July 12, 2024 • 10 mins
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Speaker 1 (00:02):
Hey, it's Delilah. Thank you for stopping by. I have
put together some of my favorite radio moments here to
share with you on our daily podcast. Hey it's Delilah. Today,
I'm sharing some of the greatest calls I've taken recently.
(00:24):
We're going to weave them together and share them with
you on Hey It's Delilah. Hi, good evening, Welcome to
the Delilah Show. Who is this, Hi Delilah.
Speaker 2 (00:36):
My name is Carrie.
Speaker 1 (00:38):
Hi Carrie. How's your summer going?
Speaker 2 (00:41):
Well, it's starting to look better, but it's been a
rough couple of months.
Speaker 1 (00:46):
Why has it been a rough couple of months? And
how can I help to to bring some joy?
Speaker 2 (00:52):
Well, my father just turned seventy three last Friday, but
before he reached that milestone, he had a mild stroke
six weeks ago, and he finally was able to come
home this week.
Speaker 1 (01:09):
And is he okay? Is he does he know you?
Does he?
Speaker 2 (01:14):
Yes? Thankfully? It was a very mild stroke. He never
lost any you know, cognitive thinking ability, but his right
side was extremely compromised, so he's been working to gain
that back.
Speaker 1 (01:30):
So a lot to celebrate. Yes, it sounds to me
like you're still so scared and so in shock that
it's hard to take a deep breath and just say
thank you God.
Speaker 2 (01:43):
Well more, it's just hard to see him this incapacitated.
He's a twenty year Air Force veteran and a pilot,
and I've just I've never seen him have to overcome
something something like this. Just absolute pillar of strength. He
(02:04):
stepped in at age eleven to help take care of
his mom and his siblings when his dad left, and
in one way or another, he's been working ever since,
always providing for others through the Air Force, for my
mom and my sister and I. And even after he
(02:24):
retired from a school principal, he continued substitute teaching. You know,
up until this past spring, until he had the stroke,
he was substitute teaching elementary kids.
Speaker 1 (02:36):
All right, he's my hero, Carrie. What's dad's name?
Speaker 2 (02:40):
His name is Anthony.
Speaker 1 (02:41):
Anthony is my hero of the night, maybe of the
whole week. And I'm going to play a song for you,
and I'm going to talk to you off the air
and get an address so I can send Anthony a picture.
Speaker 2 (02:54):
All right, Thank you.
Speaker 1 (03:01):
Hi, good evening, Welcome aboard. Who's this?
Speaker 3 (03:04):
This is Joyce?
Speaker 1 (03:05):
Hi, Joyce. This is Delilah. How are you tonight?
Speaker 3 (03:08):
I'm fine? How are you?
Speaker 1 (03:10):
I am wonderful, thoroughly loving this season. Tell me what's
going on in your world?
Speaker 3 (03:15):
Well, I'll tell you what. I have a husband who
is well, anybody would want.
Speaker 1 (03:21):
Him, but I got him, and you're hanging on.
Speaker 3 (03:25):
And I'm hanging on and have been for forty four years.
Speaker 1 (03:29):
Oh good for you.
Speaker 3 (03:30):
So I met him right before I left to teach
in Florida. A friend of a friend of mine whose
mom was friends with my husband's mom. That doesn't sound confusing,
tried to set us up and it worked. We got
engaged after just corresponding. We'd write two or three letters
(03:51):
a day and a day yo, yeah.
Speaker 1 (03:54):
And that was long before email. So these were handwritten letters,
handwritten letters you got. So he would get he would
get an envelope in the mail. Was it a standard
letter envelope or one of the big you know, legal size.
Speaker 3 (04:07):
Just regular envelopes. I'd write and stick it in the mail,
and he'd write and stick it in the mia.
Speaker 1 (04:12):
So the envelope would come and it would be about
a half inch thick when he would open it.
Speaker 3 (04:16):
Well, actually, thank god, the prices were left because we
would send them individually. Each one would be sent.
Speaker 1 (04:23):
Separately, so you'd write a letter stick of the mail,
and then a few hours letter stick another one in
the mail.
Speaker 3 (04:28):
Yeah, sure, that's what we did.
Speaker 1 (04:32):
And did you do the old trick of spring the
perfume on the back of the envelope.
Speaker 3 (04:36):
Well, I'm kind of a tomboy, so at that time, Nah.
Speaker 1 (04:40):
No perfume. He didn't get the perfumed envelope.
Speaker 3 (04:43):
No perfume, just the envelope with all my good wishes
and stuff.
Speaker 1 (04:47):
And what's his name?
Speaker 3 (04:48):
His name is, well, his name is Joseph, but he
goes by his middle name, which is sid. He's really specials.
He's just a doll. And he's the kids just which
of course is good, and the grandchildren as well. So yeah,
I think I'll keep him a few more years.
