Credit scores are one of life’s great mysteries. The short explanation is that a credit score is a number used to measure someone’s creditworthiness. But that only raises more questions about how they calculate the score, what affects it, how to improve it, who sees it and scams to watch out for. Whew. So what…
As the adult child of aging parents who live in an independent living community, I had to learn that there are very distinct differences between independent living and assisted living communities. In fact, just this morning, my dad quickly corrected me, when I referred to the place where he and my mom live as an…
If you’re a grandparent, there’s a good chance you’re going to be asked to babysit once, twice, or maybe 100 times in the next 18 years. And while you’ll likely fill those sessions with hugs and snuggles and unreasonable trips to the toy store, the ice cream parlor, and the zoo, there are going to…
