January 5, 2026 • 30 mins
Welcome to this episode of “Have a little faith with Delilah ”. You know that gratitude is the thing we celebrate all year long, but especially during the holidays.
As we have moved into celebrating the new year we are focusing, and we are locking in. We are locking in on what we have gratitude for, who we have gratitude for. In this episode I will share some of my favorite calls of gratitude from this past year 2025.
So many of you have touched my heart, you have trusted me with your stories of love, of laughter, of fear and of grief. I can not thank you enough for allowing me to be a part of your life.
As we celebrate 2026, I look forward to the new stories I will hear this year. I am so grateful for all of you. Let us grow in faith together. Happy 2026!
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#prayer
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Hello, my friend, Happy New Year, Happy twenty twenty six.
Welcome to Have a Little Faith. My faith, my faith
in the Lord Jesus Christ, is the foundation of my life.
I don't always have my choices or my decisions in
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alignment with what I know God would have me to do.
My heart is in the right place, but sometimes my
decision making is not, and I struggle all the time
with that, with that battle, you know, the little angel
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on one shoulder and the little devil on the other.
My devil is so convincing, so incredibly convincing. But anyway,
welcome to this episode of my podcast, Have a Little Faith.
You know that gratitude is a theme we celebrate all
year long, especially this time of year, especially as we
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are celebrating the new year. We just celebrated the holidays.
We are focusing in. We are locking in. We are
locking in on what we have gratitude for, who we
have gratitude for. In this episode, I want to share
some of my favorite calls from this past year, from
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twenty twenty five. So many of you have touched my
heart this year. You have trusted me with your stories
of love, of laughter, of fear, of grief, of life
and for that I am so very grateful. All of
your calls have touched me. I just picked out some
of my favorites from this past year. First up as
Gail eighty five year old Spitfire. Eighty five year young Spitfire,
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I should say, very young heart, very sweet story from
many years ago. She also has a great sense of
humor and loves loves to sew her life together, to
stitch her stories together. Let's hear from Gail right now. Gail, Hi,
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happy holidays. What can I do for you tonight?
Speaker 2 (02:17):
I'll start out by saying, I'm eighty five years old.
I listened to you while I sew, and I sew
and give away my quilt and things. And what I
want to tell people who are younger is doesn't make
any difference how much a present cost. I had a
twin sister and she died. It will be four years
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ago on January the fifteenth, and we were in New
Hampshire visiting her on Christmas, and it got late and
I went in to say goodbye to her, and I
leaned over and I hugged her, and my sister had
wrapped it on on set rapid declined dementia and you
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come in and out of things, and you know when
they don't recognize anything because they have a totally blank
look on their face. But when they're cognizant, you can
see it in their eyes.
Speaker 1 (03:15):
At any rate.
Speaker 2 (03:17):
I went in there, I gave her a hug, and
I said, I love you very much, and she looked
at me and I knew she was with it, and
she said, I love you too.
Speaker 1 (03:31):
And that is the sweetest Christmas gift ever.
Speaker 3 (03:34):
Isn't that great?
Speaker 1 (03:36):
What a gift to treasure that in your heart until
you see her again face to face?
Speaker 2 (03:41):
Right, best present I ever had.
Speaker 1 (03:44):
And what's your twin sister's name?
Speaker 3 (03:46):
Her name was Sheila?
Speaker 1 (03:48):
So how will I recognize? How will I tell you
two a part when when we all get to have them.
Speaker 2 (03:53):
Well you probably won't because we weren't identical, but we
looked alike. My husband couldn't tell us difference between the
two of us.
Speaker 3 (04:04):
My mother could, of course, my.
Speaker 2 (04:07):
Sister Candy, my brother in law, Sheila's husband could, but
a lot of people couldn't. And the reason I think
that that people can't tell a difference between twins. Who
said that so overwhelmed by the sameness, they don't look
for the differences, and there's always a difference.
Speaker 1 (04:30):
Well, I am sorry for your loss, but what a
sweet get the way you're making quilts. You can just
wrap yourself up like in a quilt, in the gift
of that love that your sister was present. She was there,
she was fully aware that it was you. She was
probably you know, I think when people developed dementia, they've
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already started to cross over to be with the Lord.
Speaker 3 (04:56):
Absolutely.
Speaker 1 (04:58):
I think they're they're aware of what's on the other
side of that veil.
Speaker 2 (05:05):
Well, I'll tell you one thing that we didn't have
in common. We were brought up in a family that
we learned, you know, how to embroider, sew, all kinds
of things like that. My mother taught us how to
do everything. So I taught my sons how to do everything.
But when we were seven, we learned to sew. And
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I sew all the time. I do alterations from the
local senior center, in charge them like nothing. And I
meet more people than you could imagine. And like I said,
I've won prizes for my quilts for the dog clothes
that I make. And she hated to sew. Wow, and
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she never sewed.
Speaker 1 (05:56):
My sister and I were both taught how to sew
by our mother. And my mother was perfectionist. She was
a fabulous seamstress. She could do alterations. She could tear
a suit apart and put it back together and the
lining would be perfect. I am not that kind of seamstress.
I can do a great straight stitch. I can sew
a great pair of curtains. But if I have to
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nip and tuck and dart and put a zipper in,
forget about it. I hate putting zippers in. My sister
is actually probably a better seamstress than I am. But
get this, her son, who my mom passed right after
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he was born. My mom held on, she had brain cancer.
She held on for this child to be born, and
then as soon as he was here, she said goodbye
and she went to be with God. That young man
has become a fabulous tailor. He makes his own slacks,
he makes his own pants. It's amazing.
Speaker 3 (06:57):
I think that stuff is in Eugene.
Speaker 1 (06:59):
Well, definitely inherited, it definitely well.
Speaker 3 (07:03):
I you know, as I said, I love the quilt.
Speaker 2 (07:06):
Most of the quilts that I make I called them
rescue quilts because people will come into this senior Center,
or they has a table at the Guildware that I
belonged to. We'll bring in fabric and they just dumping
on the tables and you can take what you want.
And one woman came into the Senior Center with the
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squares that were all candle wicking. You know that's French knots,
and she said, well, if you don't want them, I'm
going to throw them in the trash. I got thousands
of hours this person put in on all these things.
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So I took them home in and washed them and
I stabilized them with stabilizer and I made it into
a quilt and I called them rest stoop quilts because
I rescue the stuff from the trash.
