Do you live within your means?

[MTK]

Originally Posted by mredskins

Not trying to be a jerk but did you not get your mortgage free home when your mother in law passed? That puts you way ahead of the game.

We did, we were able to sell our house and pay off our mortgage and obviously we're incredibly fortunate because of that. Believe me we'd give it all up in a heartbeat to have her back, but yes it put us way ahead of the game, obviously the circumstances that put us in this situation just stinks.