February 23, 2004
Ubiquitous Reminders
Since the passing of my brother, Mrs H has been emphasising our need for life insurance. She realises that I could go at any time, a fact that doesn't really need reinforcement in my mind. After shopping around on the internet, we found what seems to be a reasonable premium for a modest payout, but they wouldn't take our order online, apparently due to some of our answers to the health questions.
After a couple of gentle reminders from Mrs H, anticipating the possiblity of being left high and dry at any moment, I rang up the insurance company, only to be put on hold while they retrieved our internet application. To take my mind off the wait, I was provided with a little easy listening music.
No sooner had I been left holding the phone when the crooning voice of Frank Sinatra gentle reminded me:
And now, the end is near;
And so I face the final curtain.
It was a just a bit unnerving.
Posted by david at February 23, 2004 10:53 PM | TrackBackI sincerely hope that you have got life cover for Mrs H too ? A recent survey showed the cost of replacing the work a wife and mother does for the home and family to cost approx **30K** UK pounds per annum.........
Gulp.
Elizabeth (pondering her ironing heap in the kitchen!)
Yes, that is the plan. We have valued her life as much as we have valued mine.
Posted by: David Holford at February 24, 2004 05:22 PMMaybe the insurance company were giving you a hint.
Posted by: Emma at February 28, 2004 09:09 AM