February 1, 2024 • 10 mins
Staying connected and honoring long term friendships is so important! Those are the ones that will throw you a lifeline in times of turbulence. ~ Delilah
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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. If you are blessed,
if you are fortunate to have a good friend, a
(00:24):
handful of good friends, people that you can count on,
hang in there, stay connected. Fight for them and let
them fight for you. Let them care for you. Don't
turn away, don't turn your back, don't give up, don't
get too busy or too distracted. If they make mistakes,
(00:44):
if they ask forgiveness, forgive them quickly. Forgive them quickly.
Friends are part of the glue that holds life together,
that holds your heart together, that holds your faith together.
That's good stuff. Don't let go of it. Do not
let go. Okay, Hi, good evening, Welcome to the Delilah Show.
(01:06):
Who's on the phone line with me?
Speaker 2 (01:08):
This is Priscilla.
Speaker 1 (01:10):
What can I do for you?
Speaker 2 (01:12):
I would like you to dedicate a song to my
best friend Jamie, who I miss so so much. But
she is like a soul sister. She is a best friend.
But we haven't spoken for almost six years and I
miss her with all my heart every day.
Speaker 1 (01:31):
Why have you not spoken?
Speaker 2 (01:33):
We got into an argument and it ended our friendship.
And I never expected that to happen in a million years.
Speaker 1 (01:42):
Well that's not okay. What could you possibly be arguing
about that would cost a friendship.
Speaker 2 (01:49):
I think it was over men.
Speaker 1 (01:52):
Oh that's really wrong.
Speaker 2 (01:54):
I think it was stupid. I think we both totally
wish it would have never happened.
Speaker 1 (02:00):
Don't you call her or write her and say, please,
don't let something foolish disconnect what's so precious.
Speaker 2 (02:09):
Every way I've tried to reach out to her has
not proved fruitful. She won't return any of my phone calls.
Speaker 1 (02:17):
So's she's still hurting and still holding on to a grudge.
Speaker 2 (02:22):
Yes, and I know she must have missed me as
much as I miss her.
Speaker 1 (02:27):
All you can do is say a prayer that God
will reach into those places in her heart that you can't,
and say the things to her that you are enable to.
Speaker 2 (02:39):
Yeah. I do miss her so much. I would through
cancer without her.
Speaker 1 (02:45):
And in the meantime, I think you need to open
your heart and find some new friends that will be
there for you that aren't as broken as this person is.
They won't be the same. I'm not suggesting that, but
you do need good friends, especially if you're battling cancer,
to be there for you and to see you through.
Speaker 2 (03:08):
Yeah, I agree, I haven't. I haven't metaphor that even
comes close.
Speaker 1 (03:19):
Hi, welcome to the Delilah Shall.
Speaker 2 (03:21):
Who's this Hannah? Hi?
Speaker 1 (03:24):
Hannah? How are you tonight?
Speaker 2 (03:26):
Good?
Speaker 3 (03:26):
You?
Speaker 1 (03:27):
I'm wonderful. What can I do to make you a
night more special?
Speaker 2 (03:31):
Well?
Speaker 4 (03:32):
I just wanted you to play a song for my
best friend Kaylin. She's been here for me through everything,
and I just wanted to say thank you to her
and that I love her with all my heart and
that she's the best.
Speaker 1 (03:47):
And how long have you and Kaylin been bff's.
Speaker 4 (03:51):
Well, we've known each other since kindergarten elementary school and
we've grown clost and closer since then. And in high
school grade seven and that's when we became the closest.
Speaker 1 (04:03):
And how old are you now?
Speaker 4 (04:05):
We're graduating from high school this year.
Speaker 1 (04:08):
So what are you going to do after you graduate?
Are you going to go to college together or are
you going to have a long distance best friendship?
Speaker 4 (04:15):
Well, sadly, were going to different colleges and we're scared,
but we know that we'll make it work.
Speaker 1 (04:25):
And how is it that you ended up going to
different colleges. Do you have different interest in so far
as careers? I mean, my best friend left me and
moved to another city, and a week later I had
to move to be close to her because she was
my very best friend. That's when we were your age.
