We All Have Far More in Common

About four years ago, our town wanted to bring in a SOS Recovery Center.   A SOS Recovery Center helps to reduce the stigma and harm that is associated with substance abuse by providing support for people in all stages of recovery.   The Center was getting both support and disapproval from downtown businesses because it was […]

Scrapbooking Your Life Story

When my husband turned 40, it was important to me to put his life story into memories by making him a scrapbook of his life. When our children graduated from high school, one of their gifts was a scrapbook. It took months and hours of work for every page, but the finished project was one […]

Life is Like a Box of Chocolates

“Mama always said that life is like a box of chocolates.   You never know what you are going to get.” Tom Hanks said these words in one of my favorite movies, Forrest Gump. Whether you have health insurance or Medicare, your health care can also be like a box of chocolates especially if you don’t […]

Stay at Home Parents

Raising children is one of the best jobs in the world while at the same time, it can be one of the hardest jobs in the world. As a parent, deciding if you will continue to work full time or be a stay at home parent can be one of the hardest decisions you can […]

I am More Than Just a Piece of Paper

I am a Contract. People pay a premium to keep me in force. I help people live out their dreams. I help pay off mortgages so families can stay in their homes. I help pay off credit card debt. I help pay off personal loans. I help provide a college education. I help to pay […]

The Definition of Love

If you were to look up the word, “Love”,  in the dictionary, the definition would go something like this: An intense feeling of deep affection. A great interest and pleasure in something. For me, love has so many definitions.   Here are a few that I have personally witnessed: A wife is the caregiver of her […]

The Greatest Gift of All

For me, it alway feels a little depressing to see the holidays come to an end.     Decorations are taken down and put away for another year.  Traditions such as family getting together don’t happen as often. We go about our days heading to work, coming home and making dinner, doing chores, and then starting […]

Thank You

It is hard to believe that today is the last day of 2018.   It seems like we just started 2018 and here we are just hours away from 2019. As we get ready to close out 2018, it’s important for me to share how thankful I am for your trust in me with your insurance […]

Open Enrollment

There are a couple of dates to remember that of utmost importance to anyone looking into health insurance plans for 2019.    Those dates are November 1st and December 15th. That’s because from November 1, 2018 through December 15, 2018 is when Open Enrollment for individual and family health insurance plans is.   This is the […]

We Will Never Forget

September 11, 2001 – It’s a day that changed the world, our country, our towns, and everyone of us. 246 people went to sleep for their morning flights on 9/11. The night before, 2,606 people went to sleep for work. 25 flight attendants packed their bags for their early reports. 343 firefighters, 60 police officers […]