Rolland is 48, looks good, smiles, has good hair. If you're a local here in Corvallis, I swear you'd say he looks like the late and great Scott Zimbrick. Rolland works for the NFIB, a business advocacy organization I support. I met him almost exactly a year ago when he walked into my office. Rolland just found out he has terminal pancreatic cancer.
Today he walked into my office with the same stride, the same casual smile, and his NFIB papers in hand. He asked me how business is going, and I asked him the same. That's when he filled me in on the cancer.
A couple months ago, Rolland went to the doctor with some pain in his side. Initial lab results showed nothing, then an ultrasound showed growths on his liver and a lymph node. A CAT scan revealed the cancer in the pancreas. Pancreatic cancer has been in the headlines recently, so when Rolland heard pancreas, he was speechless-6 months to live.
Rolland has been married 26 years, has a son who is a senior in high school, heading off to Corban College in the fall, and a daughter who's in 8th grade. You can imagine the flood of emotions and concerns that he and his family have experienced over the last 4 weeks.
Rolland has life insurance. Not as much as he wishes he had now, but some. One less thing to agonize over right now as he enjoys these last months (hopefully years) with his family.
Do you have a well thought out plan to protect your family? Are they prepared if something like this happens? Remember this on Valentine's Day- the most practical way you can show them you care, is with life insurance.
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