PEACE OF MIND: THE MOST PRECIOUS GIFT OF ALL LINDA PLIAGAS
that chaos, I had PEACE. My
mind was tranquil because I knew
that my family would be alright
financially without me.
You see, over 20 years ago, my
husband
and
I
made
a
commitment to invest in real
estate. Sure it was very difficult at
first to pass on that new car, to not
buy that beautiful $2,000 purse,
and to walk away from the
temptation of being the first one to
own that nifty new tech gadget. It
certainly wasn’t easy when we had
to put our property taxes on our
Fast forward to my stay in the
The peace of mind I had that
credit card that first year of being
hospital and I can assure you that
moment in the hospital made
homeowners because we didn’t
the only thing I was thinking about
me realize that I had made all
have the money to pay them
was my family’s future. I wasn’t
the right decisions. If I died
outright. At times, it was a little
focused on the toys I longed for,
early, my family would have a
awkward to be the only couple at a
the vacations I still yearned to
monthly income stream from
party
and
take, nor that fancy restaurant I
our
photographs of exotic places we
had hoped to dine in. During my
daughter would have her college
had trekked to for an impromptu
painful stint in the emergency
education paid for, plus inherit a
vacay.
room all I could think about was:
home to live in, as well as have
Is my husband going to be alright
a steady flow of monthly income
I’m not going to say we did not
without me? Will my daughter be
made all the difference.
sacrifice in order to become
able to have a bright future if I’m
landlords because that would be a
gone?
without
stories
complete lie. We did sacrifice, we
rentals.
Knowing
my
Peace of mind is certainly not
something you can purchase.
did scrimp and save, and I did
I’m happy to report that YES, my
Just like happiness it is not
break down many times because I
family will