do it tomorrow”, I have a tale to tell.
I have to preface this by telling you that in August of 1983, my family took a vacation. We went to visit my aunt who at that time was living in Connecticut. My mother is a severe believer in adequate life insurance protection, and my parents were at that time seriously underinsured, should something happen to one or the other.
Now, my father was a mechanical engineer working up in Greenland, and he would be gone for 3+ months at a time. So my mom literally nagged my father about getting a life insurance policy that was more suitable before we went on vacation, because almost as soon as we returned from this vacation, he would be returning to work.
I remember it like it was yesterday. My father was an unbelievable procrastinator (as am I), and was quite happy to put it off for another God knows how many years. But my tenacious mother wouldn t have it. Sh (more...)
