All That We Combine

This past week, my fiancée and I hosted our second Passover Seder together. The tradition started when she moved to San Francisco and realized she missed celebrating Passover with her New York friends, so she decided it was time to build a new dinner table.

I grew up in a Lutheran church and, although I only go sporadically these days, I find the familiarity of religious ritual comforting. It was special to witness a new side of my partner, who identifies as culturally Jewish, and to see how deeply she knows and appreciates religious tradition, even when the songs and prayers are different from what I grew up with.

I have yet to take her to church with me (she was out of town this Easter Sunday), but I have been thinking about all that gets combined when two people enter a marriage. Cultural and religious rituals were not top of mind in the same way that combining finances was. 🙂

At OWA, we help clients navigate exactly that: consolidating assets, aligning on joint financial goals, and working through estate planning and all the details in between. In this season of engagement, I am feeling especially appreciative of the smaller, quieter ways two lives intertwine, and the joy of looking forward to a combined future in all its forms.

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