And now we're quite a bit older than you are,
(04:46):
and we still work together and she's still my best friend.
Speaker 4 (04:50):
That's so Nice's well, we have different career paths that
we want to go into. I want to be a
vet and I think she wants to go into some
sort of therapy.
Speaker 2 (05:00):
So I don't know. Hopefully we are brought.
Speaker 4 (05:03):
Back together though.
Speaker 1 (05:05):
Well, if you have a friendship like DDI and I have,
you will be best friends forever.
Speaker 4 (05:11):
Thank you.
Speaker 1 (05:12):
And our love has never changed. Our lives have changed,
we've gotten married, we've had kids, we've gotten divorced, we've
had more kids, you know, but our love for each
other has never changed.
Speaker 4 (05:27):
Well, I'm excited to see what the future.
Speaker 1 (05:29):
Holds me too. God, bless you. Thank you for calling
you too.
Speaker 2 (05:33):
Thank you so much.
Speaker 1 (05:44):
Hi, good evening, Welcome to the Delilah Show.
Speaker 2 (05:46):
Who's this Hi, Delilah, This is Kim.
Speaker 1 (05:49):
Hi Kim, thank you for calling. What can I do
for you?
Speaker 5 (05:53):
I would like to dedicate a song to a friend.
I've been knowing him for thirty one years and he
has been just someone very special in my life. He's
been very supportive.
Speaker 1 (06:06):
He's what's his name?
Speaker 4 (06:08):
His name?
Speaker 5 (06:09):
Mistake?
Speaker 1 (06:10):
Now is this a buddy friend or is this a
sweetheart friend?
Speaker 5 (06:13):
He is everything in a friend.
Speaker 1 (06:16):
Okay, but there are friends. I have a friend named
Steve who's a buddy friend, and then there's friends that
you kiss and make out with. Which which department does
he fall into? He falls into the buddy friend, the
buddy friend. So there's no kissing, no handholding, no snuggling, no.
Speaker 5 (06:31):
Because he has someone in his life and I respect that.
Speaker 1 (06:37):
But you wish there was snuggling, huggling, kissing, handholding. Well
you know, yeah, but I wouldn't admit that. She says
that would be inappropriate. So so you want a song
that says, I'm glad you're my friend, I'm glad you're there,
I'm glad that you're a rock of Gibraltar. Yeah, yeah, yeah,
I'm glad you're with missus Wright darn it.
Speaker 5 (06:58):
Well, yeah, I mean I just want him to be be.
Speaker 1 (07:00):
So whatever is he married to this person or just dating?
Speaker 5 (07:04):
Well they're dating.
Speaker 1 (07:05):
Oh good, that's very good news. If he was married,
we would have to honor that. But since they're just dating,
we can admit that you wish that it was you.
Speaker 5 (07:16):
Well, you know, I have to respect his choices.
Speaker 1 (07:21):
And but I don't because I don't know him from Adam. See,
so I can get away with saying a girl.
Speaker 2 (07:29):
Yeah.
Speaker 5 (07:29):
But see the thing of it is though for him,
all I want is happiness.
Speaker 1 (07:34):
I know, I know, da da da dada. If this
makes him happy, then that's all I want. But just
between girlfriend and girlfriend, just between you and I, Kim,
you want to say, kiss me, look at me.
Speaker 5 (07:48):
I can't say that.
Speaker 1 (07:50):
Like I said, you can't, but I can. I can
see it and get away with it.
Speaker 5 (07:54):
I would never do anything to hurt him.
Speaker 1 (07:57):
Right, I believe that. See that's you and I are different.
Let me find a song for you. Okay, all right,
good lie, Barb? Who you thinking of?
Speaker 3 (08:14):
Thinking of a good friend of mine, Dave. We were friends,
we were more than friends, and now we've been really
close friends for about six months. And tonight I had
to tell him I had to walk away from being
his friend, and it's really hurting me. I don't approve
of a person he's going out with and he's having
a really hard time lately.
