It’s Not the End

A Personal Story from Jim Fuller Farm

2016 was the hardest year of their lives, and they hadn’t even met. Jim was nearing the end of a battle with alcoholism that nearly took his life. He’d been in the hospital for weeks and was close to being added to a waiting list for a liver transplant - IF he could stop drinking. It looked like the end, but it wasn’t. Hope was just around the corner. Krista was suddenly widowed that year after 23 years of marriage, at just 43 years of age, left to raise two kids alone, ages 10 and 13. It felt like the end, and in some ways, it was definitely an ending, but when something ends, something new begins. 

Sometime in 2017, Krista was learning to navigate this new normal, and Jim was several months sober, but still very sick. They met and became friends, and Krista, working as an RN in the hospital at the time, began to help interpret his labs, as his body slowly recovered from alcoholism. They began to pray for one another, exchanging daily messages and devotions, and grew a friendship that lasted four years. In 2021, Jim and Krista mar-ried. Jim is eight years sober and his labs are completely normal. He and Krista spend time helping others in recovery on a daily basis, as well as managing the farm, and enjoying their miracle life together.

They’ve gone from processing a cow once in a while, to processing six cows per month, providing quality grass and grain fed beef to the community they love. Jim also manages hay for several other farms in Harris County, and provides a quality product for local cows, horses, and goats. More importantly, Jim has people stop by the farm several times a week “just to talk,” something Jim finds no problem doing! To be with him fills you with gratitude and joy, because it emanates from him. He will tell you how God saved his life and helped him build a brand new one with Krista by his side, and how thankful he is for a family who loves and supports him.

At Krista’s first husband’s funeral, Reverend Norman Dunlap said, “If you believe everything will be ok in the end, and it’s not ok, then it’s not the end.”

When you support Jim Fuller Farm, you become part of a family, and their mission isn’t just to sell good beef and hay, but to offer hope. It’s not the end.