Speaker 1 (05:07):
All right, you hang on to him a few more
years and let me play us on to honor all
these years you've been through together.
Speaker 3 (05:13):
I appreciate it.
Speaker 1 (05:14):
Thank you for calling God bless.
Speaker 3 (05:16):
You and back at you. Bye bye bye.
Speaker 1 (05:29):
Hi jury, welcome to the Delilah Show. What can I
do for you?
Speaker 4 (05:33):
I'd like you to pick out a song for my mom,
and it's from us four boys, because she had four
of us and as she put up with a lot
of our Shenetigans when we were kids. And I just
think that a good song. I'll let you pick it out,
dedicating it to my mom.
Speaker 1 (05:51):
All right, biggest Shenanigan thing you got away with? That
if your kids ever tried to do it would give
you a heart at time.
Speaker 4 (06:01):
Absolutely, even though I don't have any kids, but I could,
I could relate to the point.
Speaker 1 (06:06):
Okay, what's the biggest naughtiest thing you did? That Now
you look back on and you're like, how did my
mom not beat me?
Speaker 2 (06:13):
Like?
Speaker 1 (06:14):
How did I survive that?
Speaker 4 (06:17):
That's a good question, because, yeah, it's a very good question.
Speaker 1 (06:22):
Do you have a good answer. It's confession session.
Speaker 4 (06:26):
Well, I would have to say I forged her name
on a permission slip one time so I could go
on a trip at school.
Speaker 1 (06:35):
That's it. That's the worst thing you ever done.
Speaker 4 (06:37):
Yeah, for the most part, I've been pretty much a
good boy all my life.
Speaker 1 (06:42):
You sound like such a good boy. I'm sure your
mother is so glad she had a son like you
and not a daughter like me. But let me play
a song for her.
Speaker 4 (06:52):
Al right, thank you very much.
Speaker 1 (06:54):
Thank you very much. You have a great night. Thank
you for listening. Please don't think less of me. I
was a kid, all right. I was a knucklehead.
Speaker 4 (07:02):
We all were at some point or another.
Speaker 1 (07:06):
You have a good night. Thank you for calling.
Speaker 4 (07:09):
You're welcome by body.
Speaker 1 (07:17):
Hi, welcome to the Delilah Shall.
Speaker 5 (07:19):
Who is this Hila?
Speaker 3 (07:23):
Hi?
Speaker 1 (07:23):
Sheila? Where are you going tonight?
Speaker 4 (07:26):
Well?
Speaker 5 (07:26):
I just pulled in my driveway, so I'm finally home.
Speaker 1 (07:29):
Have you been working all this time?
Speaker 4 (07:32):
Yes?
Speaker 5 (07:32):
All day?
Speaker 1 (07:34):
That's not good, honey.
Speaker 5 (07:37):
I know I've worked a lot, but I'm glad I'm
finally home because I have the most awesome boyfriends. We
were totally opposite hours, but Delilah, I wanted to call
and tell you about him because he just deserves to
be bragged about.
Speaker 1 (07:52):
What do you do?
Speaker 3 (07:53):
Well?
Speaker 5 (07:54):
I lost my job. I'm a choreographer and a dance teacher.
Speaker 1 (07:58):
So why are you putting in so many hours? You
like producing two shows simultaneously or something crazy, more like five?
But yes, honey, life is too short. Friends are too precious.
Relationships and going places and doing things and breathing deep
and having fun. You need those things in your life.
(08:20):
As well as work. Okay, yeah, all right, end of
my lecture. Now tell me about mister Wonderful.
Speaker 5 (08:27):
Oh he's awesome. So we've been best friends since we
were in high school. We graduated together, went to college together,
remained best friends after college, and about eight or nine
months ago we decided to start dating. And I have
a daughter who's two and a half, not his daughter,
(08:48):
and he's just so he's so awesome with her through
all these long hours I work. He's like number one
stepdad's status. And he's the kind of guy who wakes
up at four in the morning to go to work.
But it gives me a foot massage while I'm still sleeping,
Like he cooks me like great dinners, so many amazing
(09:09):
things I can't even count them. He just, like I said,
deserves to be deserves to be bagged about because he's
just so good to me.
Speaker 1 (09:17):
So nothing, honey, nothing is as valuable as those two
precious people. So spend a whole lot less time killing
yourself working and a whole lot more time relaxing and
loving them.
Speaker 5 (09:32):
Okay, I would love to do that. I'm definitely gonna
make plans to better in the future.
Speaker 6 (09:40):
All Right, God, bless you, honey, Bye bye. I so
hope you have enjoyed these radio moments as much as
I enjoy bringing them to you.
Speaker 1 (09:51):
I'll share more with you each weekday on eight, It's Delilah.
