Our Story
LETTER FROM SHERRI & VERONICA
Trust us... We’ve lived through our share of life’s emergencies. Sherri recently survived the painstaking ordeal of gathering the cindered pieces of her parents’ home after it burned to the ground. I am in an ongoing battle of an acute health condition. Both experiences have driven us into a realization that all of the information warehoused in our brains, scattered among digital accounts on various platforms or scratched atop notepads haphazardly stuffed in drawers isn’t going to move our families forward; we NEED that information to be readily available and accessible in a single, convenient location to help our families move through difficult times, just in case – but more importantly, we’ve discovered you need it, too!
We created JIC Book as a way to help you complete an exercise we know you really don’t want to do, but also know you have to. We equate it to the task of working out, and JIC is just the personal trainer you’ve appointed to guide, motivate and hold you accountable until your goal is reached.
After you’ve completed JIC Book, our hope is that you’ll feel lighter from a huge burden that has been lifted, and that your family will ALWAYS be prepared.
So, let’s get started, Just in Case!
Sincerely,
Sherri & Veronica
JIC Was Born from Need.
Sherri
The idea for JIC Book came to light one morning while I was on a jog and two jarring questions jolted me into a humbled state: ‘What if something were to happen to me? How would my husband know where to look for all of the minutiae of our everyday household, business affairs and our children’s very active lives?!’ Those questions made me realize I needed to get all of our family's affairs in order and in place. I looked online to find a resource, but discovered there weren’t any that were user-friendly AND included everything from insurance, banking and assets inventory to estate plans, legal affairs, work affairs and dependents information: really everything a busy family of four needs and has to account for when a crisis occurs. I scoured the internet, banks, financial advisor firms and couldn’t find exactly what I needed, so I decided it was time to create one—not just for me and my family, but for you and yours!
Veronica
While Sherri was scouring for that perfect resource, I was facing a health crisis that had left me bed-ridden and disabled for quite some time. My husband had no choice but to be the sole provider and manager for our home, our son, our pets, and our future! The responsibility was immense and the question arose: What affairs will I need to pass onto my husband, son and extended family if I can’t continue to be an active participant in life? Because of that experience, we never wanted to feel so vulnerable again. When Sherri found out about my health, she wouldn’t let the illness keep me down and needed help bringing her idea to life. Thus, JIC Book was born out of my health crisis and her realization that our families’ affairs needed to be preserved, protected and passed on. JIC allows everyone to do that easily, effectively, and hopefully, without many questions to ponder during some of the most difficult times in life.