The Sandi Savage Show

Cannot wait for you to meet my friend Justin McCarty! Justin is the National Relationship Development Manager with Austin Disaster Relief Network (Austin, TX) and works with churches across the country to equip and train resilient church networks to respond during times of crisis. He has an extensive background in leadership development, having been previously employed with Leadership Austin (Austin, TX) as Director of Learning & Engagement and the Global Leadership Network (Barrington, IL) as a Regional Director. He also has a huge heart for the local church, having served as a pastor for 12 years at both Gateway Church (Austin, TX) and Quest Community Church (Lexington, KY). He and his wife, Courtney, along with their three young boys, reside in Louisville, Kentucky. Links: All things Dallas Willard: https://dwillard.org/ Sidewalk Prophets – Come To The Table: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIYR_dwa_2E

Check out this amazing conversation with Beth Frerman – The owner of Vintage Bandits in Versailles KY as she talks about business, faith and overcoming some serious life obstacles. About Beth: Beth Frerman is the owner of Vintage Bandits Mercantile, located in Versailles Kentucky for the past 4 years. She is a creative leader in her industry and loves getting to lead others in creativity and help them find their own creative walk! You can find her on FB, IG and YouTube chatting and sharing different ways you can use your creativity!! She is married to her love Tony and has two sons (her bandits) now grown and her sweet dog Molly. Above all, she loves her Creator and is constantly in awe of the life she has been given through Jesus. Connect with Beth: https://vintagebanditsmerc.com/ https://www.facebook.com/vintagebanditsmercantile VBM Sari Silk and Trim Club

Hospital Video: https://www.facebook.com/timothywsavage/videos/2909618862686811 PIO Injection Video: https://youtu.be/eW4VgExQXaQ Facebook live 5ish years ago naming Josephine: https://www.facebook.com/timothywsavage/videos/1867404610038125 Transcript: Well, hello, my friends. How are you all doing to day? Sandi Savage here. I hope you’re having a fantastic, fantastic day and I am so, so grateful for you all just being here, like being involved in our lives, the people that are. Thank you so much. Love hearing from you all. So gosh, dm me. Get me up in your DMs. I love getting to know you and a love my podcast community. So today I wanted to talk about our IVF journey. I know I’ve gotten a ton of questions, like I’m a first-time mom at 50, and so, you know, how did that even happen? Oh my gosh. What was that even all about? And you will probably hear my sweet baby girl in the background because she is in here recording with me. She’s got her crinkle books and her Passi and she is very excitable. So first for those of you who don’t know some of my history, you know, looking back at this IVF journey, it really started at this part of the journey started back in 2011. So Tim and I, my husband, who is amazing, we got married in 2010 and the year after that, we were like, okay, we’re ready. We’re we’ve been married for a year. Let’s start trying to have kids. And so that month downloaded an app on my phone that tracked my fertility and you know, one day it popped up and said, Hey, you need to do a, you know, the little, the little pink ribbon popped up, do your breast exam. So I was like, oh, okay. So reached out, touched a spot on my breast and found immediately a lump. Like it was like my finger hit it. And I called my doctor that minute and said, Hey, you know, I feel something really weird. I need to come in. And they were like, let’s get you in immediately. So I went in that week and we did a series of biopsies and there were a couple of cysts in there. And then there was one that was more solid. And so the woman who, the doctor who was doing the testing said, you know, I was like, Hey, what does this look like? You know, what do I, what do I need to prepare for? Or anything? Is this just another cyst or what? And she said, no, this is cancer. Like before they got the path report back, she was like, this is, this is cancer. This is a hundred percent cancer. So I was like, oh my gosh, you know, she looked at me and she said, tell your husband, you have cancer. Y’all need to start preparing. And so Tim and I had been married for one year and here I am, we were, Hey, let’s have a baby. And it went from that to, I think I’ve got to like start chemo and all of that. So that started our conversation. Once all the path report got back and we did a bunch of testing, like we did the genetic testing to see if it was a genetic thing for my cancer or whether it was a hormonal thing. And it was neither of those. I had the type of cancer that’s called triple negative. And that was something that they have to treat really aggressively because it is an aggressive cancer. And so we did, they immediately went in a few weeks after that and took the actual tumor out. So thankfully that tumor, you know, they took it out. They, the margins were clear, so it hadn’t spread anywhere. Like they checked my lymph nodes. It hadn’t spread on any of that. And so that I was so grateful, like that meant that I didn’t have to do radiation. So we started looking at that’s when we had our first conversations with the doctors and he said, okay, you need to start looking at egg...

Transcript Hey, you all, how are you doing? Sandi Savage here. I thought I would just check in today and see what was going on. How is everybody doing? Gosh, I have gotten news from friends that are in the hospital. I have gotten news from friends that are doing great. You know, I know for us, we’ve been kind of work a lot from home anyway, you know, we have the shop down in Versailles and we’re not going to open back up until, until it’s a little safer from a clientele. But before that, I have worked from home online for years. So you all, I hope you’re having number one a fantastic day. And number two, that you’re staying safe and that you are making sure that you’re taking every caution that you need to. Wash those hands, wear your mask when you’re out. I know I’ve got to go out here in a little bit and I will be puttin on my mask. So I just want to check in, and also, you know, I’ve been talking a lot about story, and my own story, but I really believe that there is power in people’s stories. You know, last week I read a bunch from a book that I’m writing and I’ll continue to do that as I’m writing it just so you all can hear a little bit about what’s going on behind the scenes. But I really believe that one of the greatest lies that we listened to as people is that we are alone. That we’re the only one, that no one’s experienced what we’ve experienced. And so when we share our stories, I believe that it makes the world a little closer. I believe that people can see hope and redemption and a path through what they may be going through when we share our stories. It lets people know that we aren’t alone at all. So that’s why you’ve been hearing me talk about that a lot. It’s something that I, I really believe in. I believe that we need to share our stories, that we need to be able to freely talk about our past and our present or a future with people without fear of judgment or fear in general. Because I really think that it is something that will knit people closer together. So I’ve been talking a lot about that and I hope that you all get out there and share your own stories too. I’ll be sharing a little bit more through these next few weeks, just from the book and, and a few more thoughts that I have on the topic. So I’m going to sign off for today. Just wanted to check in with y’all and I hope to see you saying I’ll probably see you tomorrow. Have a fantastic, fantastic rest of your day and talk to you later.