Speaker 2 (10:00):
Why You
Hey, it's Delilah. Thank you for stopping by. I have
put together some of my favorite radio moments here to
share with you on our daily podcast. Hey it's Delilah. Today,
I'm sharing some of the greatest calls I've taken recently.
(00:24):
We're going to weave them together and share them with
you on Hey It's Delilah. Hi, good evening, Welcome to
the Delilah Show. Who is this, Hi Delilah.
Speaker 2 (00:36):
My name is Carrie.
Speaker 1 (00:38):
Hi Carrie. How's your summer going?
Speaker 2 (00:41):
Well, it's starting to look better, but it's been a
rough couple of months.
Speaker 1 (00:46):
Why has it been a rough couple of months? And
how can I help to to bring some joy?
Speaker 2 (00:52):
Well, my father just turned seventy three last Friday, but
before he reached that milestone, he had a mild stroke
six weeks ago, and he finally was able to come
home this week.
Speaker 1 (01:09):
And is he okay? Is he does he know you?
Does he?
Speaker 2 (01:14):
Yes? Thankfully? It was a very mild stroke. He never
lost any you know, cognitive thinking ability, but his right
side was extremely compromised, so he's been working to gain
that back.
Speaker 1 (01:30):
So a lot to celebrate. Yes, it sounds to me
like you're still so scared and so in shock that
it's hard to take a deep breath and just say
thank you God.
Speaker 2 (01:43):
Well more, it's just hard to see him this incapacitated.
He's a twenty year Air Force veteran and a pilot,
and I've just I've never seen him have to overcome
something something like this. Just absolute pillar of strength. He
(02:04):
stepped in at age eleven to help take care of
his mom and his siblings when his dad left, and
in one way or another, he's been working ever since,
always providing for others through the Air Force, for my
mom and my sister and I. And even after he
(02:24):
retired from a school principal, he continued substitute teaching. You know,
up until this past spring, until he had the stroke,
he was substitute teaching elementary kids.
Speaker 1 (02:36):
All right, he's my hero, Carrie. What's dad's name?
Speaker 2 (02:40):
His name is Anthony.
Speaker 1 (02:41):
Anthony is my hero of the night, maybe of the
whole week. And I'm going to play a song for you,
and I'm going to talk to you off the air
and get an address so I can send Anthony a picture.
Speaker 2 (02:54):
All right, Thank you.
Speaker 1 (03:01):
Hi, good evening, Welcome aboard. Who's this?
Speaker 3 (03:04):
This is Joyce?
Speaker 1 (03:05):
Hi, Joyce. This is Delilah. How are you tonight?
Speaker 3 (03:08):
I'm fine? How are you?
Speaker 1 (03:10):
I am wonderful, thoroughly loving this season. Tell me what's
going on in your world?
Speaker 3 (03:15):
Well, I'll tell you what. I have a husband who
is well, anybody would want.
Speaker 1 (03:21):
Him, but I got him, and you're hanging on.
Speaker 3 (03:25):
And I'm hanging on and have been for forty four years.
Speaker 1 (03:29):
Oh good for you.
Speaker 3 (03:30):
So I met him right before I left to teach
in Florida. A friend of a friend of mine whose
mom was friends with my husband's mom. That doesn't sound confusing,
tried to set us up and it worked. We got
engaged after just corresponding. We'd write two or three letters
(03:51):
a day and a day yo, yeah.
Speaker 1 (03:54):
And that was long before email. So these were handwritten letters,
handwritten letters you got. So he would get he would
get an envelope in the mail. Was it a standard
letter envelope or one of the big you know, legal size.
Speaker 3 (04:07):
Just regular envelopes. I'd write and stick it in the mail,
and he'd write and stick it in the mia.
Speaker 1 (04:12):
So the envelope would come and it would be about
a half inch thick when he would open it.
Speaker 3 (04:16):
Well, actually, thank god, the prices were left because we
would send them individually. Each one would be sent.
Speaker 1 (04:23):
Separately, so you'd write a letter stick of the mail,
and then a few hours letter stick another one in
the mail.
Speaker 3 (04:28):
Yeah, sure, that's what we did.
Speaker 1 (04:32):
And did you do the old trick of spring the
perfume on the back of the envelope.
Speaker 3 (04:36):
Well, I'm kind of a tomboy, so at that time, Nah.
Speaker 1 (04:40):
No perfume. He didn't get the perfumed envelope.
Speaker 3 (04:43):
No perfume, just the envelope with all my good wishes
and stuff.
Speaker 1 (04:47):
And what's his name?
Speaker 3 (04:48):
His name is, well, his name is Joseph, but he
goes by his middle name, which is sid. He's really specials.
He's just a doll. And he's the kids just which
of course is good, and the grandchildren as well. So yeah,
I think I'll keep him a few more years.
