On this 5th day before Christmas I feel to mention a few temporal blessings. I know that our Heavenly Father is not just concerned with our spiritual matters but also is aware of our temporal concerns for the scriptures speak of the two being intertwined. Had Scott's accident happened a mere two years ago or less, we would have been thrown on the mercy of relatives, friends and the Church to help with many of our temporal needs. The only life insurance Scott carried was what I could get through my benefits at work. He had his own business and he could not pass any medical exam that would have given him any insurance. The amount I carried was minimal, not even enough to cover all the funeral expenses. In this state of affairs, I feel that Father knew our deep concern and worry.
Just right after Hayden went on his mission and Scott started his year of hospital visits, he closed his business. It was a time of great financial uncertainty and Scott tried a couple of companies for employment but when they understood his medical condition of being on dialysis, they did not want to hire him as an employee just as a contract relationship, so that his medical expenses would not make their insurance payments rise. (I told him not to share that information with possible employers. It is not legal for them to ask, so why tell. But he did anyway.) We were pretty disappointed and fretted over what to do. The medical insurance was through my work and my whole pay check went to that need. Enter Sharp to the rescue. He did not tell them of his medical issues and they did not know for awhile because his performance exceeded their expectations.
We eventually got medical insurance and I got my paycheck back. Scott got their standard life insurance and then he opted for additional life insurance. He even got accidental insurance which I was not aware he had. I marvel that he died by injuries sustained in an auto accident, at least that is what his death certificate states. Scott was always looking out to get and make the best possible deal! I stand with my mouth open in awe that a man that had end stage kidney failure and diabetes and all it's parasite problems should have the cause of death be an accident. I know that many would not see the tender mercy in that situation. But it would be those that have not seen the steady deterioration and decline mentally and physically of a loved one through those diseases. There is no remission stage. There is no cure. It is a long drawn out death. I know that accident speeded up Scott's desire to get to his destination but I can't help to feel that as painful as those 10 days in the hospital were for all, he was happy to have an end in sight to his pain.
Sharp, not only provided us with insurance options but also gave HeartLee a scholarship to help with her college this first year. The benefits were not just one sided in the employment arrangement. Scott was able to bring Tempe Sharp to one of the highest profit margin writing branches in the company. He made the company a lot of money in a short time. He enjoyed working there and felt the bosses were fair and decent people, as well as, the support staff.
Scott always gave credit to our Father for any deal he closed. He always felt inspired and lead to people, places and what value he could see to offer them. An example of this happened on the last day of October of this year. Scott felt directed and divinely influenced in a deal that he closed Halloween day. That was just days before his accident. I remember calling him, late in the day, and asked what he was doing and he replied that he was praying for he had just found himself alone in the office and took that moment to give thanks to Father for "placing that deal in his path". The commission on that deal was to sustain us while we sort out everything this year.
As unsettling as the future sometimes looks for us, all three of us know that we have been blessed temporally in ways that only a loving Father could orchestrate.
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