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Discover CityViewNC.com's fresh updated look! | 11 strip mall attentiveness with a renewed promise of much more life to live. at life, however, felt fundamentally different. Wisdom had come to me in a violent manner. Naïve no more, I learned much. I felt the love of friends that I only assumed was there before. I held my wife and my children knowing I was beyond fortunate to have each and giving back to them the assurance that I was here to stay for some time longer. In no particular order, I also learned these things: When you truly recognize the face of Death for the first time, your life's mistakes are immediately obvious to you. You regret having allowed yourself to make and repeat those mistakes. You know at once what you must do to correct the errant way should Death pass you by this time. You become a much better person aer you see Death; you tend to dri back to the former person when you find Death has retreated. Your children are far less impressed when you earn a tangible commission than they are when you watch them on the trampoline, coach their baseball team or sit with them on the front steps while waiting for carpool. My children never worried about which client might go unrepresented. While they went innocently about their lives in those weeks, they knew something had changed and they sensed that happy days were more precious. To a parent, the burden of an early exit was absolutely crushing. e love of a friend is priceless. I told my son, sitting out there on that front stoop waiting on that carpool, that in those prior three weeks, I had learned to take great comfort in the path of my life. To have as many friends as did my wife and I who would have dropped whatever they were doing to help us through that time could never McFadyen & Sumner, CPAs PA Certied Public Accountants 572 Executive Place, Fayetteville, NC • 910.323.3100 www.mscpas.com • facebook.com/mcfadyensumner You may think you have your estate plans in order, but do your loved ones have everything they'll need to deal with your estate? This is especially important because death – or becoming unable to handle your own affairs – doesn't always come with advanced warning. Consider this true story: A colleague's client had an insurance policy that was being paid for automatically from his bank account. He became unable to handle his own affairs, so his children (unaware of the policy) closed his account and transferred his assets.The policy was canceled for non-payment, and the children forfeited more than $500,000 from a policy their father had paid for over many years. At McFadyen & Sumner, our valuable, highly informative Good to Go service provides practical and comprehensive advice that will help you be sure your family has everything they need – and need to know! Take advantage of this service, and enjoy the peace of mind that comes from knowing that your family's good to go! Call us today to schedule your consultation. As a leading edge CPA firm, McFadyen & Sumner offers a full range of accounting, tax and financial services to help you get the most from your business for your family. Is Your Family Good to Go?

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