Speaker 1 (08:33):
You were friends and then you became more closely connected. Huh,
I'm guessing lovers.
Speaker 3 (08:41):
Uh huh.
Speaker 1 (08:42):
And then that didn't work and you decided to be friends,
and now you're ending your friendship because you don't agree
with the choices that he's making.
Speaker 3 (08:50):
Yeah, he likes to hang around girls that are no
good and okay, wait wait, wait, wait.
Speaker 1 (08:55):
Wait, back up. But isn't the very definition of a
friend somebody who who loves you unconditionally.
Speaker 3 (09:02):
Yes, it is.
Speaker 1 (09:03):
Okay, So if you're saying that you're judging his lifestyle
or you cannot love him because of his lifestyle, you
cannot be his friend. Then you weren't his friend to
begin with.
Speaker 3 (09:15):
Even if he's going to get hurt in the process.
Speaker 1 (09:17):
Sweetheart, we will all get hurts in the process of life.
We will all make mistakes. God knows, I've made my
share of them. I have a pensiant for getting involved
with people that are not good to me. I'm very
good at it. What if my friends said, well, Delilah,
you keep making stupid mistakes. You've been divorced a couple
(09:38):
of times. Now, you got all these kids that you've adopted,
and I can't be your friend because you're just you're destructive.
Speaker 3 (09:45):
I made the wrong decision.
Speaker 1 (09:47):
Do you see what I'm saying?
Speaker 3 (09:48):
Yes, I do.
Speaker 1 (09:49):
If he's doing something that's hurting you, if he's bringing
unhealthy people to your house, they're stealing your money, they're
stealing your jewelry, then you need to say, I want
to be your friend, but I have to set some
healthy boundaries. And you cannot bring so and so around
because it's not good for me. But if you love
(10:09):
someone as a friend, then you love them warts and all.
Speaker 3 (10:14):
Well, at least you gave me something now that I
can go back to him now and tell them exactly
what you told me.
Speaker 1 (10:19):
All right, let me find a song for you.
Speaker 3 (10:21):
Thank you, Bye bye bye.
Speaker 1 (10:26):
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 on Hey It's Delilah, Do
lo
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. If you are blessed,
if you are fortunate to have a good friend, a
(00:24):
handful of good friends, people that you can count on,
hang in there, stay connected. Fight for them and let
them fight for you. Let them care for you. Don't
turn away, don't turn your back, don't give up, don't
get too busy or too distracted. If they make mistakes,
(00:44):
if they ask forgiveness, forgive them quickly. Forgive them quickly.
Friends are part of the glue that holds life together,
that holds your heart together, that holds your faith together.
That's good stuff. Don't let go of it. Do not
let go. Okay, Hi, good evening, Welcome to the Delilah Show.
(01:06):
Who's on the phone line with me?
Speaker 2 (01:08):
This is Priscilla.
Speaker 1 (01:10):
What can I do for you?
Speaker 2 (01:12):
I would like you to dedicate a song to my
best friend Jamie, who I miss so so much. But
she is like a soul sister. She is a best friend.
But we haven't spoken for almost six years and I
miss her with all my heart every day.
Speaker 1 (01:31):
Why have you not spoken?
Speaker 2 (01:33):
We got into an argument and it ended our friendship.
And I never expected that to happen in a million years.
Speaker 1 (01:42):
Well that's not okay. What could you possibly be arguing
about that would cost a friendship.
Speaker 2 (01:49):
I think it was over men.
Speaker 1 (01:52):
Oh that's really wrong.
Speaker 2 (01:54):
I think it was stupid. I think we both totally
wish it would have never happened.
Speaker 1 (02:00):
Don't you call her or write her and say, please,
don't let something foolish disconnect what's so precious.
Speaker 2 (02:09):
Every way I've tried to reach out to her has
not proved fruitful. She won't return any of my phone calls.
Speaker 1 (02:17):
So's she's still hurting and still holding on to a grudge.
Speaker 2 (02:22):
Yes, and I know she must have missed me as
much as I miss her.
Speaker 1 (02:27):
All you can do is say a prayer that God
will reach into those places in her heart that you can't,
and say the things to her that you are enable to.
