accidental death and dismemberment

i can't believe i'm posting about mortgage insurance. actually, i'm NOT posting about mortgage insurance, i'm really posting about being aghast at the fact that i'm tempted to. reaching a point in my life when mortgage insurance is something i think about - devote way too much time to thinking about. the value of a life. the value of my life. of j.'s. and the impact on our joint investments... god. so much for being committed to slumming it.

i used to always think that growing up was for grown ups. that i'd be immune somehow, peter pan-ned in my early twenties. i wonder, now, if my dad felt like that. or my mom.

but she had life insurance, and a good thing she did, my life the richer in money for it. death has a way of growing you up but good.