debt help

When Danny and I were engaged, I remember hearing a lot of people (including in a marriage class that I took) talk about “being one” with your spouse. I’d heard this concept throughout my life and never given it much thought. How could I be “one” with someone else? Doesn’t the presence of someone else […]

There’s so much uncertainty surrounding pregnancy. Will you have a boy or a girl? How will pregnancy impact your health? Will you be able to work while you are pregnant? When will that baby *actually* come? One thing should be certain though, and that’s how your student loans will be impacted if you are banking […]

When my husband and I graduated from dental school and law school (respectively), we sat down and assessed our finances, including all of the student loan debt that had accrued while we were in school. I knew we would graduate with a lot of debt but seeing the actual numbers paralyzed me with fear. How […]

A few weeks before I graduated from law school, someone in our financial aid office spoke to our class about choosing a student loan repayment plan. To be perfectly honest, I don’t recall what was said in that meeting. But I do recall exactly how I felt afterwards– completely lost, confused, and stressed out about my student […]

Imagine that you are entering a contract. Let’s say for purposes of this example, you are going to paint the interior of someone’s home. The contract basically says you, the painter, have to perform your end of the contract. You have to paint the house. You have to buy the paint. All that good stuff. […]