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SPEAKER_00 (00:02):
Howdy, y'all.
Welcome to another episode of AContagious Smile Unstoppable
with your host, Michael, and thesexy host over yonder, the
red-headed vixen that she is,who has survived over 100
surgeries for domestic violence.
The author of 43 books.
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I'm sorry, 44.
She's working on 44.
SPEAKER_01 (00:25):
46.
He just doesn't keep counting.
SPEAKER_00 (00:27):
Well, that's typical.
Victoria Cure.
SPEAKER_01 (00:33):
My husband is trying to be all cute, sweet, and
endearing because he doesn'twant me to talk about the Home
Depot.
SPEAKER_00 (00:40):
Do not, woman, I swear to you.
SPEAKER_01 (00:42):
So help me.
I have to.
Don't do it.
Don't do it.
You have to.
Sorry.
I have to.
So last night, I am.
So last night we go to HomeDepot.
Home Depot.
The man's candy store, right?
And we're walking around tryingto get measurements and prices
for stuff because our father, myfather-in-law, his dad, moved in
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and we're having to build a wingor whatever you want to call it
on for him.
So we're walking around, andthis woman, about 35-ish, says,
Can I ask you a question toMichael?
And he's like, sure.
And she's like, I'm trying toput a shelf together for my
grandmother's funeral flowers.
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And I don't know what the guessthe hangers or the brackets or
whatever would go on whichshelf, whatever.
So she sees not funny.
She sees him and goes, Oh, youkind of look like my dad.
Or and then he's like, What?
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And then she goes, You smelllike a dad too.
And at this point, I'm so gladthat I used a weird dracar.
The restroom prior to this,because I think there would have
been a cleanup in that aisle.
Because I would have pissed inHome Depot on the floor at this
point.
So then she goes, Well, youknow, I just don't know.
I'm trying to figure out, blah,blah, blah, blah.
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And she's talking and talking.
And then he goes, Are youhitting on me?
And she goes, Oh my God, no,you're not even my type.
And I am literally just crackingup.
And then she's like, Well, youunderstand, right?
Because he's your dad.
Drop mic.
Drop the mic, right?
First thing I think of is DadGummet, why isn't Faith here?
This would have been classic.
SPEAKER_00 (02:29):
It was not funny.
SPEAKER_01 (02:30):
Then number two is I'm like, Dad Gummet, why am I
not recording and asking to dothis again?
So she's like, Well, that's yourdad, right?
And I'm like, wait, wait, wait,hold on.
You think he's my dad?
And she goes, Well, yeah, isn'the?
I told her she made mymillennium.
SPEAKER_00 (02:52):
I instantly hated her.
SPEAKER_01 (02:54):
So he's like, that's not my daughter, that's my wife.
And then she puts this face,like the really confused, what?
Like the minion, what face andgoes, really?
SPEAKER_00 (03:08):
You laughing up, buttercup.
SPEAKER_01 (03:11):
So I'm like, oh, I love you.
I told her I was like, I loveyou.
This is great.
And so for the remainder of thetime, which isn't like another
hour, as all women know, aswe're walking around every
single aisle up and down of HomeDepot, I go ahead and start
calling my husband dad.
Oh, dad.
And when he starts to walk awayfrom me, I'm like, Daddy, where
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are you going?
So then we walk by and he seesthe girl, the woman, again at
the end of the store, and he'slike, you know, I don't like you
right now.
So he looks at me in Home Depot.
I literally have tears in myeyes.
No, it's not pollen as he callsit.
And he looks at me and goes,Woman, shut up.
And so I'm like, Oh my god, howcould you say that to me?
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That's so hurtful.
That's abusive.
SPEAKER_00 (04:00):
How can you I am not abused?
SPEAKER_01 (04:03):
So I was like, I have feelings, you know.
How could you say such a thingto your to your daughter?
I mean, really, I I'm I'mcalling my child, grandpa.
You're in big trouble.
And he was just, he was, I mean,he's as red as his shirt is
right now, which was justphenomenal.
So that's how our evening waslast night.
And I just thought, and thenright as all this happens, he
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looks at me and goes, No.
I said, No, what?
He goes, This is not going inthe podcast.
I'm like, oh, I'm leading offwith this bad boy.
