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On behalf of Kimball Union Academy, we would like to thank all of our current donors for their generosity and support.
Peace of Mind Kimball Union drifts in and out of my thoughts throughout the year as various triggers remind me of time spent in Meriden. The spring is definitely one of those triggers, as few can forget the joy of the first day it felt like spring. Shedding a winter coat and sitting outside in the sun for the first time in months, if only for a moment, was pure bliss. Odd how moments that seem so transient and trivial can stick with you while others that seemed important fade. My wife Laura and I have an incredible son named Liam born two years ago who has provided us with many such moments. It is a wonderful, intense and scary time. I am sure that every parent experiences the birth of a child differently, and I am equally as sure there are commonalities. It is hard for me to imagine any new parent not wondering what kind of toddler, teenager, and adult their infant will become. Inevitably you think about what you were like at those ages. This is where the scary part can come in. I consider myself as young, but becoming a parent in many ways makes you an "insta-adult" and I now engage in activities and a language previously only reserved for adults: "Will that be term or whole life?" "Consumer Reports says that this is the safest one;" "How would you like your will to be structured?" I have been asked many questions in my life to which I did not know the answer, to which my KUA transcript can attest, but I never had been asked so many questions that I didn't even know how to think about, let alone answer. Truly, this is the scary part of becoming a parent. I asked for help with all of these things and was given the sage advice that a will, meager though the contents may be in my case, provides the opportunity to make a lasting contribution, be it to family, friends, charity or school. This gave me the idea to include KUA in my will. Like that moment in the sun, my time at KUA was brief but the memories linger. Including KUA in my will insures that any contribution I make will linger as well. |
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