Last Sunday I asked my 91-year-old mother – who still drives her own car – to have lunch with me and my wife after church. As always, I paid for the meal, but not without my mother arguing that she can pay for her own lunch. Nonetheless, I always ignore her and pay anyway. Afterwards, my wife wanted to stop …
Financial Freedom Is Not Free
As I take a summer vacation with my family, I tend to wonder if the multitudes of people on the beaches and at other vacation spots across the U.S. really comprehend the price of that luxury. I’m not talking about the literal cost of the trip, but more about having the personal and financial freedoms to even take a vacation. …
Freedom is NOT Free
In May of this year, I had a conference to attend in Washington D.C. My wife, Gwen and I have been married now for 39 years so I thought it would be nice to take her along and spend a few days site-seeing prior to my conference. I frequently make the trip to D.C. on business, but I’ve never had …
Mentoring Our Future
Last week, I helped a young man working to acquire his Eagle Scout status by mentoring him through the “Personal Financial Management Merit Badge Workbook”, which is just one part of many steps to which a Boy Scout has to complete in order to obtain his Eagle Scout recognition. Through this mentoring process I helped explain the natures of creating …