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I am a word person. I write, I edit, I proofread. Words. Numbers aren't really my thing at all. In fact, numbers are my husband's specialty, his work, his career. In the decades we've been together, he's supported our family as a bookkeeper, a controller, an accountant. I feel at home with words; he feels at home with numbers.

Which is why it's so odd that I'm the one who does our taxes. Year in, year out, I plug all our numbers into Turbo Tax and either rejoice or cry, depending on the result. I do the same for family members. I never looked to Registered Tax Return Preparer by any means, but I did taxes for my daughters for years. Now that they're out of the house and unafraid to do their own—thanks to Mom's rallying cry of "You can do it!"—the only taxes I do other than mine and my husband's are my younger sister's.

Although I've managed to successfully do taxes for years and years, words are my passion so I won't be seeking out paid jobs for doing it or signing up for tax preparer certification. Maybe my husband will one day, though. Like I said, numbers are his thing.

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