I met her when I was teaching in Australia, she was an undergrad. Ten years later we met again. She has stuck by me even with cancer.
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After not seeing her for 10 years, she came to work with the company I was working for. She was the night manager for a large resort hotel in South Australia and I was a regional director for the company. One night, a drunken patron came behind her front desk and took her cash drawer. I happened to live across the street from this particular hotel and she called me to come help and we’ve been together ever since.
What is your favorite memory you've shared as a couple?There’s a lot of favorite memories. Being an international couple we’ve traveled the world to see lots of exciting things, but certainly one of the best memories is having our child. For me personally one of my best memories will always be her sticking by me through this cancer diagnosis. I know it’s not what she signed up for, but she’s been there through thick and thin with me. I’m so proud of her. She’s just recently completed. Her PhD and the world is her oyster.
What would you do with $20,000?Well, like most people there are a variety of things we need to do with money. You certainly have some minor bills that I could help with, but the biggest chunk of it would go towards our child’s education in the future. We will put the bulk of it in her 529 savings plan. Since there’s no guarantee I will be around by the time she graduates, we want to make sure she has a solid future. And finally...we would use some for the honeymoon we never took when we got married.
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