In a monthly series, Mishpacha speaks to real people in our communities who are struggling — and succeeding — to “make it.” Learn their strategies, secrets, fears, and dreams as they share the wealth of their hard-earned experience,
It seemed like only yesterday that they began their lives and began to raise their families. Yet soon enough the day finally came when they were liberated from tuition high grocery bills and co-payments for more pediatrician visits than they could count. How odd to be responsible for only two. Or are they? Meet three couples who prove that parenting doesn’t end just because everyone flew the coop.
Cindy and Keith Goodstein
Susan and David Paxman
Malka and Gavriel Thurman
AGES MID-60S AND 70S
KIDS: 3
EMPLOYMENT: KEITH WORKS PARTTIME AS A BOOKKEEPER IN A NURSING HOME. CINDY IS A FREELANCE WRITER FOR A LOCAL NEWSPAPER.
INCOME AFTER TAXES: $45,000
MORTGAGE PER MONTH:$1,500
UTILITIES: $320/MONTH
FOOD: $400/MONTH
MEDICAL INSURANCE: $250/MONTH
AUTO LOAN PAYMENTS: $229/MONTH
AUTO INSURANCE: $200/MONTH
GAS: $50/MONTH
PHONE BILL:$190/MONTH
LIFE INSURANCE: $0/MONTH.
POLICY GENERATES ITS OWN PAYMENTS BECAUSE IT WAS ANNUITIZED
While everyone goes through different stages in life, I never realized that life could also have sub-stages. Sure, childhood, adolescence, and marriage follow a projected trajectory. But when more than one marriage is thrown into the loop, the results are more unpredictable.
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