Why law? (Part I)

"If you want to write well and live well at the same time you better arrange to inherit money."

-- Flannery O'Connor

O'Connor was talking about fiction writers, but her comment applies to just about anybody who earns their wages by stringing words together.
I don't know when I starting thinking about being a lawyer. But I know why I did: Money. Journalists barely earn a middle class living. I've been working in newsrooms for seven years and I still make less than skilled tradesmen my age. My industry is cheap.
Somewhere along the way I realized that writing alone is not going to give me financial security. I wouldn't care if I were only responsible for myself, but I have Nicholas. I want him to go to college someday without worrying about paying for it. I don't want him restricted by financial burdens when he starts out in life.
So that's my crude reason for pursuing law. Stay tuned for more reasons...