Give the Gift of Forever with Florida Prepaid

Give the gift of forever this holiday season with Florida Prepaid & a special offer! This post is sponsored by the Florida Prepaid College Board, through my role as a Believer Blogger. All thoughts are my own.

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Easy Bake Oven. I remember writing many a Christmas letter to Santa as a child, with the Easy Bake Oven at the top of the list. And every year, I’d be so disappointed when that oven never arrived under the tree. I laugh now as an adult. How could I ever have wanted such a toy? Even now as I “bake” with my niece in her Easy Bake Oven, I smile at how frivolous that gift was…and how disgusting the food is.

What Christmas presents do I remember most? No, it wasn’t the toys. In fact, I can barely remember what toys I had received other the years. They were checks. At the time, it was just pieces of paper that I learned to immediately hand over to my parents. “It’s for college,” they would tell me. I didn’t think about those checks again because in my mind, it was gone. I’d never see that money. I’d never use that money to buy that toy I was wanting (perhaps an Easy Bake Oven?). But family from all over the U.S. would faithfully send checks every year for Christmas. And every year, the hand off.

Now as an adult, I know exactly where those checks were going.

To pay for FOREVER.

Those gifts were more than just pieces of paper. I just didn’t realize it. Those checks paid for 4 years at an amazing college where I eventually met the man I fell in love with. Those checks allowed me to marry my husband with no financial debt. Zero. Zilch. Those checks allowed us to buy a house. Those checks paid for a Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree that I still have today. Those checks paid for a fulfilling 6 years of nursing on a pediatric floor with skills and memories I will never forget. And now those checks continue to bless our lives, as we were able to pay for not one but two college educations for my children.

Give FOREVER This Christmas

While checks were great “back in my day” (Ha! Makes me feel old), today we can pay for forever in an easier way! Invest in your child’s education with Florida Prepaid College Plans. Living in Florida, it is the BEST option to not only give our children the gift of education, but the beginnings of forever. With the holidays here, now is the perfect time for everyone to give FOREVER.

• Florida Prepaid offers a variety of college plans for every budget – including the NEW 1-Year Florida College Plan
• Family and Loved Ones can contribute directly to an existing Florida Prepaid Plan or 529 Plan (better than checks!)
• It’s a gift that continues to give

Here’s what you need to know about the 2015 Florida Prepaid College Plans. As the 2015 year closes out (and Christmas right around the corner), now is the time to make sure your child locks in the low rates for their college education. And as an exclusive offer from Raising Whasians, use Florida Prepaid coupon code: BLOG1516 to receive a special gift when you sign up for a Florida Prepaid College Plan!

A college education is more than just an education. I had no idea that those pieces of paper would get me to where I am today. I cannot wait to see where our two Florida Prepaid College Plans take our children, on the road to forever. Give the gift for forever this holiday season with Florida Prepaid.

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