For Life

This is a story of my neighbor, both husband and wife. They really know how to invest their income. The husband, who is 72 years of age is a retired bank appraiser; the wife is 66 years old, is a retired dentist. I like the way they brought up their three kids. All of them are degree holders and graduates of decent school here in Metro Manila. The only girl and the oldest boy are now in the United States. The second child is now in Australia. I admire their thriftiness. They lived a simple life just to invest for the education of their children.
Besides giving good education to their siblings, it made me surprise to know that they still have a lot of investments. One thing more I know about this spouses is that they manage each others money. They have each others own investment. The husband owns hectares of land both rice and sugarcane fields. He also owns commercial and residential buildings. The wife owns a lot of accounts in different local banks.
As of now the wife is here in Manila, living alone in their old house; waiting until the old house will be sold so she can choose whether she will go to the United States to visit her daughter and grandchildren or go home to the province. At the same time the husband is now in the province, attending the rentals of his investments. But the thing I discover about the spouses is that they don’t have so much time spent for each other since their younger years until now. Because they both had their own concerns to do. But in spite of the fact they do care for each other.
May be you might ask, Why and how did I know these facts about the spouses, I happened to be one of their agents of their old house. And the wife being the landlady of my mother for five years, trustfully told me this story. After talking to the wife that time , I conclude that both of them know how to invest wisely for life.