Speaker 1 (08:04):
So you're keeping stuff out of the landfill while you're
creating beauty. Yep, you're my hero for the day.
Speaker 3 (08:12):
Well, thank you, Gail.
Speaker 1 (08:14):
Do you like to read?
Speaker 2 (08:15):
Yes, I'm a voracious read if I read all kinds
of stuff, mostly Jones, but i'd throw in a few
serious ones every now and then.
Speaker 1 (08:24):
Well, I'm going to send you a copy of my
book One Heart of the Time, which I hope is
not junk. It's from my heart. I like pulp fiction.
Oh my gosh, you and my mom would have been
best friends. You and my mother. If you drink black coffee,
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I swear you two were twins.
Speaker 3 (08:50):
No, no, I'm a tea person, all.
Speaker 1 (08:53):
Right, you and I'll have a cup of tea. I'm
going to send you a box of tea, a case
of Bigelow t that's it is and Cindy Bigelow is
a wonderful woman. So I'm going to send you some
Bigelow tea and a copy of my book One Heart
at a Time and off the air. You're going to
give me your address so I can send it to you.
Speaker 2 (09:11):
Okay, very good?
Speaker 1 (09:13):
Oh, Gail, I love you. I'm so glad you called tonight.
Speaker 3 (09:16):
I was amazed that I got through.
Speaker 1 (09:18):
Well, you have a great night, and I'm going to
be sending these out to you in the next few days.
Speaker 4 (09:23):
Thank you.
Speaker 1 (09:24):
When I focus on gratitude, even the simplest moments feel
rich layered with goodness. Could be as random as the
morning of sunlight. I took a video of the sunrise
through the fog this morning because it was so stink
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and beautiful. A cup of tea, which I'm enjoying right
now in the studio. A kind word from a friend.
It's not the big events of the big vacation. It's
recognizing what we already have. It's cherishing every single moment
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of the day. It's a practice. The more you practice gratitude,
the happier you will become. In today's show, I have
several conversations with wonderful people, But boy, this next call
just grew my heart. Like my heart felt like it
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was growing in my chest. Remember the Grinch, how his
heart grew. This is a little guy named Max. I'm
not sure if I've ever been more touched by such
a gentle and sincere soul. I'd love to talk to
Max's mom or dad and say, man, did he did
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he come this amazing into the universe? Or did you
help foster this, encourage this. Here's Max to share a
lesson gratitude right now. Hi, good evening, Welcome to the
Delilah Show. Who is this?
Speaker 4 (11:06):
I am Max and I am eleven years old.
Speaker 1 (11:09):
Hi Max, I'm Delilah and I'm sixty five years old.
I got a few years on you.
Speaker 5 (11:15):
Yep.
Speaker 1 (11:16):
What can I do for you? Max? Who's eleven?
Speaker 4 (11:19):
I wanted to say something to you.
Speaker 1 (11:21):
I'm listening. What do you want to tell me.
Speaker 4 (11:23):
You know, when you say you're here to warm people's hearts.
Speaker 1 (11:26):
That's what I try to do every night. I try
to share love and grace and positive comments to let
people know they're not alone.
Speaker 3 (11:37):
Yep, you really do warm way heart.
Speaker 1 (11:39):
Thank you, You're welcome. Are you in fifth grade or
sixth grade?
Speaker 4 (11:45):
I am in sixth grade.
Speaker 1 (11:47):
And are you like one of those really good students
who excels at math or science.
Speaker 4 (11:53):
I am a homeschooler, so you.
Speaker 1 (11:56):
Are one of those really good students that excels because
most kids who are homeschooled are like decades ahead of
other kids.
Speaker 4 (12:05):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (12:06):
And does mom do the homeschooling or do you have
a tutor that helps.
Speaker 4 (12:10):
My mom is the main teacher. An I go to
kat Kalmazoo Area Tutoring and I take you a couple
of classes there.
Speaker 1 (12:21):
I think homeschooling is awesome and I wish I were
better at it, Yeah, because I have five kids right
now that are in school, and I wish that I
had the capacity to do that, but I don't. I've
done it in the past and I just wasn't good
at it.
Speaker 4 (12:39):
Yeah, but that's fine.
Speaker 1 (12:40):
That's fine. They're doing great, and they love going to
their school and it's a very small school, so they
get lots of one on one And I'm doing great
because I get to do my job and then spend
my days loving on my kids. So life is good.
Speaker 4 (12:58):
Yeah, it's very so that I get to call.
Speaker 1 (13:01):
You, it's very special I get to talk to you.
You sound like an amazing young man. You sound like
the kind of person that I would love to come
and have be friends with my kids.
Speaker 4 (13:12):
And I love animals.
Speaker 1 (13:14):
Ah, you would love my farm. Do you know how
many animals I have on my farm? Acts?
Speaker 3 (13:20):
How many animals?
Speaker 1 (13:21):
I have no idea. I would have to count them,
but probably one hundred and twenty one hundred and fifty.
Speaker 4 (13:27):
We have a lot of animals.
Speaker 3 (13:29):
And I have a horse.
Speaker 1 (13:30):
I rode my horse today. What kind of horse do
you have?
Speaker 3 (13:33):
I have a half Arab, half paint, so.
Speaker 1 (13:37):
It's beautiful but also likes to go fast. It is calm,
calm Arab. Never heard of.
Speaker 3 (13:44):
This half Arab gough and half paint.
Speaker 1 (13:48):
So the paint got the calmness? Did the paint get
the beauty? Is it? Is it very colorful?
Speaker 4 (13:56):
He's beautiful?
Speaker 1 (13:58):
And do you ride? Do you ride? Western or English.
Speaker 4 (14:01):
I ride with a Western saddle.
Speaker 1 (14:04):
And do you compete or do you just ride for fun?
Speaker 3 (14:07):
I guess you ride for fun at home.
Speaker 1 (14:10):
Well see, we're perfect to be friends because I love
riding horses. There's very few things in life I enjoy
doing as much as riding my horse.
Speaker 4 (14:21):
Yeah, I really like riding more horsecus. Then it like
really calms me.
Speaker 1 (14:26):
A lot me too. All be still my heart, that
sweet young man Max. Anyone who's listening to this podcast
that believes in pray for this gentle soul that he
will be protected as he grows up. A lot of
times when boys are that sweet, that kind, they're bullied.
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They're bullied and they learn to hide their tender heart.
