05 Mar A Valuable Lesson Learned About Life Insurance
Topher Otake: A Valuable Lesson Learned About Life Insurance
Topher Otake talks about the valuable lesson he learned about life insurance.
“My mother was my best friend. She was my mentor and my companion. Despite the 400 miles between my school and hometown, we remained close and spoke every day about my new experiences as a first-year college student.
Then came the morning of Parent’s Weekend. I was excited to hear that my mom was arriving, but instead I received a call from a state patrol officer. My mom had a heart attack in the car and had been rushed to the university’s hospital. Later that evening I held my mother’s hand as she took her last breath.
The months that followed have been the hardest of my life. In addition to the extreme emotional, intellectual and physical turmoil that comes with the loss of a parent, I was caught in a very difficult financial situation. My mom didn’t have any life insurance, so the financial burden of her death fell onto the shoulders of my brothers and me.
I was forced to move out of my college dorm room and get a job that offers housing and a meal plan, as well as a job serving tables to pay for school expenses and bills. I work 50+ hours a week while attending school full time. Now I worry whether I’ll be able to afford school next year.
The experience has taught me a valuable lesson. While we could never prepare for the profound emotional pain of losing a parent, we could have been better prepared for the financial burden. Life insurance would have eased the transition of life without my mother by taking the financial weight off of our shoulders.”
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A Valuable Lesson Learned About Life Insurance – Video Transcription
Topher Otake: My mother was my best friend, my mentor, and my companion. I was excited for her to come to my first parent’s weekend at college, but on the way a heart attack took her life.
Because she had no life insurance I had to move out of my dorm and now work 50 plus hours a week while attending school full time.
While my brothers and I could have never prepared for the emotional pain of losing our mom, with life insurance we could’ve been better prepared for the financial burden.