I chose a carpentry career in 1979, served my apprenticeship and have made a modest living. My wife and I raised two children, the third one is 14 (work in progress). The oldest is my son who followed in my foot steps and is now 30 with a family of his own, my oldest daughter is seated next to me in the picture (she'll soon be a physician's assistant earning 140k a year). I'm so proud of her.

I came upon a crossroad almost two years ago (at the age of 50), carpentry is physically demanding ( there has to be more to life than building and rehabbing houses) and decided to give IM a try. The idea was to make some residual income. I have managed to make some money doing this, not much but more than the interest my bank account is paying.

My family is my greatest blessing.

Sometimes I feel as though I'm just not getting it. But I am determined to make this work.