by Hope
Braces have been part of our lives for almost five years now. You can read some history in these two older posts.
But I am excited to announce that as of yesterday, all brace debt is GONE! Paid the final $460 payment!
(Braces were not in my budget as I have maxed out my FSA deductions from my W2 job and have been using it to make the payments since I started my W2 job in March.)
Man, this feels good!
Hope is a resourceful, solutions-driven online business manager with over two decades of experience helping clients streamline operations, manage projects, and grow their businesses through digital marketing and technology.
But life has a way of rewriting your plans.
A year ago, Hope made the decision to move in with her aging parents full time – a season she wouldn’t trade, even as it came with its own financial and emotional weight. Earlier this year, she lost her mother, and is now walking the tender, disorienting path of grief while learning what “forward” looks like from here.
Hope came to the Blogging Away Debt community in 2015 as a single mom raising five foster and adoptive children. She’s written through job changes, financial setbacks, and the bittersweet transition to an empty nest. Her kids are finding their footing in the world now – and so is she.
Rooted in faith and fueled by the same perseverance she’s brought to every hard season, Hope is ready to face her finances with fresh eyes and an honest pen. She believes that clarity, courage, and community can change the trajectory of anyone’s story including her own.
She lives in Austin, TX with her dad, loves adventures with her dog Addie, and is figuring out, one step at a time, what this next chapter is meant to be.
Whoo! Nice job, Hope. It’s great timing with your student loan payments starting up.
Well done
Awesome. I remember when we paid off our boys’ braces. Woo-hoo!
So happy for you! Kicking one more debt to the curb! Whoo hoo!!
Congrats! One less payment. When I was a child, I had braces but as I remember my father’s insurance had paid for all of it. That is in Turkey and back in 1980s. Noone has that anymore.
Fab when you pay something off in full, such a feeling of satisfaction well done!
Congrats! I bet that feels like a huge relief!