DREAMS: Never too late

"It's never too late to be who you might have been." George Eliot

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Episode Transcript

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.

Speaker 2 (00:18):
Someone once said, someone named George Elliott once said, it
is never too late to be what you might have been.
Do you ever feel like giving up? Do you ever
feel like I miss that that train is coming gone.
I'll never get to go back to school. I'll never
get to be what I had hoped to be. If
you're breathing, If you are breathing, if you woke up

(00:42):
this morning and you were able to get up out
of bed, even if you needed assistance, you can be
what you might have been. You can make your dreams
come true. You can still reach for the star as
sure you're reaching with a hand that's got arthritis. Who
I've been canning for the last two or three months,

(01:05):
cutting apples and cutting zucchini and freeze drying zucchini and
freeze drying apples, and no, I haven't freezed dried candy
this time around. But I've been in my hands. Oh
my gosh, they're like, woman, give me a break. So
I had to give them a break today. No cutting,

(01:27):
no peeling, just holding the faces of my cute, cute
young son who is eight. My fifteen year old wants
nothing to do with me squeezing her face, but I
do it anyway and give her a little kiss on
the forehead. If your hands are as arthritic as mine
are becoming, you can still grab hold of your dreams.

Speaker 1 (01:50):
You can whatever that might be. Hi, this is Delilah.
How are you tonight?

Speaker 3 (01:58):
All right?

Speaker 4 (01:58):
How are you doing?

Speaker 5 (02:00):
Wonderful?

Speaker 1 (02:00):
You send us an email saying that you went through
how many foster homes and group homes as a child?

Speaker 4 (02:06):
Twenty two?

Speaker 5 (02:07):
That's unbelievable. What happened that you didn't have a family.

Speaker 4 (02:12):
Well, my mom she was sixteen when I was born,
and she was not experienced in being a parent. She
was actually learning how to live herself and actually being
a child or a kid.

Speaker 5 (02:28):
And so how old were you when you were when
you first got into the system, four years old?

Speaker 1 (02:33):
And from four years to eighteen years you were in
twenty two different group.

Speaker 5 (02:36):
Homes and foster homes?

Speaker 3 (02:38):
Yep?

Speaker 5 (02:39):
Did you ever have a chance, Michael, to bond with anyone?

Speaker 4 (02:42):
It was difficult because part of it was my behavior
problems as a kid. The difficult times were finding a
place that could handle people with behavior problems.

Speaker 5 (02:53):
So tell me how you're doing today.

Speaker 4 (02:55):
I'm actually doing good. I'm twenty six now and I've
self published eight books of poetry. If I got an
opportunity to give a keynote speech honoring Rosa Parks. So
things are really looking up for me. And I think
part of that is because I've had people on my
side that have inspired me to be a better person.

(03:18):
And your show is definitely an inspiration to everybody who listens.

Speaker 5 (03:24):
And Michael, you're an inspiration, You're an amazing story.

Speaker 4 (03:28):
Well, thank you.

Speaker 1 (03:28):
I mean, Unfortunately, statistics show that most kids who get
shuffled into the system, if they aren't put in a
permanent placement, a permanent foster home or adoptive home, they
don't end up with a happy ending like you have.

Speaker 4 (03:41):
Well, and see that was the other thing. And these
are opportunities that I have to help people. And that's
what I would encourage people to do, is reach out
and help people and not be so self centered.

Speaker 5 (03:59):
Hi, good evening, is Delilah. Who's with me on the
phone line.

Speaker 6 (04:02):
This is Emily.

Speaker 5 (04:03):
Emily, what can I do for you?

Speaker 6 (04:05):
Well, I've heard a lot of ladies call in tonight. Well,
I guess almost every night single mothers. And I am
a thirty year old single mother of a three year
old and a four year old. I am also a
full time student and a part time employee.

Speaker 5 (04:20):
Oh my word, how do you juggle all those balls? Honey?

