Sunday, November 26, 2023

Kristy Egg Update - November 2023

Kristy's Office at Arizona Department of Health Services

Update on Kristy Egg: After 5 years healing from brain surgery undertaken for aneurysms, and 3 years of working with Matrix Engineering, Kristy has moved back into her chosen field as a medical professional. She is a registered nurse with a bachelor's degree in public health and epidemiology. The latter she earned taking college courses during covid. Kristy has taken a position with the Arizona Department of Health Services as a Supervisor for the Bureau of Medical Facilities Licensing. Basically, she is where the “buck stops” on keeping hospice and home health medical facilities in compliance. Kristy has four field agents for which she is responsible. 

Kristy has a lovely and functional office in downtown Phoenix and is prospering at her efforts as a supervisor in the medical facilities. I got to meet several of the office staff on Tuesday afternoon before Thanksgiving, 2023 as I whisked her away for Thanksgiving Day weekend at her sister's house in Southern California. 

I continue to work is president of Egg Geo, LLC, a St Petersburg-based Corporation that has four sister companies and a holding company that oversees our efforts. Our senior partner, Stan Newton, is a big part of the reason that Kristy has come so far. He supported employing her as the Director of Marketing and by her own description, the “chief cat herder” for our scientists and engineers in the geothermal energy sector. During the 3 years we've worked together, Kristy has done incalculable good and left lasting impressions that will remain for decades to come. Thank you, Kristy, for this wonderful experience of working together. 

Now, 

If I may be so bold, I would like to give a personal observation to those reading this update. 

When Kristy came out of surgery on October 16, 2017, she had a very long road ahead of her. The surgery caused epilepsy, and Kristy was not fully functional for years. She was declared 100% disabled by the US government, which put her on disability. The story is here: https://bit.ly/2HexynH  

I began traveling with her on business in 2018. While she was with me, she did not participate in business activities. Kristy was simply my wonderful companion enjoying the sights and sounds. 

Something in her started to change at the beginning of the covid epidemic. She began by gaining certifications as a Legionella specialist and entered the University to study public health and epidemiology, a degree that she earned from BYU in 2021. The point at which she became fully engaged and started traveling with me and became an industry professional in the geothermal energy sector until September 2023. 

You can say that my sweetheart is all grown up once again, and she is the lady that is both feared and revered by medical facilities. I would call her a medical facilities forensics specialist because she drills down so deep into various problems and finds the causes of facility deficiencies to help these facilities solve the problems and come back into compliance. 

And there you have it. we are up to date and more in love than ever!

Grandma Kristy walking on the Beach with one of her grandchildren


Monday, April 3, 2023

Happy 80th Birthday, Carol Egg!

Carol Egg, 21st Birthday in 1965

This is a tribute to our mom, Carol Egg. She was married to Theron Egg at 20 years of age. I was born the next year, 1964. Over the next 11 years, Mom would give birth to my 8 younger brothers and sisters.


(CW from top left) Mom and Dad, Carol & Theron, Jay, Brian, David, Steven, Carolyn, Darlene, Heidi, Aaron and Ben

As the oldest of nine children, what I remember about my mom is her wisdom, her love, and her desire to have a home filled with peace and harmony amidst all of the craziness that accompanies such a large household.


Because we were such a large family, the most common breakfast food was cracked wheat, boiled and topped with brown sugar and milk. We could hear the wheat grinder running just about every morning. It was a high-fiber start to the day, and we were a family with very clean insides as a result!


As of the day of this writing, my mom has been widowed for 11 years, has served faithfully as a full time missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at the genealogy library in Salt Lake City, and has continued to lead this family in truth and light. She is now 80 years of age.

Carol Egg with Jay, visiting mom during her mission in Salt Lake City

A recent photo of our beautiful mom in Manti, Utah. Isn't she so radiant?


Mom, you're truly an angel mother. I have trouble keeping track of how many descendants you have so far; it’s 9 children, 25 grandchildren, and about 19 great- grandchildren, right? Hannah just had Darwin in (March 2021), and many of her cousins have had babies also! My count is well over 50 descendants; wow! 


Happy birthday Mom. It's so fitting that it's also the Easter and general Conference season. If ever there was someone that fit the description of the beauty of the Easter celebration, it's you.


We love you!



CW from top left: Steven, Darlene, Brian, Jay, David, Carolyn, Ben, Mom-Carol, Aaron, Dad-Theron, Heidi