$$$ This is much harder to decide than
one would think…at least for me.
My immediate families are in good
shape. All grown and supporting themselves. Some of it would still make a nice
gift just for the fun of sharing.
My life is
settled and I can’t say I am unhappy at all, although no amount of money would
cure unhappiness anyway.
We love to
travel and camp but that isn’t impossible now.
See what I mean by difficult? So far I’ve really done nothing
but list what I probably wouldn’t do with a million dollars.
There are many legitimate charities I
would like to help. A million dollars can only stretch so far, but I think I’d
like to help a few where even $5000 is a big donation.
I can’t say
that one is more important than another. How in the world could someone say cancer
is worse than hungry children, Parkinson’s should come first before
Alzheimer’s and so forth?
Many of the small charities live from day to day and
usually only exist because of a few dedicated volunteers, I think that’s who
I’d like to help.
Planning and saving is something
every family should be doing. No matter how small or big the amount we have
always tried to budget wisely but catastrophic things can happen. We are both
already very aware of this. So saving some of that Big Bucks would be important
to me.
So I’ve just
now been able to spend about $100,000 in my thinking.
What would
you do with the rest? Let me know.
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I like your answer. Saving and donating to charity are both very good things to do.
ReplyDeleteThis is my response to this week's prompt: http://lydiaschoch.com/wednesday-weekly-blogging-challenge-what-i-would-do-with-a-million-dollars/
YOu're right - there is no way to decide which charity deserves more of a donation. I guess it would come down to the ones that are near and dear to your heart. I, for example, have supported St. Jude's since I got my first job. I had no children, didn't know any who had cancer, but I always thought that a hospital that was "built with love" and that never charges a family a dime for treatment, nor turns away a sick kid, is probably one step down from Heaven. Great post, BTW
ReplyDeleteI'm on your line of thinking with the charity. I'd give to the APL and the Library group. Can't support books and libraries enough. Smart.
ReplyDeleteI'm all about animals and kids, so if I were donating, they'd come first. It's hard to actually decided what you'd do, isn't it?
ReplyDeleteWow, you guys are just showing how hard it would be to spend a million too. Where would it go? Who needs it most? Nice comments.
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