It's not pleasant to think about the day your mate will pass away, but Andrea Carston says it's important to have a financial plan set in place for when that day comes.

People will come in, right? You're grieving, you're a hurting person, and there you are sitting at a desk or in a conference room table, and you don't want to be doing it. But there it is.

It's in front of you and there are issues, practical issues that have to be taken care of.

This is the Revive Our Hearts podcast with Nancy DeMoss Walgamoo, co-author of True Woman 201, for August 20th, 2018.

Well, my husband had a business trip this week to Grand Rapids, and when I found out that he was coming that was not too far from where

we lived just a couple of hours away and I have some really sweet friends in Grand Rapids I said

maybe I could go along for the ride and long story short I ended up with my longtime friend Karen

Melby who has been a guest on Revive Our Hearts a number of times previously. We'll remind you of her story in just a moment.

And as we started talking about connecting here, I said, I'd love to record some radio about the journey that you have been on since losing your husband, Scott, now a couple of years ago.

And Karen said to me, well, if we're going to have this conversation,

I know two other women, I'd love to be included in it as well. So in addition to Karen, Melby,

here in the studio at Our Daily Bread Ministries, who are hosting us today, we're so thankful for

this sister ministry. Many of you listen to them

on your local Christian radio station. So here we are with Karen and then Lisa Hagenauer,

who was an estate planning and probate attorney. And Lisa, in a moment, I'm going to have to ask you

what all that means. Absolutely. And then Andrea Carston, who is a financial advisor,

and these three women got together not too long ago and did an event for a couple of hundred

women called Prepared to Carry On. So that's what we're calling this series, and you'll understand

better why. And so this is a really important topic. You're going to be

wanting to listen to it, wanting to get your mate to listen to it with you over the next

several days. But first, I just want to welcome you Karen. It's been too long since we've seen each other,

but you've just been a precious friend over all these years, and thanks for bringing

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