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Article: Making ends meet: Dana and Julius Williams struggle with finances and eldercare.(Financial Fitness Contest Winner No. 92)
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- Black Enterprise
- Article date:
- July 1, 2008
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UNEXPECTED EVENTS ARE PART OF life. And perhaps no one knows this better than Dana and Julius Williams, in 2005--at the age of 46--Dana's mother suffered a stroke. She is now unable to live alone because she cannot use her right hand and has trouble walking. She also suffers from high blood pressure, diabetes, and seizures. A former owner of a daycare center, she will never work again. "We have nobody to turn to and nothing to fall back on," says Dana, 30.
After caring for Dana's mother for two years, the San Marcos, Texas, couple is starting to feel the financial pinch. Dana, who earns $38,000 as an assistant director for the ...