Are you kidding me?
This is great.
So from now on, he's notMichael, he's daddy.
SPEAKER_00 (04:39):
Do not do not call me daddy.
Okay.
SPEAKER_01 (04:47):
Great.
This is great.
So I even have your dad callingyou dad.
This is phenomenal.
SPEAKER_00 (04:53):
This is so he thought it was hilarious.
SPEAKER_01 (04:55):
Faith thought it was hilarious.
She wanted to pay the woman.
She thought this was great.
So that was how that started.
So, dad, what's new and excitingwith you?
SPEAKER_00 (05:04):
Seriously?
SPEAKER_01 (05:05):
Yeah.
SPEAKER_00 (05:08):
Oh man.
Uh, we're in the process ofbuilding um additional wing,
like my wife said, for my mydad.
His daughter.
My real dad.
Who's taking a turn for theworst, sort of speak?
But we're we're getting thembetter.
We're trying to get them on theroad to help the recovery.
You know, your parents take careof you.
Kids not always.
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Kids take care of their parents.
Supposed to.
SPEAKER_01 (05:32):
Well, not all parents take care of their kids.
SPEAKER_00 (05:33):
But like a like we've told you a thousand times
on this show, y'all get your dayand paperwork in order, your
wills, your trust, your power ofattorney, your guardianship,
your code of seal, what are youramendments?
Your what?
Amendments for amendments.
SPEAKER_01 (05:48):
What the heck is that?
SPEAKER_00 (05:49):
Amendments.
SPEAKER_01 (05:50):
Is it like full?
SPEAKER_00 (05:51):
It's like full.
SPEAKER_01 (05:52):
It's like full?
SPEAKER_00 (05:53):
No.
SPEAKER_01 (05:53):
No?
SPEAKER_00 (05:54):
No.
SPEAKER_01 (05:55):
Your hello, Dad.
SPEAKER_00 (05:57):
Power attorney, medical power attorney, all
that.
I slipped out of the pink or Ibet you like this.
SPEAKER_01 (06:02):
Keep it.
That's we are not from there,and that is disgusting, Dad.
I expect an apology immensely,like right now.
SPEAKER_00 (06:07):
You just not from where?
Alabama?
Yeah.
You can't you you are butt hurttheir feelings.
We're pretty dang close.
Where are we here in?
Where?
SPEAKER_01 (06:18):
How do you say the state?
SPEAKER_00 (06:19):
Joja.
SPEAKER_01 (06:20):
What?
SPEAKER_00 (06:20):
We're in Joja.
SPEAKER_01 (06:21):
Georgia.
Oh my god.
Georgia.
SPEAKER_00 (06:24):
Not in the country.
SPEAKER_01 (06:25):
We are in the country.
SPEAKER_00 (06:26):
We're in the country, but not the country.
SPEAKER_01 (06:29):
We're in the country.
Because for the love of God, ittook us three hours just shy to
come home from the doctor.
Yeah.
One way.
And it's like, huh.
I mean, really?
And do people these dayspurchase vehicles without turn
signals?
Because none of them know how touse them.
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And I seem to be like one of theonly people.
A, I let people out.
I always let people in front ofme because I'd rather do that
than be in it in an accident.
Two, I always wave and say thankyou.
And I'm one freaking armed.
And I still wave and say thankyou.
These momos have two arms, maybeone brain cell, but two arms,
and nobody says thank you when Ilet them in.
Nobody.
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I'm just saying.
Totally not okay.
Not okay.
I mean, how long does it takeyou to be nice?
People have no problem beingnasty, so why don't you try and
be a little bit nice there,buddy?
Because you know, it's theholidays, and try it and see how
it works for you.
SPEAKER_00 (07:27):
Yeah.
SPEAKER_01 (07:28):
Yeah.
SPEAKER_00 (07:29):
So what's going on with the contagious smile?
Where are we at?
SPEAKER_01 (07:33):
Oh my god.
So, okay.
So I have been reached out to bymany, many magazines.
For those of you that do or maynot know, I write for four
different magazines.
It's actually three to fourdepending, that I write for
constantly.
And I just did an article aboutThanksgiving dinner with your
narcissistic family and how tocope, how to cope with them, how
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to deal with them.
