Off Course, On Purpose

In one of our most personal episodes yet, we finally sit down and talk through a night we’ve avoided for more than four years... the night Gabbie was hit by a car. For the first time, we walk through what happened before, during, and after the accident. The confusion, the injuries, the memory loss, the panic attacks, the silence inside her mind, and the slow, messy process of figuring out life aga...

After a few weeks off, we're back with a very big chapter in our story--the season where three incredibly special girls walked into our home and eventually became Kramers. In this episode, Gabbie and Jason open up about what life looked like when they first arrived, the challenges that came with the case and the lessons learned through love and the day adoption finally became official. This story...

What happens when the Kramer kids grab the mics? Chaos, laughter, and some very honest answers. In this special mini-episode, Matthew, Noah, River, Maurice, and Gavin take over Off Course, On Purpose to introduce themselves, ask each other questions, and give you a glimpse of life through their eyes. It’s only 7 minutes long... but it’s packed with personality. This is just the beginning of the Kr...

In this special episode, the story comes full circle. You've heard our perspective on Galaxie and Paul's journey, but today you'll hear from Galaxie and her mom, Pamela. Galaxie shares what it was like to enter our home as a foster teen, and Pamela opens up about the reality of having her children in foster care and how her fight led to her reunification. These voices aren't often...

In the final part of Noah's cancer journey, we share the moments we'll never forget--the chemo cycles that led to clear scans, the day Noah rang the bell, and the incredible car parade of friends and fire trucks that celebrated his cancer-free news. This is the story of survival, community, and faith in action. You'll even hear from Noah himself as he shares his own perspective in his...

The diagnosis was only the beginning. In this episode, Jason and Gabbie share what it was like to step into the fire... starting chemo at Christmastime, living in and out of the hospital, and finding themselves in survival mode as the world shifted with Covid. From worship music filling hospital rooms to the nurses who became like family, they open up about the blur of treatments, the weight of pa...

In late 2019, a mysterious lump appeared on our 3-year-old son Noah’s jaw. What started as a headache quickly became fevers that wouldn’t break, wrong diagnoses, and endless rounds of antibiotics. Deep down, Gabbie’s “momtuition” told her something was terribly wrong. In Part 1 of Noah’s cancer journey, we share the 63 days leading up to his diagnosis — the frustration of not being heard, the mome...

In this episode, Jason and Gabbie share their experiences of fostering teens, focusing on the journey of saying goodbye to their foster children, Dallas and Zane, and welcoming new teens, Paul and Galaxie. They discuss building trust with the biological mother, the complexities of reunification, and the lessons learned about love, grief, and parenting. The couple emphasizes the importance of commu...

And then suddenly, we were parents. What happens when you go from zero kids to four boys 6 and under in less than a month? In this episode, we share the whirlwind start to our parenting journey, how we handled the chaos (and didn't), and what it really felt like to be called "Mom" and "Dad" by kids we had just met. It's messy, it's sweet, it's real... and it was only the beginning.

We've had a lot of people ask us to share our story. So here's the short version of the long story... how we went from swiping right on Tinder to moving across the country, walking through infertility, and eventually saying yes to foster care and adoption. This isn't a deep dive. The future episodes will break out story into more details. It's just an overview of how we got to wher...

Welcome to Off Course, On Purpose. We've been talking about starting some sort of Youtube channel or podcast for years... and today, it's finally happening!! In this first episode, we share the "why" behind the mic: who we are, what this podcast is about, and why life's detours might actually be part of the plan. Connect with Us: 📲 Instagram: @offcourseonpurpose 🎧 Listen + subscribe on Spotify &...