Tag: Home Care in Scottsdale AZ

6 years in business Celebration Continues- we must celebrate those who support us… there are friends and there IS Family. Mark Hicks ( right), has known Rodney for more than years we are willing to count. He was one of Rodney’s friends I met first 26 years ago. He was in our wedding, always always there for us, giving everyone a hard time. At Max’s birth with a magnum of champagne, Christopher’s wedding, my Mom’s funeral. My Boys and Emilie adore him ( he and Michael, his long term life partner) call Em “ DIVA!” . Mark has always treated our boys as his own and he is MAX’s GODFATHER! Through every moment of ups and downs in life and especially in this business, MARK ( and Michael). ARE ALWAYS THERE. Thank you … you are a good part of why we are doing this. We LOVE YOU!

Thank you all for indulging us all week while we thanked everyone who has helped, supported, cried and laughed with us to achieve our 6 Years in Business Celebration. Last, and certainly, not least, is Ana Lopez. Ana is the most important of all, as she has taken care of our kids and home since June of 2005, when we moved here from Ohio.

She began as a nanny for Max at 7 years old. She quickly introduced her son Josh to us and our boys grew up together! They were together every weekend and soon, Josh was named “ our nephew.”

When we adopted Emilie in 2012, I asked her “ who do you know Ana that can take care of Emilie, that baby you met when she/ her family visited when she was a toddler? And responded instantly,” well ME, Mrs. Laurie, ME!” So she then came to our home from the time Emilie arrived at 7 years old and helped us, morning and night. I was traveling on business and Rodney was running our former business. WE COULD NOT HAVE DONE ANY OF IT WITHOUT ANA, JORGE and their family.

They have worked in all of our businesses, and are the first ones to help when we moved ( literally about 7 times), and when each of our boys moved.

If someone is ill or having surgery ( in the community), Paster Jorge and Pastor Ana are there, praying and serving. They are the absolute Gold Standard for a Life of Service.

I will finish by saying, these are the most selfless, loyal, kind people walking this Earth. We are blessed to call them Family. Rodney and I LOVE YOU!