Carlene Balderrama was losing her house to foreclosure. A few hours before the auction, she shot herself.
Facing foreclosure is something that millions of Americans are facing right now. It’s stressing and really take a toll on you. Balderrama couldn’t handle that pressure and killed herself, leaving a letter behind asking her husband and son to [...]

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This CNN’s article just hit Digg’s front page. As I’ve mentioned before, my son was recently diagnosed with autism. We first brought our concerns up with his pediatrician when he was 2 years old.
His pediatrician didn’t say he was fine like the one in the article, but at the same time, he didn’t really care that [...]

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So Christmas is over and the expenses are finally sinking in. You probably went over budget on food, decorations and specially gifts. It’s hard to keep things under budget. I blame it on the Xmas spirit.
We always hear that it’s not really the value of the gift that’s important, but the thought behind it, [...]

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I took a hiatus in posting in this blog.
A couple of months ago, my son was diagnosed with autism. As you can imagine, it was really heart breaking, and I really didn’t feel like blogging anymore.
But things are better now (I’ll post about his progress later), and I think it’s time for me to start [...]

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My second son was born a few weeks ago, so I’ve been spending a lot time taking care of my oldest. He just turned 2, and you’re probably familiar with the “Terrible Twos” expression.
Needless to say, sometimes he drives me nuts and I lose my temper and raise my voice with him. A couple of [...]

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Things have been quite chaotic these past few weeks.
My son was born on the 16th. He was born with a tie tongue, so it was really hurting his mom when breastfeeding. We finally figured the problem and clipped his tongue, but her breasts were already really damaged.
A week later she started having fevers and we [...]

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Last week was my oldest’s second birthday, and as a present, we took his pacifier. I guess we could have waited a few days, but now it’s too late. We can’t give it back to him. He’s having a hard time going to sleep, as we expected, but hopefully he’ll get over it sooner rather [...]

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My wife gave birth this past Monday night. Unfortunately the kid looks too much like me for me to deny anything, so another mouth to feed
Kids are expensive to raise, so I know I’m going to have to update my budget. I want to get a couple of months before updating it, but [...]

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My second son was born last night with 7lbs 13oz and 20.25″.
Although quite happy, I can’t seem to turn off my financial genes. I’m already thinking about his 529, when should I start contributing to it and how much. About how much will my budget change with this new addition and about how much my [...]

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I was never one to fear death. I’m not a religious person, so I don’t have a specific belief on what happens after life. For me it’s just something natural that all of us will have to go through and when that happens, I’ll learn if anyone was ever right or if they were all [...]

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