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Why Life Insurance Isn’t Just About Money

Time to Mourn:
The Real Purpose of Life Insurance

When loss happens, bills don’t stop. Mortgage payments, childcare, and credit cards still come due — even when you can barely get out of bed. Life insurance isn’t about income replacement; it’s about time replacement — giving families space to grieve before life demands they move on.

What Most Families Don’t Realize Until It’s Too Late

The Financial and Emotional Reality of Mourning

Every number below represents a truth most families never plan for. Grief isn’t just emotional — it’s financial. Bills still come, and most families discover how expensive mourning really is only after it happens. These numbers reflect what millions face across the U.S. every single year.

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Of Households Are Living Paycheck to Paycheck

About six in ten U.S. households live paycheck to paycheck. Losing one income can drain savings within weeks — long before a family is ready to recover.

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Uninsured or Underinsured for Life Insurance

Over 100 million adults say they need coverage or more coverage — How much time would your family actually have to mourn, before life demanded they move on?

The Financial Truth About Grief —
Why Time Costs More Than You Think

The average employer life insurance payout is about $150,000 — and most families spend it within 12 months.
Here’s where it goes:

  • Mortgage/Rent: $3,000–$3,500+/month

  • Groceries & utilities: $2,000

  • Childcare, gas, healthcare: $1,800

  • Credit cards & student loans: $1,200

And if the surviving spouse takes just three months off unpaid, another $15,000–$20,000 disappears.
Grief is expensive, and most people don’t realize it until it’s too late.

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Give Your Family:
Time To Mourn

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The Space Every Family Deserves

How Life Insurance Buys Time to Grieve

Most spouses return to work within three months of losing their partner. Not because they’re ready — because they can’t afford not to.
The right policy changes that.
It covers the mortgage, the bills, and the basics long enough for your family to process the loss without panic.
That’s the real purpose of life insurance — not to pay off everything, but to give your loved ones the dignity of time when they’ll need it most.

🟩 Get up to $2 million in coverage — starting around $2 a day.Because the right plan doesn’t just pay bills — it buys your family time to mourn.

Most Families Have 30 Days of Paid Leave. After That, It’s Unpaid.

The Hidden Cost of Mourning — When Time Off Runs Out

After 30 days, PTO stops, paychecks stop — but grief doesn’t.
For most families, taking three months off means losing $15,000–$20,000. Six months off can mean losing $35,000–$40,000.

That’s why life insurance matters: it’s not just a check, it’s a lifeline that keeps your home, your stability, and your sanity intact while your family heals.

Coverage doesn’t stop grief. But it can stop the financial freefall that often follows it.

No One Should Be Rushed Through Grief

It’s not a matter of if you’ll need life insurance — it’s when.
We believe every policy is a promise: a promise that your family will have time to grieve without fear, to mourn without rushing back to work, and to heal without worrying how the next bill will get paid.
That’s what it really means to protect the people you love.

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Because Healing Takes Time

You can’t predict when your family will need life insurance — only that they will.
The right plan won’t just protect their finances — it will protect their time to grieve, breathe, and rebuild.
That’s the difference between being insured and being prepared.

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Real Questions Families Ask About Life Insurance

Frequently Asked Questions About Life Insurance and Time to Mourn

Do I need a medical exam?

No medical exams are required. No calls. No waiting.
Get up to $2 million in coverage from $2 a day — applied, approved, and bound online sometimes the same day*.

Life insurance replaces lost income, covers bills, and keeps the home intact — giving families time to focus on healing instead of rushing back to work.

Most employer policies pay around $150,000 — which usually lasts less than 12-15 months. Personal coverage fills the gap and provides stability beyond that short window.

A general rule is 10x your annual income plus any debts (like mortgage or loans). You should consider having a policy large enough that can payoff your mortgage. 

Because you are the plan.
When there’s no second caregiver, your coverage becomes your child’s stability — keeping the home, the routine, and their future secure.
Life insurance gives your children the time and space to mourn without losing everything else that feels safe.

BECAUSE GRIEF ISN'T JUST FINANCIAL

The Part Nobody
Prepares You For

The funeral ends. Everyone goes back to their lives. These articles are for what comes after — the moments nobody talks about.

The First Empty Chair

Why their absence takes up more space than their presence ever did. What to do with their stuff. How to survive a random song in the grocery store that brings it all back. For the moments when the world keeps spinning and you need it to stop.

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Bills Don't Wait for Grief

The mortgage company still wants its check on the first. The power company still wants its money by the fifteenth. What happens when grief collides with due dates — and why most families go back to work before they're ready.

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Be.Kind.To Yourself.

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