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Dear Humble Dollar community,
My beloved husband, Jonathan, is currently in end-of-life hospice care. While he shared with you that I would be administering the website, I am choosing to forgo this task with his blessing. Going forward, the site will be administered by Bogdan Sheremeta, who has authored several recent forum posts and who has many more to come.
In the months ahead, all subscribers will begin receiving the Humble Dollar newsletter from the following email address: newsletter@humbledollar.com (rather than from Jonathan’s personal email). Some subscribers will receive the newsletter beginning this week. The idea is to gradually introduce this change to ensure that all subscribers receive the email. So please look for sender Humble Dollar.
Jonathan so wants Humber Dollar to live on. In fact, he has written a series of reflective posts that will appear at various times during the next 16 months. But it is up to all of you to continue to participate in the Forum, share your personal finance wisdom, and so much more. Bogdan will now moderate all comments and preserve Jonathan’s spirit, integrity and values while sharing more about himself, his personal finance journey, and his expertise.
Death, be not proud
Death, be not proud, though some have called thee
Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so;
For those whom thou think’st thou dost overthrow
Die not, poor Death, nor yet canst thou kill me.
From rest and sleep, which but thy pictures be,
Much pleasure; then from thee much more must flow,
And soonest our best men with thee do go,
Rest of their bones, and soul’s delivery.
Thou art slave to fate, chance, kings, and desperate men,
And dost with poison, war, and sickness dwell,
And poppy or charms can make us sleep as well
And better than thy stroke; why swell’st thou then?
One short sleep past, we wake eternally
And death shall be no more; Death, thou shalt die.
By John Donne
Thank you Elaine for the update. I have since heard Jonathon passed. Sincere condolences.
I found Jonathon reading the WSJ years ago. I emailed him a few times with comments and questions and he always responded. He encouraged me to invest in index funds and keep investing expenses low. Thanks to his advice and encouragement I am happily retired with ample funds for me and my family to enjoy life.
life well done Jonathon! You made a difference! I will pay it forward and encourage others to invest wisely the way Jonathon encouraged me.
Elaine has posted an update here:
https://humbledollar.com/forum/farewell-friends/
Thanks Jonathan for your gift of this site and your wisdom to us all.
& thanks Elaine for sharing him with us in the past year or so.
Be sure his legacy is immense.
Thank you, Jonathan, for sharing your expertise and wisdom. You are a model of dignity.