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 husband who has suffered a heart attack and stroke. He is no longer able to walk without assistance and needs help to do basic daily living activities such as taking a shower. She does this with joy in her heart even though getting even a short break barely happens.
- Parents of a young man who has a drug addiction do everything in their power to get him the help he needs. They do this all the while knowing that they may not ever be able to help their son. Even so, they never give up and continually show him they are there for him.
- A husband cares for his wife as she goes through cancer treatments. He takes a leave of absence from work to be there for her treatments and to care for her while the side effects of radiation and chemotherapy wreak havoc on her frail body.
- Young parents watch their eight year old daughter get sicker and sicker. Doctors are stumped only to find out that she has lyme disease that is stealing her childhood. Her parents seek help and do find it after almost two years of not getting the right treatment.
- A twenty two year old comes home from college and while at a cookout, falls down a flight of stairs leaving her paralyzed from the waist down. Her Mother leaves her work to help care for her daughter. Her Father reaches out to friends and family to help reconstruct their home making it wheelchair accessible. They do this to give her the best possible outcome for a fruitful life even though her life has changed drastically.
- A Mother takes the time to make sure her son gets to his doctor appointments, physical therapy appointments, occupational therapy appointments, and speech therapy appointments after a car accident leaves him unable to drive for over six months.
For me, love isn’t all roses and champagne. It is also not just about the good times. It’s about overcoming obstacles together.
Relationships whether it is a husband and wife, brother, sister, or friends don’t last because of the good times. They last because the hard times were handled with love and care.
As Whintley Phipps, a pastor and gospel singer says, ” Love is when what you want is never important, but what the other person needs and wants is always paramount.”
This sums it up when looking at some of the ways I have had the blessing of watching others do for family, friends, and even co-workers.
There are so many ways to show your loved ones how much you love them.
One way is to look into Life Insurance.
It may not be romantic.
It does show that you care enough to take care of your loved ones needs emotionally, physically, and financially.
We all know that you may not plan on going anywhere anytime soon, but in the case of something unexpected, you have just shown your love by taking care of your loved ones now and should something ever happen.
Love has many definitions.
In fact, we show it to the ones we spend time with in a million different ways every day.
Life Insurance is about keeping the best interests of your family and loved ones alive for years to come.
It’s about paying off mortgages and debt.
It’s about providing for education.
It’s more than a piece of paper; it’s about being a guardian angel to your family.
Just like witnessing how loved ones care for each other in the good times and bad, life insurance also is a definition of love.
Terri Trepanier is the owner of Balanced Care Health and Supplemental Insurance and a licensed insurance consultant and broker with Associated Brokers. Licensed in both Maine and NH, her specialty is working with small businesses, individuals, and families with their health and life insurance needs. She is certified to offer health plans both on and off the exchange and is contracted with every health insurance company that offers plans in both New Hampshire and Maine. Her other passion is assisting Medicare beneficiaries with their Medicare Supplemental, Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Plans, and Medicare Advantage plans. Terri has seen firsthand the importance of insurance products and how they help families. Her goal with Balanced Care is to “Insure Security and Peace of Mind One Family at a Time”.