Wow, how time has passed. October 11, 2023 was the last post that I was able to make and we have been running almost since it was posted. Not long after that date, Steph’s mom had serious health issues putting her in the hospital multiple times eventually having a pace maker installed. That took up most of the remainder of ‘23 and a huge part of ‘24.
I also left FBCVR and moved to Southern Hills. This church is amazing and I havent looked back. I missed going to church with Steph but really felt like this was God moving me.
Steph and I did all that we could to take care of her parents.
Her mom slowly got better but still had issues with her organs.
Mid to late ‘24, she got the news that no one wants to get….
Pancreatic Cancer.
She made the decision to not take chemo as the pros did not outweigh the cons and in October of 2024, she went home to be with God.
We spent the next few months into 2025 taking care of her dad. Her days end with making his dinner almost every night. On top of that, she is still teaching at 2 different prisons while trying to finish her third masters degree. I am not sure how she does it all.
Joseph graduated from Temple in May of ‘25 and left for Paris Island SC Marine Corp Training and graduated in October. Jason started his senior year that fall.
Enter 2026, one of the most difficult years personally that I have had in a while….
Things at my job got increasingly worse and I made the decision to leave in March. I took a position at another mechanical firm in contract development. That is latin for “we want you to cold call new customers and bring in a lot of work.” I am not a salesman and I am not one who cold calls. It does not work that way anymore. Companies now have “gatekeepers” in place to stop this.
On top of all of this, in April I got what Steph and I believe to be a spider bite that put me in the hospital for 7 days. Those were some of the most difficult days that I had ever had, but I tried to make the best of it, even to the point of returning to work the day after I was released from the hospital.
The next few months I continued to do my job calling on new customers, reaching out on social media and trying to establish new relationships, but I still missed 2 hours of work each week to visit wound care for my wound.
In late June, my new employer made the decision that expectations had not been met and he let me go. I can sleep at night knowing that I did my job and did it well. The day of my release I actually had 2 contracts that I brought in that would have met my goal for the year.
God used this situation in a big way. I never once doubted that this was His plan, not mine. I knew that He would take care of us like He had so many other times and within a few days, I had 3 interviews. I eventually took the opportunity to work for someone that I had worked for before and it has been great. I get to do CAD, design and estimation. This is where I thrive in my skillset.
Looking back I can see God’s finger prints all over this. Not only did He take care of my job, but He even moved Steph to Southern Hills with me. Joseph is stationed in California and Jason is working full time now. Steph still teaches at the prisons and is almost done with her third Masters. The bug is still on hold waiting for my foot to heal but my life is great. I am blessed more than I deserve.
Thank You God for taking care of me and my family!
A few days ago, Steph did something that hit me like a snow shovel to the face…
So tonight, 
KWHITE75 
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