Speaker 6 (04:24):
I really truly do not know, other than God sustains
me daily. But I really don't know. I'm studying for
my bachelor's in chemistry with applied forensic science, and so
it gets pretty in depth.

Speaker 5 (04:39):
A bachelor's in chemistry with what.

Speaker 6 (04:42):
We've an emphasis in forensic science.

Speaker 5 (04:44):
So you're going to track down killers by fingerprints? What?

Speaker 6 (04:48):
Yeah, hair, anything good for you? But I wanted to
say tonight that I really want to encourage the ladies
that are out there that are single mothers that having
a husband or a man is not what makes you complete.
I am not incomplete because I am a single mother.
And God has a plan for each one of our lives.

(05:10):
He tells us he gives us a future and a hope.

Speaker 1 (05:12):
Plus, you don't have to pick up anybody's socks off
the floor and tell them to put this toilet seed down.

Speaker 6 (05:18):
That's exactly right. You have less people to argue with,
But you.

Speaker 1 (05:23):
Are so right, got you know, there are a multitude
of different types of love in this world, the love
between a parent and child, between best friends, between siblings.
And to think that you're incomplete because you don't have
romantic love in your life is foolish.

Speaker 6 (05:40):
It is, and that doesn't mean it's not going to
come and that you can't want for it. But other
things need to be the priority and things will fall
into place. So just surprise me.

Speaker 7 (06:01):
Each tonight we get phone calls and letters from people
who have loved ones serving in the military. Chelsea wrote
and said, my brother Rusty recently graduated and enlisted in
the Army. He's only seventeen and he's already come so far.
He graduated high school a year early so he could serve.
We went down last week and to see him graduate

(06:22):
from basic training. When we got there, we found out
he was the only one who was a distinguished honor
graduate of the two hundred soldiers. He's also the section
leader of his platoon and was recommended for Airborne and
Rangers School by his drill sergeant. When he's finished with
his Airborne school in a couple of weeks, he'll be
shipped out to Germany or Italy. There he'll be stationed

(06:45):
for some time. He's grown up. He's no longer a
little boy. He's become a man. I wanted to let
him know how proud I am to have him as
my baby brother. I admire his courage and his devotion.
I miss him terribly and we'll worry about him every
day until he's home safe. My heart goes out to

(07:06):
those families that have loved one serving in the military,
and I pray that God will bring all of them
home safe and sound. Please ask your listeners to pray
for my brother. Thank you so much. From Chelsea.

Speaker 1 (07:23):
Hi, good evening. Welcome to the Delilah Show. Who is this?
This is CD hidd, This is Delilah. What can I
do for you?

Speaker 3 (07:34):
I want to let you know that I went back
to school and you have seen my travels opinion as
I drive school every night. It's about a two hour
drive and I'm soon write his puba bore it starts
and I truly enjoy your show. And you're inspirational though
that you send out to people.

Speaker 1 (07:54):
So where do you go at night that you have
to drive two hours?

Speaker 3 (07:58):
I went back again, Master's and social work and the
college from where I live. So it's a new home
when I get dump last night And.

Speaker 5 (08:09):
How many days a week are you? Are you in
school two days a week?

Speaker 3 (08:13):
But I stayed foot And then the last night I
just drive home.

Speaker 1 (08:18):
Oh you're a crazy girl. You a crazy girl, but
God bless you sight And how much longer before you graduate?

Speaker 3 (08:28):
I'll graduate in May.

Speaker 5 (08:30):
Proud of you.

Speaker 1 (08:31):
I could not imagine that level of commitment, especially to uh,
to enter a field that you know you are going
to work yourself to death, have your heart broken on
a consistent basis, and really not make much money.

Speaker 3 (08:48):
You know, but what I really really want to do,
I can.

Speaker 1 (08:53):
Tell, because to do something like you're doing is a
huge undertaking and a huge sacker. So you must have
a heart of pure gold. I so hope you have
enjoyed these radio moments as much as I enjoy bringing
them to you. I'll share more with you each weekday
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