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Caring Bridge: https://www.caringbridge.org/site/95b2eb99-c57e-11f0-b638-f5532f973404

This page is being created by close friends of the Holmans to support them as Steve begins cancer treatment at MD Anderson this week. As they navigate this difficult and uncertain season, we want to surround them with love, prayer, and practical care.

Steve is the sole provider for their family and is self-employed. As many of you know, they have four small children at four different schools, and all of their extended family is in California. With Steve suddenly unable to work at the same capacity and facing months of treatment, the financial and logistical strain has become overwhelming.

This support will help carry their family through this season—relieving the financial pressure of being out of work and allowing Steve to focus entirely on his treatment and healing. It will also give Mackenna the ability to care for him and their children without trying to shoulder everything alone. Simple acts like meals, playdates, carpools, and words of encouragement make a tremendous difference.

Thank you for showing up for their family with such kindness and generosity. Every meal, dollar, prayer, and word of encouragement means more than you know. Let’s band together to help them through this the way the Holmans would do for any of us. If you’re looking for additional ways to support the family, please reach out to Marsland.

Where Your Support Goes

Because Steve is self-employed, his income during treatment is uncertain and may stop entirely. There is no disability pay, no medical leave, and no employer-provided benefits to help bridge this gap. Your support will go directly toward:

• Lost income during Steve’s months of intensive treatment

• Out-of-pocket medical costs not covered by insurance

• Travel, lodging, and food during the required 8-day Houston hospital stays each month

• Childcare and school tuition and costs for four young children

• Mortgage and essential household bills

• Support during Steve’s recovery and through his stem cell transplant

This is far more than one family can carry alone. Your generosity gives them stability and peace during an incredibly fragile time.

Medical Update and Thoughts from Mackenna

Steve has Stage 4 high-grade B-cell non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, specifically diffuse large B-cell lymphoma(DLBCL) that has also impacted his central nervous system. The cancer grew near the lower spine where critical nerves pass through, and the tumor ultimately caused a fracture in his back.

This is a high-risk, aggressive lymphoma with spine involvement. Steve responded very well to the very first round of chemotherapy, which is one of the most encouraging signs you can receive in a situation like this. We are deeply grateful for the team at MD Anderson—they know exactly how to handle cases like his, and we feel peace knowing he is in the right place receiving the right care.

Steve will undergo intensive treatment: eight inpatient days each month at MD Anderson in Houston through approximately February, assuming all goes as hoped. After completing systemic and CNS-directed chemotherapy, he will likely need a stem cell transplant. We are taking this one day at a time. Our kids have been incredible so far, adapting to the constant twists and turns of Steve’s treatment plan. They remind us daily how intuitive and resilient children truly are. We have chosen an age-appropriate honest approach with them about what Daddy is going through, and all feelings are welcome as we navigate this together as a family.

I often joke—because how else do you survive something like this—that cancer wasn’t on our 2025 bingo card. But here we are. And truly, there is no one I would rather walk this road with than Steve. It is times like these that make us count our blessings twice and remember how lucky we are to be surrounded by such loving communities and schools helping us through.

With lots of love and tears,

Mackenna Holman

If you are looking for other ways to support the family through this, you can sign up through Sign Up Genius here:

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C044CACAA29A0FDC43-60355261-supporting