But, I do know they were not on the same page financially ... at all. My dad was the kind of guy who thought of money as "easy come, easy go." If he had it, he spent it. All of it. If he didn't have it, that was okay too. But, he'd be cooking up some way to get some.

There were times when I was a kid that our electricity would get turned off because my dad didn't (or couldn't) pay the bill. We didn't have health insurance. I remember my mom wanting to take me to the orthodontist, but not being able to because we owed so much money on our account.

My mom came from a well off family who had been financially stable. Not paying bills and going bare on the health insurance were not part of her programming.

So yeah, I'm sure they fought about money.

Tonight, I was reading my kids a book before bed and the main character was lamenting his parents fighting over money all the time and it brought back some memories for me.

Are you fighting over money with your spouse? It's one of the leading causes of family dysfunction so I wouldn't be surprised if you are.

But what you might be surprised to hear is that your fighting is actually costing your family money. And if it's not now, it will in the future.

Here you are, arguing over money when you could be taking that same energy and using it to create more money for your family.

Imagine that for a minute. Add up all the minutes, hours and days you worry about money, fight about money and then worry some more.

What if you took that same energy and directed it into a creative endeavor that would bring more money into your family?

What if you could create something that would put an additional $5,000 in your family's bank account in the next 60 days? Would that change things for your family? What about an additional $10,000? Or more?

Guess what? You can do that. But, you need to stop fighting about money and redirect your energy to something within your control, like making more.