05/19/2026
We haven’t posted much lately. As many of you know, we are a small family business, and recently my dad passed away after a long fight with heart failure.
I also want to thank the few customers I had to reschedule during this time. Your kindness, understanding, and support meant a lot to our family.
My dad was one of the biggest inspirations behind me wanting to own a small business.
He was a farmer, builder, dreamer, and one of the hardest working people I’ve ever known. But more than anything, he was a man with a big heart that loved his family deeply.
We’ve been going through a lot of old pictures lately, and so many of them are of him smiling while holding his grandkids. Family truly meant everything to him.
Dad loved working the land, driving the tractor, taking care of his cows, and building houses. His love for building started when he was young, helping his own dad build a house and even hand dig the basement. Later on, he built the house we grew up in for our family.
I remember we bought old bricks from a milk barn in a neighboring town and hauled them home load by load. We spent hours scraping mortar off those bricks, and Dad paid us a penny per brick. At the time it just felt like work, but looking back, he was teaching us the value of hard work, patience, and effort.
He always saw potential where other people saw junk. He could look at a pile of materials and already picture the finished project.
Dad was always dreaming, planning, and working toward something bigger. More acreage, more cows, more tractors, more opportunities.
But even with all those dreams, he stayed on the same farm for over 20 years because he knew how important it was for us kids to stay in the same school district. He had big dreams, but he loved his family more.
He taught us a lot in simple ways too. If we got gifts, we wrote thank you notes. One time I got in trouble on the school bus, and he made me write an apology letter to the bus driver. Looking back now, I realize he was teaching us respect, gratitude, and accountability.
I love one thing my aunt shared recently. She said my dad always talked about how “rich” he was. Not because of money or land, but because of how blessed he felt to have a wonderful family. That was who he was. But what I’ll carry with me most is the way he treated people. He cared deeply, listened well, and made people feel important. When you talked to him, you knew you mattered.
That’s the example I hope to follow in life and in business.
One thing I’m especially grateful for with Ozark Mountain Carpet Cleaning is that it allows me to spend time with my own family and be present for the moments that matter most. That perspective means even more to me now.
I’m proud to be his son and carry on the values he lived by. I know he’ll be looking down from heaven smiling on all of us.
And to everyone who has supported our family business over the years, thank you. It truly means more than you know.