Speaker 2 (02:39):
Yeah. I do miss her so much. I would through
cancer without her.
Speaker 1 (02:45):
And in the meantime, I think you need to open
your heart and find some new friends that will be
there for you that aren't as broken as this person is.
They won't be the same. I'm not suggesting that, but
you do need good friends, especially if you're battling cancer,
to be there for you and to see you through.
Speaker 2 (03:08):
Yeah, I agree, I haven't. I haven't metaphor that even
comes close.
Speaker 1 (03:19):
Hi, welcome to the Delilah Shall.
Speaker 2 (03:21):
Who's this Hannah? Hi?
Speaker 1 (03:24):
Hannah? How are you tonight?
Speaker 2 (03:26):
Good?
Speaker 3 (03:26):
You?
Speaker 1 (03:27):
I'm wonderful. What can I do to make you a
night more special?
Speaker 2 (03:31):
Well?
Speaker 4 (03:32):
I just wanted you to play a song for my
best friend Kaylin. She's been here for me through everything,
and I just wanted to say thank you to her
and that I love her with all my heart and
that she's the best.
Speaker 1 (03:47):
And how long have you and Kaylin been bff's.
Speaker 4 (03:51):
Well, we've known each other since kindergarten elementary school and
we've grown clost and closer since then. And in high
school grade seven and that's when we became the closest.
Speaker 1 (04:03):
And how old are you now?
Speaker 4 (04:05):
We're graduating from high school this year.
Speaker 1 (04:08):
So what are you going to do after you graduate?
Are you going to go to college together or are
you going to have a long distance best friendship?
Speaker 4 (04:15):
Well, sadly, were going to different colleges and we're scared,
but we know that we'll make it work.
Speaker 1 (04:25):
And how is it that you ended up going to
different colleges. Do you have different interest in so far
as careers? I mean, my best friend left me and
moved to another city, and a week later I had
to move to be close to her because she was
my very best friend. That's when we were your age.
And now we're quite a bit older than you are,
(04:46):
and we still work together and she's still my best friend.
Speaker 4 (04:50):
That's so Nice's well, we have different career paths that
we want to go into. I want to be a
vet and I think she wants to go into some
sort of therapy.
Speaker 2 (05:00):
So I don't know. Hopefully we are brought.
Speaker 4 (05:03):
Back together though.
Speaker 1 (05:05):
Well, if you have a friendship like DDI and I have,
you will be best friends forever.
Speaker 4 (05:11):
Thank you.
Speaker 1 (05:12):
And our love has never changed. Our lives have changed,
we've gotten married, we've had kids, we've gotten divorced, we've
had more kids, you know, but our love for each
other has never changed.
Speaker 4 (05:27):
Well, I'm excited to see what the future.
Speaker 1 (05:29):
Holds me too. God, bless you. Thank you for calling
you too.
Speaker 2 (05:33):
Thank you so much.
Speaker 1 (05:44):
Hi, good evening, Welcome to the Delilah Show.
Speaker 2 (05:46):
Who's this Hi, Delilah, This is Kim.
Speaker 1 (05:49):
Hi Kim, thank you for calling. What can I do
for you?
Speaker 5 (05:53):
I would like to dedicate a song to a friend.
I've been knowing him for thirty one years and he
has been just someone very special in my life. He's
been very supportive.
Speaker 1 (06:06):
He's what's his name?
Speaker 4 (06:08):
His name?
Speaker 5 (06:09):
Mistake?
Speaker 1 (06:10):
Now is this a buddy friend or is this a
sweetheart friend?
Speaker 5 (06:13):
He is everything in a friend.
Speaker 1 (06:16):
Okay, but there are friends. I have a friend named
Steve who's a buddy friend, and then there's friends that
you kiss and make out with. Which which department does
he fall into? He falls into the buddy friend, the
buddy friend. So there's no kissing, no handholding, no snuggling, no.
Speaker 5 (06:31):
Because he has someone in his life and I respect that.
