My husband died after a brief sickness 13 years in the past. I used to be brokenhearted, and my anguish appeared countless.

Nonetheless, I slowly emerged from my "stage 1" deep grief/numb section of widowhood.

I entered "stage 2" of widowhood progress when it is time to deal with enterprise, together with cash issues. The fog lifts and your pondering turns into extra regular.

"I finished feeling like I had a Jell-O mind," one widow informed me a number of months after her husband's demise.

Beforehand postponed vital monetary selections can now be addressed. It is time to do a frank evaluate of your revenue sources and bills.

Bear in mind to incorporate funding revenue along with your paycheck if you happen to're nonetheless working or Social Safety and any pensions funds are acquired in retirement. If there's much less cash coming in in comparison with what goes out, how are you going to improve revenue or cut back bills? When you have extra revenue, what does this let you know?

In the event you correctly parked life insurance coverage funds you'll have acquired in a cash...