A new home.
A hospital bed.
A wake-up call.

“If I don’t come home … what happens to her?”

In 2021, my wife and I had just bought a new home. We were moving, and I was helping the movers when she looked at me and said, “You’re pale as a ghost.”

I felt weak. I could hear a whooshing sound in my ears. I thought I needed to catch my breath. My wife kept telling me to go to the doctor … so I finally went.

They checked my hemoglobin, then checked it again. My doctor told me I needed to go to the emergency room immediately. They wouldn’t let me drive myself.

I was bleeding internally. I needed an emergency blood transfusion and spent several days in the hospital.

But what stayed with me most was my wife. She was sitting on the floor of the half-empty house we were moving out of … crying. I was in the hospital, she was facing the rest of the move, and neither of us knew what would happen next.

We had a new home, a new mortgage and big payments. I had no life insurance. I kept thinking about the house, the payments and the decisions she would face while grieving.

That experience is why I got into the insurance business. I want to help families have this conversation before an emergency forces it.

My own situation involved a mortgage and a broader need for protection. When we talk, I want to understand your situation and what you want your coverage to accomplish.

That is what Tradition. Legacy. Tomorrow. means to me … honoring the values we live by, caring for the people who are our legacy, and helping them face tomorrow. I can’t plan every part of my family’s future, but I can help other families take this important step toward financial protection.

Bruce