I'm praying that Max always knows how loved and beautiful
his heart is. Okay, Next, I want to share a
call from Kelly. Kelly's a young woman who feels very
stuck in this feeling very down, and we're going to
listen to Kelly right now.
Speaker 6 (15:11):
Oh hello there, Delilah.
Speaker 1 (15:12):
Hi Kelly, welcome. What can I do for you?
Speaker 6 (15:15):
Thank you so much? So I was I'm just shocked.
I'm so glad to talk to you. Of all the days.
You know, I don't know even know where to begin,
but you want the nutshell version.
Speaker 1 (15:28):
You just start at the beginning. How's that?
Speaker 6 (15:31):
Oh well, I think I need my own show if
I started at the beginning. So but but I'll try
my best.
Speaker 3 (15:38):
I woke up today.
Speaker 6 (15:38):
I don't know, it's just a weird day. I woke
up and just with this complete sense of dread and
I don't know why. And you know, I've just been
doing a lot of soul searching lately. I turned forty,
and it is such an honor and a privilege to
be here. But I just I don't know. I just
I can't seem to, you know, all the boxes. And
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I've struck out in the love department the last two times, one,
you know, consecutive after another, and it was just I
don't know. I just I'm at a loss. And I
thought I would be somewhere so different at this point
in my life. I always said, oh man, i'd have
ten kids by now, and I don't. And it's really sad.
Speaker 1 (16:26):
I'm chuckling to myself, not because I'm laughing at you,
but I was crying. On my fortieth birthday, some friends
had a surprise party for me at a Chinese restaurant,
and I couldn't stop crying. It was like I was
nowhere that I thought that I should be and someplace
I did not want to be. And I had all
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these expectations of myself and I had failed all of them.
Like I'm worthless nothing, I'm worth nothing. What am I
even doing here?
Speaker 3 (16:58):
You know?
Speaker 6 (16:59):
I get that. I just I feel like I'm just
that revolving door kind of feeling. And I was like, well,
you know what's next, but there's got to be something
exciting around the corner. And I'm a good hearted person
and I was raised.
Speaker 5 (17:10):
Right and.
Speaker 6 (17:13):
I trust in God's plan for me. I don't always
understand it, but I trust it, and I just I
just don't know. I can't wrap my head around it.
Speaker 1 (17:21):
Well, you probably have an ipending feeling of doom because
crazy things are going on and we are in very
dark days and God is telling us time's up. You
got to get right with me now, like now, like
you don't have any more time. Now is the time
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that you need to be right with me. So that's
probably where the doom and gloom comes from. But the
rest of it, the expectations you've put on yourself or
society is put on you, Honey, let them go, Let
them go. You are right where you're supposed to be,
doing exaus exactly what you are supposed to do in
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this moment. And God has great plans for you. And
I can say that with confidence because He doesn't lie.
God cannot lie. And he says, I know the plans
that I have for you, Kelly. I know the plans
I have for you, Plans for a hope and a future.
Speaker 6 (18:19):
Oh, Deliah, you'd just made my day. Thank you so
so so much.
Speaker 1 (18:24):
He knows the plans that he has for you, honey,
Plans for a hope and a future, Plans to prosper you,
not to harm you.
Speaker 6 (18:32):
I am taking all of this and I'm running with it. Delilah.
Speaker 1 (18:36):
Well let's do this. Can I say a quick prayer
for you? Then you're going to give me your contact
info so I can send you some tea. Absolutely yes, Father, God, Lord,
I thank you for Kelly getting through on the phone
lines tonight. I thank you Lord for whatever you did
and however you work that out. I thank you God
for her life. I thank you God for curing her cancer.
I thank you God, that she's cancer free. I thank
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you God for her passion for living. Father, I thank
you for her faith in you and her knowledge, her knowing,
and the core of her being. That you do have
good plans for her. Father, She tells me her heart's
desire is to have a partner, somebody to love, someone
to cherish, Somebody who will respect her and see her
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for who she is. I pray, Father, God, that you
would bring that person into her life. Do not tarry, God,
don't terry. Bring the person into her life to build
a family with. Father. I pray that it would be
so glaringly obvious that your fingerprints would be all over it.
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I pray God that there would be no missteps, No
people with red flags and addictions or commitment phobias or issues.
Keep them far from her. Bring someone to her who
is honest and kind, faithful and true, who loves you
Lord more than life. Somebody who is handsome, somebody who's
funny and charming, Somebody who will bring joy every single
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day of her life. Somebody who will recognize her worth.
I ask this in your precious and holy name. Amen.
Speaker 3 (20:12):
Men.
Speaker 6 (20:13):
Oh wow, I am oh, I am just I'm crying,
but like good tears, like like, I feel so relieved
right now. And really, the thing that's resonating the most
is you saying you got to get right with God.
Speaker 1 (20:27):
That's what this is for.
Speaker 6 (20:28):
And you're right, You're absolutely right.
Speaker 1 (20:29):
And you know how long that takes? That long? That long,
a snap of a finger, the blink of an eye,
is how long it takes for you to say, I
give everything to you, I give it all to you, God,
everything is yours, I give it all.
Speaker 6 (20:44):
Well, I am just I am just so thrilled right now,
and thank you for turning this pretty kind of dreadful
day around for me. God blessed uh. Thank you so
so much, and thank you for all the wonderful work
you do.
Speaker 1 (20:57):
That conversation with Kelly touched my heart so much much.
Her vulnerability, her honesty was palpable. It's very hard to
be in a place where you feel like you are stuck,
the waiting place I call that. God has had me
in the waiting place so many times. But I promise
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you you are never stuck. God's timing can be hard
to wait on. When I say wait, I don't mean
just go sit down on the couch. You have to
live your life fully. You have to reach out to
family and friends, make new friends, use your gifts and
your talents to help others. The more you use yourself
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your love to help others, the sooner you're going to
get out of the waiting place. I promise you that
the point being putting yourself in healthy places is where
you're going to find what you're looking for. Not rescuing others,
but using your gifts and your talent and your skills
to make this world a better place. You know, I
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hear from a lot of folks who have reconciled with
someone from their past, those wonderful sweetheart stories. We dated
in junior high, we dated in high school, and then
folks go their separate ways. Life happens, and sometimes they
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find their way back to each other. And just a moment,
we are going to hear from a listener who found
her way back to somebody that she might have had
a crush on back in the day, but daddy wasn't
having any part of it given their age difference. We're
going to find out how that is going today. Stick
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around for that and so much more. Hi, Megan, welcome,
What can I do for you tonight?
