"Those who learn to communicate well about finances early on are likely to be rewarded for the effort in the years to come.”

This past weekend, two close friends visited my husband and me at our Virginia countryside cottage. This married couple is roughly our age – 50s – and, like us, don’t…

Today is my husband, Cliff Hackel, and my 20thWedding Anniversary. Yep. We got married on the Fourth of July. Independence Day. It was a sunny day, brilliant blue skies, and there…