After My Dad Died, We Used the Insurance Money to Take a Cruise0

• Business, connection, cruise, Death, essay, Family, family-travel, Finance, grief, HEALTH, health-freelancer, life-insurance, mediterranean, Parenting, Travel
• May 16, 2026

In 2013, my dad died from prostate cancer. He was 56, and I was 25 at the time. Losing him made my family realize how short our time on this earth — and our time together — really is. With part of his life insurance payout, my mom decided to take my sister and me