Speaker 5 (22:57):
I was wondering if you could dedicate a thought to
my better half for me?
Speaker 1 (23:02):
Who is your better half and what makes them better?
Speaker 5 (23:07):
He and his name is Brandon, and we've been together
for about fourteen months now.
Speaker 3 (23:12):
But we were old high school sweethearts.
Speaker 5 (23:15):
And ended up separating over time, and twenty five years
later we got back together.
Speaker 1 (23:20):
How did you find your way back to each other
after a quarter of a century.
Speaker 5 (23:27):
I think it was God's plan, a little bit of
his mama and my daddy knowing what they need to.
Speaker 3 (23:31):
Do to put us back together.
Speaker 1 (23:33):
Okay, well that's very romantical and very sweet, but practically
what happened.
Speaker 5 (23:38):
I went through a divorce after twenty years and he just.
Speaker 3 (23:43):
Hit me up on Facebook one day.
Speaker 1 (23:45):
Ah ah, so social media and he's like, hey, hey,
I remember you. Do you remember me? Yes, ma'am? And
you said, as a matter of fact, I do, yes, ma'am.
So what grade were you in when you were dating?
Speaker 5 (24:00):
We were in our teens. He was seventeen and I
was fourteen. So of course back then that's like a
ten year gap.
Speaker 1 (24:07):
That's a big no no with the mom and dad.
Speaker 5 (24:11):
Yes 'am, Mom said no, And we went our separate
ways and twenty five years later, made our way back
to each other.
Speaker 1 (24:17):
What was your mascot when you were in high school?
Speaker 5 (24:20):
The Greyhounds?
Speaker 1 (24:21):
The Greyhounds. Did Brandon run fast back then from you?
Or he's running fast to you?
Speaker 5 (24:27):
If he ran to me really fast, he probably.
Speaker 1 (24:32):
Ran fast away from you when your father found out
he was seventeen.
Speaker 5 (24:36):
Yes, ma'am.
Speaker 1 (24:38):
My daddy did not appreciate when I would be talking
to somebody and then he would he found out one
guy was a fireman. He's like, how can he be
a fireman? And when he's in high school? And I'm like,
uh about that? That did not go over well with dad.
Speaker 5 (24:54):
No, my dad would a fireman too.
Speaker 1 (24:56):
I will play a song for you and the one
that you have reconciled with. Call me back in a
few months and let me know how it's going. Yes, ma'am, Meghan,
I am so glad you were willing to take this
chance at another try with your guy, with your man.
Listening to your story only reaffirms from me that God
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doesn't make mistakes. You are always meant to be with him.
The fact that both of your parents confirm that from
heaven is so sweet. What a great confirmation Meghan, thank
you for sharing your story. You have a wonderful night.
Thank you for calling.
Speaker 5 (25:36):
You're to do Islah, thank you.
Speaker 1 (25:42):
In just a moment, we're going to talk with a
listener who thought she was calling a locksmith to change
the keys to sell her house. Little did she realize
he would end up unlocking her heart. He had the key,
and now she's missing him. We're going to play a
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song to keep their hearts locked together across the miles.
Coming up next.
Speaker 3 (26:09):
Hi, Delailah, this is Lisa.
Speaker 1 (26:11):
Are you in your car? Are you driving and listening
to the radio? Now?
Speaker 3 (26:15):
I'm homes in my bedroom listening to the radio and
miss my.
Speaker 1 (26:19):
Boyfriend, Missing your honey. What's his name?
Speaker 3 (26:22):
Eric? And I've when I first met him, going on
seven months ago, It's like God send him to me,
and we see each other and talk to each other
every day on the phone. But I haven't seen him
in two months. So I miss him right now and
I'm hoping to see him soon.
Speaker 1 (26:39):
So seven months long distance relationship and how's it going?
Scale of one to ten? How is the How much
joy is Eric bringing and how much sadness? And missing him?
Speaker 3 (26:54):
He brings me a lot of joy and I miss
him a lot.
Speaker 1 (26:58):
And do you have in your life keeping you tied
to wherever you are right now?
Speaker 3 (27:04):
Yes, I had to take care of some situations where
I am now, Yes, but I have got it all
finished pretty much.
Speaker 1 (27:12):
So you don't have children in school, you don't have
a job, you can't leave.
Speaker 3 (27:17):
No, it's just I had to sell a house, so
I got that taking care of now, and now I
can leave again. I just miss them and I want
to go up there.
Speaker 1 (27:26):
So, Lisa, you realize you're talking to a woman who
had a long distance marriage for the last fifteen years. No,
my husband and I lived in different states until September.
The only time we've lived together was during COVID. So
I have empathy for you, and I know how hard
it is when you're missing someone. But I also know
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you're going to be just fine.
Speaker 3 (27:50):
Thank you, Daniliah.
Speaker 1 (27:51):
So where did you meet he's my locksmith? How did
you need a locksmith? What circumstances brought him into your life?
Speaker 3 (27:59):
Well, I had a change the locks at the house
that I sold. I had to change the locks, so
I had to call a locksmith, and I thought I
was I called his brother and ended up being Eric him.
Oh I met Eric instead, and Eric has been the
love of my life since then.
Speaker 1 (28:17):
So he not only changed the locks, he unlocked your heart.
Speaker 3 (28:21):
Yes he did.
Speaker 6 (28:23):
Well.
Speaker 1 (28:23):
Wherever you end up, I pray that it is soon,
because I hear the longing in your voices driving you crazy.
And I will play a song to keep those hearts.
That heart that he opened, that he had the key
to that, I'll play a song to keep your hearts connected.
Speaker 3 (28:41):
Thank you so much to Elaiya Lisa.
Speaker 1 (28:44):
I am so excited that you're taking a chance to
be with the man that literally and figuratively unlocked your heart.
You are brave, and I am praying for both of you.
As we've left twenty twenty five in our dust, we
left it in the dust. We're beginning this new year,
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twenty twenty six. Do not leave behind what you have learned,
even if the lesson was hard. Everything we go through matters.
Trust me on that. I am not a person who
makes resolutions stop doing that probably forty years ago. But
I am a person who sets goals, who sets goals
and believes in discipline and commitment to reach them. And
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my personal goals this year include continuing my health journey,
so I can be there for all the littles I'm
taking care of. Mostly, I want to grow closer to God.
