Living

When my kids were in elementary school I used to have coffee with a group of moms on Friday mornings. One day, one of the moms shared that they were going to have their mortgage paid off before their kids went off to college. Having three kids relatively the same age and facing the possibility…

I wish I could have back all of the money I wasted over the years buying cheap sets of pots, pans and bakeware. Had I slowly built a quality collection over time, I would have been much better off in the long run. However, investing in quality pieces when we were starting out felt daunting.…

Admittedly, we didn’t set out to do this consciously, but having three kids within 15 months (twins and a singleton soon after) makes you start to think (and worry) early on. In the end, we were very, very fortunate. We’ve had several friends describing the hundreds of thousands of dollars they’ve invested in their childrens’…