The Final Appraisal at the Lake House Before the Family Reckoning

I made mistakes. I’m not denying that. Some investments went sideways. The economy changed. Business changed. Life changed.”

Life changed.

That was Mark’s phrase for choices he did not want to name.

He had once owned a small office-supply company.

He sold it too late, spent too fast, and blamed everyone from his banker to his bookkeeper to the weather.continue reading …