I want my faith to be stronger than ever, and
I want to share that with you. Happy New Year,
my friend. I look forward to connecting with all of you.
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I want to remind you how very grateful I am
that you share your time, your love, and your very
precious stories here with me, Little Faith, and I will
see you next time on the radio.
Speaker 5 (30:05):
Del
Hello, my friend, Happy New Year, Happy twenty twenty six.
Welcome to Have a Little Faith. My faith, my faith
in the Lord Jesus Christ, is the foundation of my life.
I don't always have my choices or my decisions in
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alignment with what I know God would have me to do.
My heart is in the right place, but sometimes my
decision making is not, and I struggle all the time
with that, with that battle, you know, the little angel
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on one shoulder and the little devil on the other.
My devil is so convincing, so incredibly convincing. But anyway,
welcome to this episode of my podcast, Have a Little Faith.
You know that gratitude is a theme we celebrate all
year long, especially this time of year, especially as we
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are celebrating the new year. We just celebrated the holidays.
We are focusing in. We are locking in. We are
locking in on what we have gratitude for, who we
have gratitude for. In this episode, I want to share
some of my favorite calls from this past year, from
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twenty twenty five. So many of you have touched my
heart this year. You have trusted me with your stories
of love, of laughter, of fear, of grief, of life
and for that I am so very grateful. All of
your calls have touched me. I just picked out some
of my favorites from this past year. First up as
Gail eighty five year old Spitfire. Eighty five year young Spitfire,
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I should say, very young heart, very sweet story from
many years ago. She also has a great sense of
humor and loves loves to sew her life together, to
stitch her stories together. Let's hear from Gail right now. Gail, Hi,
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happy holidays. What can I do for you tonight?
Speaker 2 (02:17):
I'll start out by saying, I'm eighty five years old.
I listened to you while I sew, and I sew
and give away my quilt and things. And what I
want to tell people who are younger is doesn't make
any difference how much a present cost. I had a
twin sister and she died. It will be four years
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ago on January the fifteenth, and we were in New
Hampshire visiting her on Christmas, and it got late and
I went in to say goodbye to her, and I
leaned over and I hugged her, and my sister had
wrapped it on on set rapid declined dementia and you
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come in and out of things, and you know when
they don't recognize anything because they have a totally blank
look on their face. But when they're cognizant, you can
see it in their eyes.
Speaker 1 (03:15):
At any rate.
Speaker 2 (03:17):
I went in there, I gave her a hug, and
I said, I love you very much, and she looked
at me and I knew she was with it, and
she said, I love you too.
Speaker 1 (03:31):
And that is the sweetest Christmas gift ever.
Speaker 3 (03:34):
Isn't that great?
Speaker 1 (03:36):
What a gift to treasure that in your heart until
you see her again face to face?
Speaker 2 (03:41):
Right, best present I ever had.
Speaker 1 (03:44):
And what's your twin sister's name?
Speaker 3 (03:46):
Her name was Sheila?
Speaker 1 (03:48):
So how will I recognize? How will I tell you
two a part when when we all get to have them.
Speaker 2 (03:53):
Well you probably won't because we weren't identical, but we
looked alike. My husband couldn't tell us difference between the
two of us.
Speaker 3 (04:04):
My mother could, of course, my.
Speaker 2 (04:07):
Sister Candy, my brother in law, Sheila's husband could, but
a lot of people couldn't. And the reason I think
that that people can't tell a difference between twins. Who
said that so overwhelmed by the sameness, they don't look
for the differences, and there's always a difference.
Speaker 1 (04:30):
Well, I am sorry for your loss, but what a
sweet get the way you're making quilts. You can just
wrap yourself up like in a quilt, in the gift
of that love that your sister was present. She was there,
she was fully aware that it was you. She was
probably you know, I think when people developed dementia, they've
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already started to cross over to be with the Lord.
Speaker 3 (04:56):
Absolutely.
Speaker 1 (04:58):
I think they're they're aware of what's on the other
side of that veil.
Speaker 2 (05:05):
Well, I'll tell you one thing that we didn't have
in common. We were brought up in a family that
we learned, you know, how to embroider, sew, all kinds
of things like that. My mother taught us how to
do everything. So I taught my sons how to do everything.
But when we were seven, we learned to sew. And
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I sew all the time. I do alterations from the
local senior center, in charge them like nothing. And I
meet more people than you could imagine. And like I said,
I've won prizes for my quilts for the dog clothes
that I make. And she hated to sew. Wow, and
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she never sewed.
Speaker 1 (05:56):
My sister and I were both taught how to sew
by our mother. And my mother was perfectionist. She was
a fabulous seamstress. She could do alterations. She could tear
a suit apart and put it back together and the
lining would be perfect. I am not that kind of seamstress.
I can do a great straight stitch. I can sew
a great pair of curtains. But if I have to
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nip and tuck and dart and put a zipper in,
forget about it. I hate putting zippers in. My sister
is actually probably a better seamstress than I am. But
get this, her son, who my mom passed right after
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he was born. My mom held on, she had brain cancer.
She held on for this child to be born, and
then as soon as he was here, she said goodbye
and she went to be with God. That young man
has become a fabulous tailor. He makes his own slacks,
he makes his own pants. It's amazing.
Speaker 3 (06:57):
I think that stuff is in Eugene.
Speaker 1 (06:59):
Well, definitely inherited, it definitely well.
Speaker 3 (07:03):
I you know, as I said, I love the quilt.
Speaker 2 (07:06):
Most of the quilts that I make I called them
rescue quilts because people will come into this senior Center,
or they has a table at the Guildware that I
belonged to. We'll bring in fabric and they just dumping
on the tables and you can take what you want.
And one woman came into the Senior Center with the
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squares that were all candle wicking. You know that's French knots,
and she said, well, if you don't want them, I'm
going to throw them in the trash. I got thousands
of hours this person put in on all these things.
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So I took them home in and washed them and
I stabilized them with stabilizer and I made it into
a quilt and I called them rest stoop quilts because
I rescue the stuff from the trash.
Speaker 1 (08:04):
So you're keeping stuff out of the landfill while you're
creating beauty. Yep, you're my hero for the day.
Speaker 3 (08:12):
Well, thank you, Gail.
Speaker 1 (08:14):
Do you like to read?
Speaker 2 (08:15):
Yes, I'm a voracious read if I read all kinds
of stuff, mostly Jones, but i'd throw in a few
serious ones every now and then.
