I delayed retiring for years. My husband’s heart attack taught me we could not take time for granted.

My husband and I got married when we were a bit older. I was 42 and he was 49, and he had two children already. I saw my role in our family as the person who brought in all the fun.

We just lived life thinking there was always a paycheck coming around the corner.

I work in healthcare and always thought my job was recession-proof. But when I had to lay off people in 2016, I realized that we had no financial cushion if my husband and I were to lose our jobs. We were both earning well, but somehow we were living paycheck to paycheck, something that feels so normal in American culture……READ ORIGINAL & FULL CONTENT HERE