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Caitlin Murray

Caitlin Murray

Journalist

Sep 8, 2026

3:15
I just,
3:16
I started my Instagram page when I was pregnant with my third and I had at that point recently kind of left my job or I was like preparing to leave my job because I had one, my oldest child was in treatment for leukemia at the time.
3:33
I had a middle child toddler and I was pregnant and Between like the treatment and my third child coming along, it was just time for me to like, I was really still only working part time after my son had been diagnosed.
3:50
That's sort of how this all came about.
3:52
I should sort of start there and say in 2016, my oldest was diagnosed with leukemia.
3:58
And as part of like that whole experience of handling what he was going through, what I was going through, all of as part of his treat, I was writing these email updates to family and friends.
4:12
And it was just this sort of really therapeutic thing for me to write about what was going on at that time and describe that.

6 MINS LATER

10:15
What is the furthest that you've ever gotten in your head with that escape plan? Are we talking like hotel down the street or new life?
32:43
Any other vehicles we should talk about? Trump accounts? I mean, I think the newest of the gang would be Trump accounts.
32:50
Yeah, I think in the federal community, it's interesting.
32:54
There is a little carve-out niche of folks that I think Trump accounts could make a lot of sense for.
32:59
I think the big talking point for Trump accounts for me is it's not an or.
33:07
It's not 529 count or Trump account.
33:09
It's and.
33:11
If we are already funding our TSP and on track for retirement, as James pointed out, if we have funded a 529 and snatched up any state tax benefits that are available, because I do want to mention, if you're in Virginia or Maryland, which a lot of our feds are, there are state tax benefits.

9 MINS LATER

42:57
For those with significant age gaps, what are you seeing as the biggest planning mistake when you think about looking at your total strategy? And how should those couples with the bigger age gaps rethink their strategy?

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