Speaker 1 (08:24):
Well, I'm going to send you a copy of my
book One Heart of the Time, which I hope is
not junk. It's from my heart. I like pulp fiction.
Oh my gosh, you and my mom would have been
best friends. You and my mother. If you drink black coffee,
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I swear you two were twins.
Speaker 3 (08:50):
No, no, I'm a tea person, all.
Speaker 1 (08:53):
Right, you and I'll have a cup of tea. I'm
going to send you a box of tea, a case
of Bigelow t that's it is and Cindy Bigelow is
a wonderful woman. So I'm going to send you some
Bigelow tea and a copy of my book One Heart
at a Time and off the air. You're going to
give me your address so I can send it to you.
Speaker 2 (09:11):
Okay, very good?
Speaker 1 (09:13):
Oh, Gail, I love you. I'm so glad you called tonight.
Speaker 3 (09:16):
I was amazed that I got through.
Speaker 1 (09:18):
Well, you have a great night, and I'm going to
be sending these out to you in the next few days.
Speaker 4 (09:23):
Thank you.
Speaker 1 (09:24):
When I focus on gratitude, even the simplest moments feel
rich layered with goodness. Could be as random as the
morning of sunlight. I took a video of the sunrise
through the fog this morning because it was so stink
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and beautiful. A cup of tea, which I'm enjoying right
now in the studio. A kind word from a friend.
It's not the big events of the big vacation. It's
recognizing what we already have. It's cherishing every single moment
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of the day. It's a practice. The more you practice gratitude,
the happier you will become. In today's show, I have
several conversations with wonderful people, But boy, this next call
just grew my heart. Like my heart felt like it
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was growing in my chest. Remember the Grinch, how his
heart grew. This is a little guy named Max. I'm
not sure if I've ever been more touched by such
a gentle and sincere soul. I'd love to talk to
Max's mom or dad and say, man, did he did
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he come this amazing into the universe? Or did you
help foster this, encourage this. Here's Max to share a
lesson gratitude right now. Hi, good evening, Welcome to the
Delilah Show. Who is this?
Speaker 4 (11:06):
I am Max and I am eleven years old.
Speaker 1 (11:09):
Hi Max, I'm Delilah and I'm sixty five years old.
I got a few years on you.
Speaker 5 (11:15):
Yep.
Speaker 1 (11:16):
What can I do for you? Max? Who's eleven?
Speaker 4 (11:19):
I wanted to say something to you.
Speaker 1 (11:21):
I'm listening. What do you want to tell me.
Speaker 4 (11:23):
You know, when you say you're here to warm people's hearts.
Speaker 1 (11:26):
That's what I try to do every night. I try
to share love and grace and positive comments to let
people know they're not alone.
Speaker 3 (11:37):
Yep, you really do warm way heart.
Speaker 1 (11:39):
Thank you, You're welcome. Are you in fifth grade or
sixth grade?
Speaker 4 (11:45):
I am in sixth grade.
Speaker 1 (11:47):
And are you like one of those really good students
who excels at math or science.
Speaker 4 (11:53):
I am a homeschooler, so you.
Speaker 1 (11:56):
Are one of those really good students that excels because
most kids who are homeschooled are like decades ahead of
other kids.
Speaker 4 (12:05):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (12:06):
And does mom do the homeschooling or do you have
a tutor that helps.
Speaker 4 (12:10):
My mom is the main teacher. An I go to
kat Kalmazoo Area Tutoring and I take you a couple
of classes there.
Speaker 1 (12:21):
I think homeschooling is awesome and I wish I were
better at it, Yeah, because I have five kids right
now that are in school, and I wish that I
had the capacity to do that, but I don't. I've
done it in the past and I just wasn't good
at it.
Speaker 4 (12:39):
Yeah, but that's fine.
Speaker 1 (12:40):
That's fine. They're doing great, and they love going to
their school and it's a very small school, so they
get lots of one on one And I'm doing great
because I get to do my job and then spend
my days loving on my kids. So life is good.
Speaker 4 (12:58):
Yeah, it's very so that I get to call.
Speaker 1 (13:01):
You, it's very special I get to talk to you.
You sound like an amazing young man. You sound like
the kind of person that I would love to come
and have be friends with my kids.
Speaker 4 (13:12):
And I love animals.
Speaker 1 (13:14):
Ah, you would love my farm. Do you know how
many animals I have on my farm? Acts?
Speaker 3 (13:20):
How many animals?
Speaker 1 (13:21):
I have no idea. I would have to count them,
but probably one hundred and twenty one hundred and fifty.
Speaker 4 (13:27):
We have a lot of animals.
Speaker 3 (13:29):
And I have a horse.
Speaker 1 (13:30):
I rode my horse today. What kind of horse do
you have?
Speaker 3 (13:33):
I have a half Arab, half paint, so.
Speaker 1 (13:37):
It's beautiful but also likes to go fast. It is calm,
calm Arab. Never heard of.
Speaker 3 (13:44):
This half Arab gough and half paint.
Speaker 1 (13:48):
So the paint got the calmness? Did the paint get
the beauty? Is it? Is it very colorful?
Speaker 4 (13:56):
He's beautiful?
Speaker 1 (13:58):
And do you ride? Do you ride? Western or English.
Speaker 4 (14:01):
I ride with a Western saddle.
Speaker 1 (14:04):
And do you compete or do you just ride for fun?
Speaker 3 (14:07):
I guess you ride for fun at home.
Speaker 1 (14:10):
Well see, we're perfect to be friends because I love
riding horses. There's very few things in life I enjoy
doing as much as riding my horse.
Speaker 4 (14:21):
Yeah, I really like riding more horsecus. Then it like
really calms me.
Speaker 1 (14:26):
A lot me too. All be still my heart, that
sweet young man Max. Anyone who's listening to this podcast
that believes in pray for this gentle soul that he
will be protected as he grows up. A lot of
times when boys are that sweet, that kind, they're bullied.
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They're bullied and they learn to hide their tender heart.
I'm praying that Max always knows how loved and beautiful
his heart is. Okay, Next, I want to share a
call from Kelly. Kelly's a young woman who feels very
stuck in this feeling very down, and we're going to
listen to Kelly right now.
Speaker 6 (15:11):
Oh hello there, Delilah.
Speaker 1 (15:12):
Hi Kelly, welcome. What can I do for you?
Speaker 6 (15:15):
Thank you so much? So I was I'm just shocked.