Speaker 1 (05:07):
All right, you hang on to him a few more
years and let me play us on to honor all
these years you've been through together.
Speaker 3 (05:13):
I appreciate it.
Speaker 1 (05:14):
Thank you for calling God bless.
Speaker 3 (05:16):
You and back at you. Bye bye bye.
Speaker 1 (05:29):
Hi jury, welcome to the Delilah Show. What can I
do for you?
Speaker 4 (05:33):
I'd like you to pick out a song for my mom,
and it's from us four boys, because she had four
of us and as she put up with a lot
of our Shenetigans when we were kids. And I just
think that a good song. I'll let you pick it out,
dedicating it to my mom.
Speaker 1 (05:51):
All right, biggest Shenanigan thing you got away with? That
if your kids ever tried to do it would give
you a heart at time.
Speaker 4 (06:01):
Absolutely, even though I don't have any kids, but I could,
I could relate to the point.
Speaker 1 (06:06):
Okay, what's the biggest naughtiest thing you did? That Now
you look back on and you're like, how did my
mom not beat me?
Speaker 2 (06:13):
Like?
Speaker 1 (06:14):
How did I survive that?
Speaker 4 (06:17):
That's a good question, because, yeah, it's a very good question.
Speaker 1 (06:22):
Do you have a good answer. It's confession session.
Speaker 4 (06:26):
Well, I would have to say I forged her name
on a permission slip one time so I could go
on a trip at school.
Speaker 1 (06:35):
That's it. That's the worst thing you ever done.
Speaker 4 (06:37):
Yeah, for the most part, I've been pretty much a
good boy all my life.
Speaker 1 (06:42):
You sound like such a good boy. I'm sure your
mother is so glad she had a son like you
and not a daughter like me. But let me play
a song for her.
Speaker 4 (06:52):
Al right, thank you very much.
Speaker 1 (06:54):
Thank you very much. You have a great night. Thank
you for listening. Please don't think less of me. I
was a kid, all right. I was a knucklehead.
Speaker 4 (07:02):
We all were at some point or another.
Speaker 1 (07:06):
You have a good night. Thank you for calling.
Speaker 4 (07:09):
You're welcome by body.
Speaker 1 (07:17):
Hi, welcome to the Delilah Shall.
Speaker 5 (07:19):
Who is this Hila?
Speaker 3 (07:23):
Hi?
Speaker 1 (07:23):
Sheila? Where are you going tonight?
Speaker 4 (07:26):
Well?
Speaker 5 (07:26):
I just pulled in my driveway, so I'm finally home.
Speaker 1 (07:29):
Have you been working all this time?
Speaker 4 (07:32):
Yes?
Speaker 5 (07:32):
All day?
Speaker 1 (07:34):
That's not good, honey.
Speaker 5 (07:37):
I know I've worked a lot, but I'm glad I'm
finally home because I have the most awesome boyfriends. We
were totally opposite hours, but Delilah, I wanted to call
and tell you about him because he just deserves to
be bragged about.
Speaker 1 (07:52):
What do you do?
Speaker 3 (07:53):
Well?
Speaker 5 (07:54):
I lost my job. I'm a choreographer and a dance teacher.
Speaker 1 (07:58):
So why are you putting in so many hours? You
like producing two shows simultaneously or something crazy, more like five?
But yes, honey, life is too short. Friends are too precious.
Relationships and going places and doing things and breathing deep
and having fun. You need those things in your life.
(08:20):
As well as work. Okay, yeah, all right, end of
my lecture. Now tell me about mister Wonderful.
Speaker 5 (08:27):
Oh he's awesome. So we've been best friends since we
were in high school. We graduated together, went to college together,
remained best friends after college, and about eight or nine
months ago we decided to start dating. And I have
a daughter who's two and a half, not his daughter,
(08:48):
and he's just so he's so awesome with her through
all these long hours I work. He's like number one
stepdad's status. And he's the kind of guy who wakes
up at four in the morning to go to work.
But it gives me a foot massage while I'm still sleeping,
Like he cooks me like great dinners, so many amazing
(09:09):
things I can't even count them. He just, like I said,
deserves to be deserves to be bagged about because he's
just so good to me.
Speaker 1 (09:17):
So nothing, honey, nothing is as valuable as those two
precious people. So spend a whole lot less time killing
yourself working and a whole lot more time relaxing and
loving them.
Speaker 5 (09:32):
Okay, I would love to do that. I'm definitely gonna
make plans to better in the future.
Speaker 6 (09:40):
All Right, God, bless you, honey, Bye bye. I so
hope you have enjoyed these radio moments as much as
I enjoy bringing them to you.
Speaker 1 (09:51):
I'll share more with you each weekday on eight, It's Delilah.
Speaker 2 (10:00):
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