From Riches to Rags – Terrible Stories Where the Rich Lost Everything They Owned

A painful example

My father was very rich when I was young. He lost his job during and took 2 years off to deal with a lawsuit that did not play out his way. We lost everything we owned. He ended up ending his life out of depression. My mother and I had to start from nothing.

Source: WorldLifestyle

Because of my father’s experience, I grew up knowing the value of money and worked hard. I became quite the overachiever and ended up making more money than my father originally did. I was able to regain the life that my mother and I used to have.