I'm so glad to talk to you. Of all the days.
You know, I don't know even know where to begin,
but you want the nutshell version.
Speaker 1 (15:28):
You just start at the beginning. How's that?
Speaker 6 (15:31):
Oh well, I think I need my own show if
I started at the beginning. So but but I'll try
my best.
Speaker 3 (15:38):
I woke up today.
Speaker 6 (15:38):
I don't know, it's just a weird day. I woke
up and just with this complete sense of dread and
I don't know why. And you know, I've just been
doing a lot of soul searching lately. I turned forty,
and it is such an honor and a privilege to
be here. But I just I don't know. I just
I can't seem to, you know, all the boxes. And
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I've struck out in the love department the last two times, one,
you know, consecutive after another, and it was just I
don't know. I just I'm at a loss. And I
thought I would be somewhere so different at this point
in my life. I always said, oh man, i'd have
ten kids by now, and I don't. And it's really sad.
Speaker 1 (16:26):
I'm chuckling to myself, not because I'm laughing at you,
but I was crying. On my fortieth birthday, some friends
had a surprise party for me at a Chinese restaurant,
and I couldn't stop crying. It was like I was
nowhere that I thought that I should be and someplace
I did not want to be. And I had all
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these expectations of myself and I had failed all of them.
Like I'm worthless nothing, I'm worth nothing. What am I
even doing here?
Speaker 3 (16:58):
You know?
Speaker 6 (16:59):
I get that. I just I feel like I'm just
that revolving door kind of feeling. And I was like, well,
you know what's next, but there's got to be something
exciting around the corner. And I'm a good hearted person
and I was raised.
Speaker 5 (17:10):
Right and.
Speaker 6 (17:13):
I trust in God's plan for me. I don't always
understand it, but I trust it, and I just I
just don't know. I can't wrap my head around it.
Speaker 1 (17:21):
Well, you probably have an ipending feeling of doom because
crazy things are going on and we are in very
dark days and God is telling us time's up. You
got to get right with me now, like now, like
you don't have any more time. Now is the time
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that you need to be right with me. So that's
probably where the doom and gloom comes from. But the
rest of it, the expectations you've put on yourself or
society is put on you, Honey, let them go, Let
them go. You are right where you're supposed to be,
doing exaus exactly what you are supposed to do in
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this moment. And God has great plans for you. And
I can say that with confidence because He doesn't lie.
God cannot lie. And he says, I know the plans
that I have for you, Kelly. I know the plans
I have for you, Plans for a hope and a future.
Speaker 6 (18:19):
Oh, Deliah, you'd just made my day. Thank you so
so so much.
Speaker 1 (18:24):
He knows the plans that he has for you, honey,
Plans for a hope and a future, Plans to prosper you,
not to harm you.
Speaker 6 (18:32):
I am taking all of this and I'm running with it. Delilah.
Speaker 1 (18:36):
Well let's do this. Can I say a quick prayer
for you? Then you're going to give me your contact
info so I can send you some tea. Absolutely yes, Father, God, Lord,
I thank you for Kelly getting through on the phone
lines tonight. I thank you Lord for whatever you did
and however you work that out. I thank you God
for her life. I thank you God for curing her cancer.
I thank you God, that she's cancer free. I thank
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you God for her passion for living. Father, I thank
you for her faith in you and her knowledge, her knowing,
and the core of her being. That you do have
good plans for her. Father, She tells me her heart's
desire is to have a partner, somebody to love, someone
to cherish, Somebody who will respect her and see her
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for who she is. I pray, Father, God, that you
would bring that person into her life. Do not tarry, God,
don't terry. Bring the person into her life to build
a family with. Father. I pray that it would be
so glaringly obvious that your fingerprints would be all over it.
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I pray God that there would be no missteps, No
people with red flags and addictions or commitment phobias or issues.
Keep them far from her. Bring someone to her who
is honest and kind, faithful and true, who loves you
Lord more than life. Somebody who is handsome, somebody who's
funny and charming, Somebody who will bring joy every single
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day of her life. Somebody who will recognize her worth.
I ask this in your precious and holy name. Amen.
Speaker 3 (20:12):
Men.
Speaker 6 (20:13):
Oh wow, I am oh, I am just I'm crying,
but like good tears, like like, I feel so relieved
right now. And really, the thing that's resonating the most
is you saying you got to get right with God.
Speaker 1 (20:27):
That's what this is for.
Speaker 6 (20:28):
And you're right, You're absolutely right.
Speaker 1 (20:29):
And you know how long that takes? That long? That long,
a snap of a finger, the blink of an eye,
is how long it takes for you to say, I
give everything to you, I give it all to you, God,
everything is yours, I give it all.
Speaker 6 (20:44):
Well, I am just I am just so thrilled right now,
and thank you for turning this pretty kind of dreadful
day around for me. God blessed uh. Thank you so
so much, and thank you for all the wonderful work
you do.
Speaker 1 (20:57):
That conversation with Kelly touched my heart so much much.
Her vulnerability, her honesty was palpable. It's very hard to
be in a place where you feel like you are stuck,
the waiting place I call that. God has had me
in the waiting place so many times. But I promise
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you you are never stuck. God's timing can be hard
to wait on. When I say wait, I don't mean
just go sit down on the couch. You have to
live your life fully. You have to reach out to
family and friends, make new friends, use your gifts and
your talents to help others. The more you use yourself
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your love to help others, the sooner you're going to
get out of the waiting place. I promise you that
the point being putting yourself in healthy places is where
you're going to find what you're looking for. Not rescuing others,
but using your gifts and your talent and your skills
to make this world a better place. You know, I
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hear from a lot of folks who have reconciled with
someone from their past, those wonderful sweetheart stories. We dated
in junior high, we dated in high school, and then
folks go their separate ways. Life happens, and sometimes they
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find their way back to each other. And just a moment,
we are going to hear from a listener who found
her way back to somebody that she might have had
a crush on back in the day, but daddy wasn't
having any part of it given their age difference. We're
going to find out how that is going today. Stick
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around for that and so much more. Hi, Megan, welcome,
What can I do for you tonight?
Speaker 5 (22:57):
I was wondering if you could dedicate a thought to
my better half for me?
Speaker 1 (23:02):
Who is your better half and what makes them better?
Speaker 5 (23:07):
He and his name is Brandon, and we've been together
for about fourteen months now.
