A Child's Plea for Life Insurance

Dear Mom, Can I ask you something, even if it’s hard to hear? I’m sad and scared,

and I don’t want to argue. - Why do you party every week, while I worry about

what would happen to us if something happened to you? - It feels like life insurance isn’t

a priority for us. Why does it seem so hard to get it? - I see you going on shopping sprees

and buying a brand-new iPhone, yet we don’t have life insurance. - Is that handbag

real? If we can’t afford life insurance, how did we manage a $5,000 bag?

- And the weave and wig—money spent there, while life insurance remains unfunded—why

does it feel like we’re choosing these things over protection? Mom, can you do me a