Is now the right time to make that big purchase? by Alicia Wanek Listen… is it quiet around your house? If you’re an empty nester, you have survived the days of sibling rivalry, carpools, and the chaos of getting the kids off to school each morning. Maybe the only pitter-patter…
Why Keeping Disabilities a Secret from your Attorney is a Bad Idea by Colin Smith | Contributor One of the best things about being a lawyer is meeting a client for the first time. Before that initial meeting, I remind myself of two universal truths. Number one: there is no…
What to Do When Your Finances Aren’t Ready College is expensive. According to the College Board, the average cost of tuition and fees for the 2015–2016 school year was $32,405 at private colleges, $9,410 for state residents at public colleges, and $23,893 for out-of-state residents attending public universities. Perhaps you…
New Year’s Resolutions for Your Financial Health By Alicia Wanek | Staff Writer Happy New Year! One of my resolutions (again) is to clean out my kids’ closets. Getting in shape is probably on a lot of our New Year’s resolutions lists, too. Maybe you’ve already purchased a gym membership and…
Who doesn’t love a celebration? But make no mistake – a celebration is most rewarding after plenty of hard work and determination; and the tougher the task at hand, the sweeter the success. Now, as we toast to our upcoming 10th anniversary, the GLF team and I look back with a lot…
From The Dennis Prager Show | December 24, 2014 by Dennis Prager | Contributor As a Jew, and a religious one at that, I want to wish my fellow Americans a Merry Christmas. Not “Happy Holidays.” Merry Christmas. I write, “my fellow Americans” because, as reported by the Pew Research…
Good Parenting is Filled with “Letting Go” Moments by Susan Sugerman, MD, MPH | Contributor One day I woke up and suddenly realized my child did not “belong” to me anymore. It happened with all of my three boys, each at their own time and their own developmental stage. I…
by Alicia Wanek | Staff Writer When it comes to holiday shopping, are you the one who has all the purchases made by Thanksgiving and then sits back to enjoy the seasonal festivities? Or are you the one running around last-minute trying to find something you can wrap in…
by Alicia Wanek | Staff Writer My son’s teacher gave birth this week to her first child. When my twins were born I thought 18 years seemed like such a long time to teach them everything they would need to know to live successful adult lives. Boy, was I…