Speaker 3 (23:12):
But we were old high school sweethearts.
Speaker 5 (23:15):
And ended up separating over time, and twenty five years
later we got back together.
Speaker 1 (23:20):
How did you find your way back to each other
after a quarter of a century.
Speaker 5 (23:27):
I think it was God's plan, a little bit of
his mama and my daddy knowing what they need to.
Speaker 3 (23:31):
Do to put us back together.
Speaker 1 (23:33):
Okay, well that's very romantical and very sweet, but practically
what happened.
Speaker 5 (23:38):
I went through a divorce after twenty years and he just.
Speaker 3 (23:43):
Hit me up on Facebook one day.
Speaker 1 (23:45):
Ah ah, so social media and he's like, hey, hey,
I remember you. Do you remember me? Yes, ma'am? And
you said, as a matter of fact, I do, yes, ma'am.
So what grade were you in when you were dating?
Speaker 5 (24:00):
We were in our teens. He was seventeen and I
was fourteen. So of course back then that's like a
ten year gap.
Speaker 1 (24:07):
That's a big no no with the mom and dad.
Speaker 5 (24:11):
Yes 'am, Mom said no, And we went our separate
ways and twenty five years later, made our way back
to each other.
Speaker 1 (24:17):
What was your mascot when you were in high school?
Speaker 5 (24:20):
The Greyhounds?
Speaker 1 (24:21):
The Greyhounds. Did Brandon run fast back then from you?
Or he's running fast to you?
Speaker 5 (24:27):
If he ran to me really fast, he probably.
Speaker 1 (24:32):
Ran fast away from you when your father found out
he was seventeen.
Speaker 5 (24:36):
Yes, ma'am.
Speaker 1 (24:38):
My daddy did not appreciate when I would be talking
to somebody and then he would he found out one
guy was a fireman. He's like, how can he be
a fireman? And when he's in high school? And I'm like,
uh about that? That did not go over well with dad.
Speaker 5 (24:54):
No, my dad would a fireman too.
Speaker 1 (24:56):
I will play a song for you and the one
that you have reconciled with. Call me back in a
few months and let me know how it's going. Yes, ma'am, Meghan,
I am so glad you were willing to take this
chance at another try with your guy, with your man.
Listening to your story only reaffirms from me that God
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doesn't make mistakes. You are always meant to be with him.
The fact that both of your parents confirm that from
heaven is so sweet. What a great confirmation Meghan, thank
you for sharing your story. You have a wonderful night.
Thank you for calling.
Speaker 5 (25:36):
You're to do Islah, thank you.
Speaker 1 (25:42):
In just a moment, we're going to talk with a
listener who thought she was calling a locksmith to change
the keys to sell her house. Little did she realize
he would end up unlocking her heart. He had the key,
and now she's missing him. We're going to play a
(26:04):
song to keep their hearts locked together across the miles.
Coming up next.
Speaker 3 (26:09):
Hi, Delailah, this is Lisa.
Speaker 1 (26:11):
Are you in your car? Are you driving and listening
to the radio? Now?
Speaker 3 (26:15):
I'm homes in my bedroom listening to the radio and
miss my.
Speaker 1 (26:19):
Boyfriend, Missing your honey. What's his name?
Speaker 3 (26:22):
Eric? And I've when I first met him, going on
seven months ago, It's like God send him to me,
and we see each other and talk to each other
every day on the phone. But I haven't seen him
in two months. So I miss him right now and
I'm hoping to see him soon.
Speaker 1 (26:39):
So seven months long distance relationship and how's it going?
Scale of one to ten? How is the How much
joy is Eric bringing and how much sadness? And missing him?
Speaker 3 (26:54):
He brings me a lot of joy and I miss
him a lot.
Speaker 1 (26:58):
And do you have in your life keeping you tied
to wherever you are right now?
Speaker 3 (27:04):
Yes, I had to take care of some situations where
I am now, Yes, but I have got it all
finished pretty much.
Speaker 1 (27:12):
So you don't have children in school, you don't have
a job, you can't leave.
Speaker 3 (27:17):
No, it's just I had to sell a house, so
I got that taking care of now, and now I
can leave again. I just miss them and I want
to go up there.
Speaker 1 (27:26):
So, Lisa, you realize you're talking to a woman who
had a long distance marriage for the last fifteen years. No,
my husband and I lived in different states until September.
The only time we've lived together was during COVID. So
I have empathy for you, and I know how hard
it is when you're missing someone. But I also know
(27:48):
you're going to be just fine.
Speaker 3 (27:50):
Thank you, Daniliah.
Speaker 1 (27:51):
So where did you meet he's my locksmith? How did
you need a locksmith? What circumstances brought him into your life?
Speaker 3 (27:59):
Well, I had a change the locks at the house
that I sold. I had to change the locks, so
I had to call a locksmith, and I thought I
was I called his brother and ended up being Eric him.
Oh I met Eric instead, and Eric has been the
love of my life since then.
Speaker 1 (28:17):
So he not only changed the locks, he unlocked your heart.
Speaker 3 (28:21):
Yes he did.
Speaker 6 (28:23):
Well.
Speaker 1 (28:23):
Wherever you end up, I pray that it is soon,
because I hear the longing in your voices driving you crazy.
And I will play a song to keep those hearts.
That heart that he opened, that he had the key
to that, I'll play a song to keep your hearts connected.
Speaker 3 (28:41):
Thank you so much to Elaiya Lisa.
Speaker 1 (28:44):
I am so excited that you're taking a chance to
be with the man that literally and figuratively unlocked your heart.
You are brave, and I am praying for both of you.
As we've left twenty twenty five in our dust, we
left it in the dust. We're beginning this new year,
(29:04):
twenty twenty six. Do not leave behind what you have learned,
even if the lesson was hard. Everything we go through matters.
Trust me on that. I am not a person who
makes resolutions stop doing that probably forty years ago. But
I am a person who sets goals, who sets goals
and believes in discipline and commitment to reach them. And
(29:29):
my personal goals this year include continuing my health journey,
so I can be there for all the littles I'm
taking care of. Mostly, I want to grow closer to God.
I want my faith to be stronger than ever, and
I want to share that with you. Happy New Year,
my friend. I look forward to connecting with all of you.
(29:50):
I want to remind you how very grateful I am
that you share your time, your love, and your very
precious stories here with me, Little Faith, and I will
see you next time on the radio.
Speaker 5 (30:05):
Del
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