He avoided loans of any kind and worked hard to make things work for his family. Although he never sat her down to explicitly talk about money, she learned through his actions. Plus, he always had a second job in the mix. But my Dad, he is like one of the most amazing people I have ever known to be able to pull off raising six kids, I mean he must have been able to do things and stretch a dollar like no one would imagine! So it was very, very tough growing up and the one thing that stuck in my head that I really remember is that I didn’t want to live like this when I got older. Although he worked seemingly constantly, the family still lived paycheck to paycheck. Her dad worked extremely hard to provide for his large family. Jackie grew up in the rural south with five siblings and a single father. The goal can be accomplished by people from all walks of life and Jackie offers a unique perspective of FI. She proves that there is no “one way” to achieve FI. Jackie Cummings Koski shares her story as a single mom that made FIRE a reality.
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