Episode 29

Episode 29 - A Bomb Dropped in the Middle of Our Life: Our Family’s Cancer Story

Published on: 9th December, 2025

In this deeply personal episode of the Dream Small Podcast, Jason and Whitney discuss the unexpected day that changed everything - the day Whitney was diagnosed with cancer. Whitney walks through what she felt, how she told Jason, what it was like to hear the word carcinoma, and how faith held her through moments of fear, confusion, and waiting.

From navigating biopsies and PET scans to wrestling with the “unknowns,” Whitney shares openly about being a mom of seven in the middle of a cancer diagnosis—and how God met her in the middle of it. This episode is raw, real, emotional, and full of hope.

Whether you’re walking through cancer, supporting someone who is, or simply need encouragement for your own difficult season, this episode will remind you that God is present even in the waiting—and that small steps of faith matter, even on the hardest days.

What You’ll Hear in This Episode

• How Whitney first discovered something was wrong

• The moment she learned it was cancer

• How Jason and the kids processed the news

• What the waiting—between scans, biopsies, and results—feels like

• How fear, faith, and family collided

• What helped Whitney emotionally and spiritually

• What she wishes others understood about supporting someone with cancer

• The unexpected gifts that suffering brought

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Music:

"Paradise Found" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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Dream Small Podcast
The Dream Small Podcast is a foster care and adoption podcast hosted by Jason and Whitney Small, foster and adoptive parents who have welcomed more than 14 children into their home and adopted three. Through honest conversations and real life stories, the podcast encourages foster parents, adoptive families, and those considering foster care.

Each episode explores the realities of foster care, adoption, and parenting children from hard places, offering practical encouragement and hope for families navigating the foster care journey. Jason and Whitney share lessons from their own experience, faith, and conversations around trauma informed parenting, family life, and supporting vulnerable children.

Whether you are a current foster parent, an adoptive parent, considering becoming a foster parent, or someone who supports foster families, the Dream Small Podcast exists to encourage and equip you along the way.

Jason and Whitney believe that changing a child’s life rarely happens through big moments. More often, it happens through small, faithful acts of love lived out every day.

If you're thinking about becoming a foster parent or walking the foster care journey, this podcast will help you navigate the challenges, celebrate the wins, and stay encouraged along the way.
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