Monica Millard

I last saw you on the Oprah show in May. You had put out a new book in your FinishRich series for couples. About a week later I went to the bookstore and found it. I had finished reading the book during my spare time at home and at work. I confess that at the beginning I was at a loss as to how this book could help and then the light bulb went on! I realized how much more my husband and I could do financially for our family. We fortunately already had a base from where to build from but there was so much more potential, I was at a loss on where to begin. First I gave this book to my husband. This would not be a book that he would pick up a bookstore and buy, but after hearing me talk about it for a couple a weeks, I asked him to please read it and then we could share our ideas. Guess what? He also had a light-bulb moment. We gave each other a couple of days to think about our values and goals and write them on paper. One night we came back to the dinner table and discussed them together. It turns out that 4 out of the 5 values were the same. We were surprised to find out that we actually had a lot more in common than we thought. We have been married 10 years, and in all that time, although we have always been open to discuss our financial haves and have nots, we have never had a financial plan like we have now. It was so exciting to plan our financial future and to actually see the light at the end of our “debt tunnel.” We have always discussed taking a big family trip but that’s all it was, a discussion. It is now an actual goal and soon to be a reality!