By Susanna P. Barton Get out your calculators, kids – it’s time to solve some advanced senior equations with a little Grand Planning and real talk about how it all adds up. Ugh. There is nothing I dread more than budgeting and financial planning. Numbers scare me and money…
Read MoreBy Susanna P. Barton If you’re ready to get legit about life planning, make this the month you find a well-regarded lawyer who can transform your hopes and dreams into a legal record that stands the test of time. This is step three of a workable Grand Plan –…
Read MoreBy Susanna P. Barton Greetings, Grand Planners! There’s no better way to share the love with your people than to get “write” with them – that is, to consider the details of your life story, the particulars of how you wish to be celebrated when you’re gone, and how…
Read MoreBy Susanna P. Barton Quietly sobbing and crumpled under my work desk, and spinning out over another caregiving crisis for which I had no bandwidth, I called my sweet father for advice. He was sympathetic to the challenges I faced as “the person” for an elderly couple in South…
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