seeking

We are seeking to find a person to add to the family.

It is a task that is definitely not easy.  We hope to find someone who fits.  Always challenging.

I was there all over again

I just had my first flashback in about 18 years.  It was NOT pleasant.  My daughter came into my room and found me bathed in sweat and shaking a little.  She was scared out of her wits.  So was I.  Why is this happening now???  It has been YEARS since those dark times.  I am REALLY trying to understand.  Tomorrow, I go to the VA and I just do not want any drugs.

Greetings from the Midwest

Well first wife is still not feeling great, but we are working on it.

Vacation is over and it was great!

Going to probably go on cruise with first wife so that I can get some time with her.  Health issues and future uncertain have spawned this idea.

With the continuing poor economy, we have managed to grow in spite of taxes and hr issues.

We struggle like everyone else but we are blessed anyway with enough business to stay afloat. 

Kids are well.  Still searching for an additional wife to make our family rounded and whole.  Praying this week especially for it. 

God has been good to us and perhaps he will grant this request?

work, wife and family

I have been careful managing my corporation.  We are doing OK.  Managed to hire 5 people in the last 6 months.  It has been TIGHT.  I am giving to my community by creating jobs.  I could do a lot of this work myself but then I stopped and thought about those around me.  Jobs are scarce.  I feel for the less fortunate so I hired.

My journey continues.  Children and wife are fine but we are looking still for a new partner to bring in.

It is something I am really praying for.  I have beautiful homes and a houseful of happiness.  I know we are not going to find someone easily.  If you are curious, drop me a message.  I know it is awkward, but take a chance! 

In the mean time, we are working on expanding our houses but that takes time.

We are indeed blessed, one and all.

His plan?

What does God have planned for my future wife?  i am curiously wondering what he has planned.  I hope to find a lady who understands the Gospel and knows how God wants us to live it.  I am finally ready. 

I feel a bit nervous, but that is normal.  I feel that I have taken the right path.  I feel that I am ready for whoever the Father chooses.

Living the Principle, in these times, is a challenge to say the least.  I feel that I have enough to offer a good woman.  God has seen to it.

Now I pray he sends me someone to add to my family.

a long time

It has been a long time since I posted anything. Been busy hiring and growing the business. Trying, anyway.

I am sure of one thing, i seek a second wife. I do not know where to begin, but I feel ready for that step and I know it is a big one.

Anyone got any good tips?

Fall approaches...

It was a good summer. Took the ladies and our children out on two vacations. Took the big boat out too. One of my brother in laws showed up and learned to drive the boat. So I took a try on tubing. Wild ride.

Kids had fun too. Swimming and hiking and time with Dad. Moms all had a break since I basically took over on kids.

It was fun. Preparing for winter now.

Our son's headstone was completed and looks good. He is looking out for us.

the stone is to be laid

Our son will get his headstone. He is next to his brother in a plot that was nearest the railroad track by the cemetary.

Our first son loved trains. When he died we bought plots nearest the tracks. We never thought another child would be there before us.

Anyway, we are getting the stone done this month.

Our recovery continues. Our search for a sisterwife continues too.

economy and more

Well we are recovering. After losing a son, my wife was depressed, for obvious reasons.

She is doing better now. Morale slowly on the rise. We are doing several things to remember our son. First, a custom headstone. Another idea one of my daughters had was to plant a tree. Her mom also chimed in and agreed this would be a great project for all the children to remember the tiny little brother who passed.

We have to decide what kind of tree to plant. I am asking you for your input out there. Our son was 6 months old when he died. He was a fighter and fought hard to survive.

What kind of tree should be planted? We will be placing a marble stone with his name on it in front of the tree.

sometimes irony just bites you in the butt

I mentioned how ironic it was that our first son died just a while after we had purchased a house and that we had just built a huge house and now Charles Jr. was struggling.

Well, now that Charles Jr. has passed away, we have decided NOT TO MOVE. Gads, everyone. Each time we move to a new home, we lose a child. What the heck is that?!?!?

So here we stay, if for no other reason than to protect our children.

I know that this is not a rational fear...that moving is not what caused our 2 son's deaths. I am just startled at how irony comes a haunting our lives.

We do not need to move. This house is big enough, especially now that one room is vacant.

wow, things are happening...

Well things look bleak for the world.

With the loss of our son, we are still recovering. His death hit us completely off guard. He was supposed to be out of the woods. Now he is gone. Seeing his empty car seat when I walked by his room is what cracked my foundation yesterday. I walked into my room and I simply prayed.

