Having the privilege to give and receive unconditional love in this lifetime and seeing the fruit of that labor of love (despite our struggles) in my children’s success and happiness, and in my striving to constantly be better for them as an example of how to not only survive in hard times, but how to live and thrive in both.

There are so many memories with each of them that I will NEVER EVER forget from the time they were babies until now. However, the ones that stick with me most recently for each of them is their bootcamp graduation; Army for my daughter and Marine Corps for my son. Seeing their smiles of accomplishment and the gratefulness in their eyes to see their mama again after being away from me for the 1st time in their lives, and the sweet, strong embraces from the both of them will be with me forever.

Take a luxury family vacation with the both of them to somewhere fantastic and unreal out of the country that we’ve never been to make more memories without worrying about costs. And with whatever was left over, if anything, I would invest it to try to build wealth for them that hopefully they won’t need because I’ve taught and continue to teach them financial responsibility!