Everybody Hurts

This is my first column since the Island Sun stopped publishing after Hurricane Ian. I’m grateful to write again, missing the connection that I forged

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The Story of Uncle Benny

 In my wife’s family lore they tell the story from many years ago about Uncle Benny who didn’t trust his doctors. One day Benny experienced

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Art or Science?

 “Calvin” visited with me recently, armed with spreadsheets describing the distributions he wanted his revocable trust to implement following his death. He made various assumptions

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Helping or Enabling?

A client of mine, Sandra, often complained about how much money she had to lend (give?) her daughter, Donna.     “It’s one thing after another,” she

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