After I wrote about the boys’ birthday, a few people asked me what their favorite toy was. It’s different every day, but without question their current favorite toy is the one their brother is playing with. And we often experience…
The Days Are Long but the Years Are Short When people ask how I am doing these days, I often respond “exhausted.” My job keeps me very busy and I enjoy it, but it’s not why I’m tired. Our twins…
Helping Workers Save for a Dignified Retirement A friend recently asked if I ever had a job I didn’t like, because I seem to like all of those I have written about. I’ve shared stories about walking beans and…
Playing Hooky and Saving for College Like many kids, my older brother went through a period where he didn’t like going to school. He became pretty creative about finding ways to skip class. School was so close, he didn’t even…
Investing in Farmers I enjoy driving through downstate Illinois this time of year when farmers are planting in the fields. It means spring has arrived and reminds me of riding on my grandfather’s tractor as a kid. It gives me…
Start Saving Today for Your Kids’ Tomorrow In my last note, I wrote to you about running track, and some people asked if I did the “field” part of track and field. The short answer: Yes, but there was room…
ICash Bright Start 529 IL ABLE Treasurer’s Note Pushing Ourselves to Improve When I was a kid, the sign outside my hometown read “Gifford 800.” My eighth-grade class at Gifford Grade School was about 24 kids. And we were a…
ICash Bright Start 529 IL ABLE Treasurer’s Note Connectivity Creates Competitiveness I recently read a description of an outhouse: A small building a hundred feet from your house that’s a hundred feet too far in the winter, and a hundred…
ICash Bright Start 529 IL ABLE Treasurer’s Note Got a Question at 3 a.m.? Abe Can Lend a Hand Last fall I had the honor of attending an event for the 150th anniversary of a family-owned business. Oswald’s Pharmacy in…
ICash Bright Start 529 IL ABLE Treasurer’s Note Make This Season Work for You The snowy and cold December meant Max and Theo didn’t get to spend as much time outdoors as usual and a little cabin fever for all…
