09/07/2020
A life insurance policy is just a time-yellowed piece of paper with columns of figures and legal phrases, until it is baptized by the tears of a widow. Then it becomes a modern miracle – Aladdin’s Lamp. It becomes food, clothing, shelter and a lot of other needs which the loving father can no longer provide.
It quiets the crying of a hungry baby in the night. It eases the aching heart of the one left behind . . . a comforting whisper in the dark and silent hours when a mother sits alone contemplating the future. It is a new hope, fresh courage and strength to pick up the broken threads and carry on
It is college education for the son . . . a chance for a career instead of a need for a job. It is Dad’s blessing to a daughter on her wedding day. It is Mom’s anniversary gift which Dad wrapped so lovingly with his now-stilled hands.
It is the sincerest love letter ever written. Through it, a man fulfills the obligations he assumed when he solemnly promised his bride “to love and to cherish, for richer or poorer, in sickness and in health, till death do us part.”
It is the best last will and testament ever devised by man. Through it, he bequeaths to his family the future earnings that he hopes to realize. It is a magic document that transforms hopes to reality at a moment when all hopes would have been gone.
It is the father’s uninterrupted dream and plan for the family’s future, the best symbol of his love and devotion. Through life insurance he lives on. It is the premium he pays for the greatest of all privileges – the privileges of living – and loving – after death.
