I did not know what I was going to do when I found out that my ex-husband had been killed in a workplace accident. I counted on him for child support money and I knew that I was not going to be able to make ends meet without it. We could survive on what I would make, but I knew that I would never be able to send the kids to college, which is something I had always promised that they would never have to worry about.

A few months after the funeral, I got a call from his lawyer. Apparently he had started a child trust fund for each one of our children and had never told me about it. There was more than enough money put away for each one of them to put them through four or more years of college. It was such a burden that was taken off my shoulders.

In that instance, I had more respect for him than I ever had while he was a live. I am so grateful for doing this for the kids and am so glad that I no longer have to worry about their futures. He really was a wonderful dad and I will never again say that he always put himself before his children.