Speaker 1 (06:37):
But you wish there was snuggling, huggling, kissing, handholding. Well
you know, yeah, but I wouldn't admit that. She says
that would be inappropriate. So so you want a song
that says, I'm glad you're my friend, I'm glad you're there,
I'm glad that you're a rock of Gibraltar. Yeah, yeah, yeah,
I'm glad you're with missus Wright darn it.
Speaker 5 (06:58):
Well, yeah, I mean I just want him to be be.
Speaker 1 (07:00):
So whatever is he married to this person or just dating?
Speaker 5 (07:04):
Well they're dating.
Speaker 1 (07:05):
Oh good, that's very good news. If he was married,
we would have to honor that. But since they're just dating,
we can admit that you wish that it was you.
Speaker 5 (07:16):
Well, you know, I have to respect his choices.
Speaker 1 (07:21):
And but I don't because I don't know him from Adam. See,
so I can get away with saying a girl.
Speaker 2 (07:29):
Yeah.
Speaker 5 (07:29):
But see the thing of it is though for him,
all I want is happiness.
Speaker 1 (07:34):
I know, I know, da da da dada. If this
makes him happy, then that's all I want. But just
between girlfriend and girlfriend, just between you and I, Kim,
you want to say, kiss me, look at me.
Speaker 5 (07:48):
I can't say that.
Speaker 1 (07:50):
Like I said, you can't, but I can. I can
see it and get away with it.
Speaker 5 (07:54):
I would never do anything to hurt him.
Speaker 1 (07:57):
Right, I believe that. See that's you and I are different.
Let me find a song for you. Okay, all right,
good lie, Barb? Who you thinking of?
Speaker 3 (08:14):
Thinking of a good friend of mine, Dave. We were friends,
we were more than friends, and now we've been really
close friends for about six months. And tonight I had
to tell him I had to walk away from being
his friend, and it's really hurting me. I don't approve
of a person he's going out with and he's having
a really hard time lately.
Speaker 1 (08:33):
You were friends and then you became more closely connected. Huh,
I'm guessing lovers.
Speaker 3 (08:41):
Uh huh.
Speaker 1 (08:42):
And then that didn't work and you decided to be friends,
and now you're ending your friendship because you don't agree
with the choices that he's making.
Speaker 3 (08:50):
Yeah, he likes to hang around girls that are no
good and okay, wait wait, wait, wait.
Speaker 1 (08:55):
Wait, back up. But isn't the very definition of a
friend somebody who who loves you unconditionally.
Speaker 3 (09:02):
Yes, it is.
Speaker 1 (09:03):
Okay, So if you're saying that you're judging his lifestyle
or you cannot love him because of his lifestyle, you
cannot be his friend. Then you weren't his friend to
begin with.
Speaker 3 (09:15):
Even if he's going to get hurt in the process.
Speaker 1 (09:17):
Sweetheart, we will all get hurts in the process of life.
We will all make mistakes. God knows, I've made my
share of them. I have a pensiant for getting involved
with people that are not good to me. I'm very
good at it. What if my friends said, well, Delilah,
you keep making stupid mistakes. You've been divorced a couple
(09:38):
of times. Now, you got all these kids that you've adopted,
and I can't be your friend because you're just you're destructive.
Speaker 3 (09:45):
I made the wrong decision.
Speaker 1 (09:47):
Do you see what I'm saying?
Speaker 3 (09:48):
Yes, I do.
Speaker 1 (09:49):
If he's doing something that's hurting you, if he's bringing
unhealthy people to your house, they're stealing your money, they're
stealing your jewelry, then you need to say, I want
to be your friend, but I have to set some
healthy boundaries. And you cannot bring so and so around
because it's not good for me. But if you love
(10:09):
someone as a friend, then you love them warts and all.
Speaker 3 (10:14):
Well, at least you gave me something now that I
can go back to him now and tell them exactly
what you told me.
Speaker 1 (10:19):
All right, let me find a song for you.
Speaker 3 (10:21):
Thank you, Bye bye bye.
Speaker 1 (10:26):
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 on Hey It's Delilah, Do
lo
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