Nine Lives, One Dad
Come meet a dad who is raising 9 kids, yes you heard me right, 9 kids! I wasn't sure how it was even possible to raise 9 kids! In this episode you will hear me pick his brain on how he balances faith, career and family. If you like stories, this will be a great episode for you.
Casey Stubbs is not only a very busy dad and devoted husband, but in his professional life he’s passionate about helping dads find financial freedom and even replace their income.
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Come and meet a dad who is raising nine kids.
00:12.70
Jonathan Guerrero
Yes, you heard me right. Nine kids. I know what you're probably thinking. How is he doing this? We're both going to find out together in just a moment, so don't go anywhere.
00:25.28
Jonathan Guerrero
Greetings, everyone. Thank you so much for joining me in this episode called Nine Lives, One Dad. I met a dad of seven with seven kids once, but never nine. This is the first for me.
00:36.11
Jonathan Guerrero
We chatted a bit before this interview, and I felt like he was a long-lost brother from another mother. So I'm excited to introduce you to Casey Stubbs. Casey is not only a very busy dad and a devoted husband, but his professional life, he's very passionate about helping dads find financial freedom and even replace their income.
00:54.90
Jonathan Guerrero
We will talk more about that in a later episode, but right now we're here to pick his brain about being a dad of nine. Casey, welcome to the fatherhood challenge.
01:04.73
Casey
Thanks, Jonathan. great Glad to be here.
01:08.56
Jonathan Guerrero
Okay. So I am curious, what was that moment like when you had your, your first child and you knew for the first time that you were going to be a dad?
01:19.43
Casey
Well, um it's that's a really good question, and I'll unpack that with that. When I first started, met my wife, she had two kids already.
01:31.88
Casey
And so ah when we got together, i went through the process of adopting them. And so I knew immediately, so it wasn't like, oh, you know, it was not like a big surprise, but I will just preface like how my wife and I got together because I think it would be an interesting story for you and your listeners.
01:56.21
Jonathan Guerrero
Yes. Yes, it would please.
01:58.32
Casey
So, um so I was, this was back in 2004, 2003. two thousand and three And my, I knew my wife as an acquaintance, as a friend.
02:11.46
Casey
And I worked at a restaurant. I was a cook at Ponderosa Steakhouse with her brother. And so I knew her, um but we weren't really friends. As a matter of fact, we didn't like each other.
02:25.71
Casey
um And neither of us were Christians either. So I was in the Army Reserve at the time, and I got shipped off to go to Iraq.
02:37.68
Casey
And while I was at the training camp, which was at Fort Dix, my one of my friends
