Keeping the Dream Alive Owning a Family Cottage
May 9th, 2010
| Author: Dori Penning
Their fond memories exuberate, like a family cottage, charm and comfort.
Leave a legacy of integrity and good will. Defining the family cottage means: joy, relaxation, summer skies that go on forever, walks along the beach, skipping stones, bonfires, children laughing, our chocolate and yellow labs running through the water, fireflies, good friends, serenity and peace.
Experiencing the cottage life brings you closer to the wonder of God’s beauty. You wish it would go on forever. We spent summers, it seems for a lifetime, in northern Michigan. Our twins, now 15, were two and our 18-year-old at the time was four. Since teens are very enduring and unique, I decided to ask them to define the word “cottage.” One of the twins responded with, “a house by a lake where you hang out on the beach.” The cottage, he stated, would be by a town with good places to go, and good people to see. The other twin described a cottage as nice, quiet and beautiful. He remembered swimming, tubing behind the boat, and our dogs running on the beach. Our 18-year-old described a cottage as something on the water.
All three boys have fond memories of our cottage in northern Michigan. Their fond memories exuberate, like a family cottage, charm and comfort. It is thrilling to leave children with a legacy of good memories at the cottages shared with them.
When my husband decided to help other families carry on the legacy of keeping the family cottage in their own family, it seemed so fitting. His legal expertise in cottage law has helped people keep their family cottage extended and intact to family members. This helps provide clients with the ability to put things in place so that the family cottage is not only kept in the family, but it avoids conflict and confrontation among family members. Your definition of cottage may be very different from my children and myself. You also may have a cottage in another state, but please know Dan Penning can make a difference in keeping the family cottage a fond, happy place.
Visit www.cottage-law.com for more information.
You may contact Dan at 231-271-4500 in Suttons Bay, Michigan – “The Home of Cottage-Law.com.” Your experience with Dan will be very rich and rewarding.
by Dori Penning, wife of Dan Penning
Posted in Cottage Law, Cottage Law Attorney, Cottage Succession Planning, Cottage-Law.com, Family Cottage Memories
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