Money Prophet

Speaking as someone who lost my mom to cancer when I was just out of college, my advice is to go easy on loved ones and yourself. I found that – living hundreds of miles away during my mom’s illness – it was just “hard to be.” Hard to be away, hard to be home, hard to be taking care of the family, hard to be at work, hard to be with friends, hard to maintain any sort of balance. So don’t try …

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