I know I will be with him celestially. I my wife is still getting past things. Even anti-depressents have not helped her. She is struggling with it even now. She dreams about him and so do I. I have put her to work on the new office we are finishing. I explained to her that I needed help completing my new engineering office and that I had no one else to turn to. The truth of it is that I need to keep her occupied to get her out of this dark hole she has crawled into. I told her I had to get this office completed so I could produce more income. She has helped me paint and finish walls. By the end of the week, we should be ready to set up desks and move my computers and software in, at least that is the hope!

I am having trouble sleeping.

Financially, we have circled the wagons. I have frozen corporate plans to create any jobs. Instead, I have paid almost all debts off. I am now in a good position to weather the storm. We will, by the end of March, only owe about $5k. Given what we DID owe, this is miraculous. I have to say things have slowed down IMMENSELY. However, as of end of March, my ownly debt will be my home, of which I have paid 42%.

This is my testimony.

For all the lay people out there let me say this....

There is no bottom in sight for the crashing economy. We are headed down for the foreseeable future. The FIRST SIGN of the end of this downturn will be when the housing market bottoms out. I do not see this happening any time soon. We are headed down and the landing will be hard. Put your trays in their upright positions and place your head between your knees with your hands on top of your head...this landing will be rough. My advice? Buy enough food for 3 months for your family. We have (and with all the kids/ladies in our homes you can guess that this is a lot).

The first step to recovery, is banks lending.

the media today...

I do not trust the media today. Several people have asked that we participate in 'documentaries' and these have ended up being a farce; nothing but slanted. They misled people as to what plural marriage and the Principle are about.

I respectfully decline. I do not know if this most recent request is legitimate or not.

I do know that the credibility of journalism is almost non-existent. After the last election, it is clear that objectivity does not exist.

We have experienced bigotry against us already. Why in the world would I risk more.

If this offer is legitimate I have to say thanks, but the trust with journalists does not exist; we respectfully decline.

Time together and God heals...

I took the ladies and kids to a hotel near a job site I was on. Has an indoor waterpark. Given that it is subzero OUTSIDE, a good time like this helps.

We are talking about Charles Jr. and we also pray. I know, one day, I will be with him in the Celestial Kingdom. Does little to comfort us now.

For now, we circle the wagons. We stay together as a close family. We grieve together and we talk about Charles Jr.

Pray for our daughter, who watched her brother die. She is only 8.

Unbelievable Sadness!

Well, there is REAL bad news. Our son, who survived all this and had clear sailing ahead of him, has died.

We were told by the medical exam that they have no idea on his cause of death. I know he passed in his sleep. I woke, he was not breathing. I started CPR after calling 911 and handing the phone to his mom. My wife was hysterical, but CPR was more important at that moment than anything else.

I was told by the EMT's at the hospital that when they arrived he was already gone. To their credit, they tried anyway.

My wife was blaming herself for days even though she clearly did nothing wrong. I was told this was common for mothers who have recently lost children.

We were totally blind sided by this even. Shock was total. We do not know what to say or do.

We now believe that there was a hidden, undetected problem he had and it is what contributed to this.

We appreciate prayers. We are quite upset, especially his Mom and I.

doing GREAT!

Well our son is doing good and the ladies and kids, as well as myself, are ecstatic.

Our newly built home has been approved! We are getting ready to move in.

Business is OK but market is shaky.

We are paying down all debts. Would rather have created new jobs, but with the market so precarious, we will instead attack our debt. Low overhead is the theme.

Jr. is doing good and steadily gaining weight.

I am REALLY looking forward to moving in.

difficult times that galvanize a family...

Well, our son is doing OK. I am sorry for not having posted in so long, but I have been stretched thinner than thin. I had a record quarter of business in my company. I have a son who is about 14 weeks old now and has spent at least 10 of those weeks in the hospital due to his heart.

Tomorrow is his big day. They will fix his heart. There are 2 holes in his heart, one in the upper chamber wall (ASD) and one huge one in the lower chamber wall (VSD). The surgeon doing the work is a crackerjack surgeon who has personally performed this operation over 70 times with a batting average of 1.0 meaning she has never ever lost a patient.

Are we scared? YOU BET. Are we sure all that can be done has been done? We are.

I think our son will fare just fine. It is up to the Lord. We can only do our best with what we are given and the rest is his call. I am OK with it.

Now, it is a time for IRONY. When our first son was ill we had just bought our first house. We were updating it when his leukemia. We came home 8 months later...our new home was complete but our son was dead.

This month, we are finishing a new house. We are almost ready to move in except we are in the hospital and surgery is tomorrow. He WILL get to see his house. However, the irony has not slipped past us. We pray to God for success tomorrow.

