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As a trusts and estates lawyer, I spent much of my time for over a decade as an estate administrator, tidily wrapping-up human life on retainer for heirs of estates. Some estates were small, consisting of a checking account and Continue reading 3 Simple Tips For Planning Your Estate (Published in The Huffington Post)
We were selling the perfect house. It should’ve sold in an hour after an aggressive bidding war, but instead it dismally sat on the market for almost three years, thanks to Vermont’s most devastating natural disaster in 85 years. When we lived in Continue reading My House Was Impossible To Sell (Featured in Hearst Publications – see links below)
“I’m not accepting your resignation,” my boss said after I worked up the courage to resign from my job at a law firm. “Go home and figure it out, but you’re not quitting.” Naturally, I assumed she was joking, but when Continue reading This Is Why I Left My High-Paying Job As An Attorney (Published In Town & Country)
Every year, my visceral need to decorate and rotate seasonal adornments onto shelves, mantels, and tabletops comes to a sad and screeching halt after Thanksgiving. I replace the gourds, candles, haystacks, lanterns, and mums with Hanukkah paraphernalia and breathe a Continue reading Why I’m Going To Start Decorating For Christmas Even Though I’m Jewish (Published In Kveller)
We’re not what I would refer to as “professional cruisers” — those couples or families who cruise frequently and know the ins and outs of everything that floats. In fact, we’ve only been on two cruises. Our first, was several Continue reading To Cruise or Not To Cruise? (Published In The Huffington Post)