Pray for Charles Jr. our son. It is a dark time. It is not as dark a time as it was 10 years ago...but difficult times can galvanize the bonds of a family. Ours are rock solid.

Thanks to all of you for your outpouring of support and love. My family (all of them) appreciate it.

a new beginning...

I have to say new beginnings are always refreshing...

I am happy to say that our son has improved enough to be released. Most tests came back normal with the exception of the thyroid. This is what has caused him almost as much trouble as his heart. He has HYPOTHYROIDISM. Now he is being treated for this and has improved significantly. His jaundice billirubin dropped to a record low of 8. He is now gaining modestly in weight.

What does this mean? Well he has a good chance of living through 6 months to reach his heart surgury age target. Once the surgury is completed he will pretty much be out of the woods. His thyroid will continue to require treatment. However the side effects are minimal and the long term prognosis looks OK.

Thanks to all of you who prayed. Keep praying for him as he still has an uphill fight.

If he makes it, you will all be able to take some credit.

God's will be done, but I hope God's will is what my will is today...to see my son grow old and live a happy life.

Thanks again.

it's been a while...

Well, to say I am spread thin is an understatement. I am only wishing that there were 2 of me to get done what I have on my plate.

Today I am going to tell you about public, business and family events.

Public first...that one is EASY. The children were released by the Texas Court of Appeals. There was no evidence of abuse at the YFZ Ranch and now, FINALLY, the law is being followed.

WITH ONE EXCEPTION! There are no prosecutions or investigations of CPS law breaking. C'mon folks! If you took away someone's children unlawfully, would you not be prosecuted??? If you lied to a judge (even WAcKy WaLTheR) would you not be prosecuted for PERJURY?????

Where are the indictments? Where are the Grand Juries being held for the CPS Gestapo actions? I can tell you. IT ISN'T HAPPENING!

Equal Justice Under the Law MEANS NOTHING IN TEXAS! Texans are known for their spirit and love of Freedom. Now, they are known for one famous line: "It's not my problem."

Business:
Well being in the state of Wisconsin, we got to witness two incredible displays of Mother Nature and God's omnipotent power. My company headquarters was flooded. The city here failed to maintain sewer standards as was required and when this humongous storm hit, the sewer backed up into the office building. This destroyed all of our computers except 2. All our servers were destroyed (13 of them) and all our workstations, except 2, were destroyed.

Additionally, our backups were destroyed but we managed to recover about 60% of our data. All tallied up, we lost about $81,000 in assetts. Now this does not hurt our income, but it does hurt the 'worth' of the company. I have had to lay off the staff with the exception of key personnel to attempt recovery.

Insurance refused to pay for 3 servers that CLEARLY were electrically damaged. We are considering a lawsuit now. FEMA help was a JOKE. They promised us an SBA loan. Well, if you know ANYTHING about SBA, the interest rates are higher than most loans. The interest rate is actually HIGHER than what I can get from a bank on my own (my credit is EXCELLENT).

So when did the Federal Government go into the business of FLEECING disaster victims?

This has cost people here their jobs. It is a sad day.

FAMILY:

Our new son is not doing good. He has lost weight since birth and has failed to gain even in the month that he has been with us. He has a persistent case of jaundice and now the docs are talking about an enlarged liver. They drew more blood this morning for tests. They are planning to do a 4d ultrasound of his liver and heart. His heart has 2 gaping holes and is working 3 times as hard to deliver the needed O2 to the body.

The good news is he is an eater. He eats about every hour and averages 1.5-2.0 ounces per feeding. We hope to know more by end of day. They were talking about a possible liver biopsy.

Pray for Charles Jr. as he did nothing to deserve these trials. I am hoping for God's help on this.

We just want to be able to bring him home and raise him with the other kids we have.

New house will start soon. When completed we will have more than enough room for wives and children to grow into. Charles Jr. will have a special room next to mine.

Pray for God to help Charles Jr. He is a kind and loving God and he listens.

That is all for now. I will try to write more but as you can see I am stretched thin.

Blessings.

he's HERE!

Charles Jr. is here. He came in at 7lbs and 9 oz.

His O2 saturation was a little low, so overnight he spent time in the Neonatal Intensive Care unit.

This morning he is doing good. O2 rates are up without help and he is well.

He will need heart surgery in 6 months. It is not an issue now, but when he gets older it WILL BE...so at 6 months or so, he will get a heart patch.

Things are going good for now. Thanks for the prayers folks...God listens.

pray for him......

We have a son coming this Thursday.

We are praying to have it uneventful, but we are nervous. Son has heart issues. No way to tell what will happen until he is here.

Pray for him.