And I made it really comical.
So it's kind of in a fun, liftyour spirit way on how to
handle, you know, the critiquingthat you get when they come
around, thank God, once a yearonly, you know, and you and you
have to deal with it whereyou're cooking all day long and
they critique everything you do,and you know, you just want to
like uh, you know, and you haveto woos off for a minute.
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So that article's out there, andthen Victoria Cure.
Oh god, here we go.
Thanks, Dad.
So then I've been asked to dofive different full page, or not
I do them, but I have been askedto be interviewed for five
different full page articles bythe end of the year because for
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some reason I was voted thislittle award, which I'm so
humbled by.
SPEAKER_00 (08:43):
And the title is like 25 words.
SPEAKER_01 (08:46):
It's not, it's international global domestic
violence survivor of the year.
SPEAKER_00 (08:54):
Yeah, way too many.
SPEAKER_01 (08:56):
That's like eight words, not 25.
And so that, and we were awardedfirst trauma-informed survived
academy worldwide.
And we got like six awards inthe last few months, and so I
was reached out to and asked ifthey could do like five
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different articles for fivedifferent publications, and then
I've had a bunch of other, Idon't want to name names yet,
publications that also want todo some articles as well, which
is really exciting because I'mhoping that what it does is it
brings awareness to maybe somepeople who also want to donate
during this holiday time so thatwe can continue to offer free
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opportunities for healing andgrowth to those that need it.
So that's kind of what it I'mhoping for there.
In the process of that, doinglots of paperwork, lots of
research, lots of cleaning up ofother people's dirty messes.
SPEAKER_00 (10:01):
Remember that paperwork I told y'all to take
care of, get it in order, andnotarized with witnesses that
are not your family members.
SPEAKER_01 (10:10):
And don't have a notary sign something that
happens to be your familybecause they can't notarize
something that they couldbenefit from.
SPEAKER_00 (10:17):
Just anyway.
If y'all haven't, jump on aContagious Mile website and
click over to the Academy andcheck out the 1240 something
courses in there.
134.
Okay, I was close.
SPEAKER_01 (10:33):
I haven't written one.
This is the longest I've gonewithout writing a course.
I'm failing withdrawals.
I'm just saying.
SPEAKER_00 (10:38):
Like me too.
We haven't been to the gunrange.
SPEAKER_01 (10:41):
Man, I'm missing that something fierce.
SPEAKER_00 (10:43):
We should have went today.
Well, we can't.
SPEAKER_01 (10:46):
But and not only that, but it we've been in the
ER quite a bit with our dad herelately, and then getting all
this other stuff in order andgetting ready for the addition
and incompetence and ignoranceof companies.
I want to just talk.
Sorry, I'm gonna do it.
I don't give a shit.
Beep.
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I'm just saying, okay, Godforbid something happens to
somebody in like the workforce.
Because what are you about todo?
Don't pull my thing.
So, anyway, so PG.
I'm keeping it PG.
Listen, here's the thing when Ihad an executive position in the
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corporate world, my assistantwas diabetic and she ran out of
time off, right?
I gave her some of my time.
And HR was like, yeah, and someof HR was like, well, you know,
you get like 10 times a yearwhat she makes.
Okay, well, you know what?
Then one of my days should equala week for her, and so give it
to her.
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Because sometimes things arewell without your knowledge or
you know, your control.
Thank you.
So, for instance, if you have aloved one that's sick or you
have a loved one that uh passesaway, you know, there's
bereavement for a reason.
You know, you're not limited to,oh, you can't have but one
family member pass away a yearor whatever.
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Anyway, this is just a littletidbit of what could be coming
because our my husband lost hissister not long ago, and then
his mother-in-law passes awayvery suddenly out of nowhere,
not even a week after his dadhad a brain bleed and was in the
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hospital.
And we end up rushing down to bethere with him, and my husband
doesn't even take bereavementfrom the passing.
But let's also remember that I'mspecial needs.
Faith has had, you know, somelife-saving, altering surgeries
because we almost lost her twoyears.
I can't believe it's almost twoyears, coming up on two years
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now.
And my husband is the number onehighest ranking five-star person
at his company.
He has over a thousand five-starreviews.
Okay, shit happens, right?
Shit happens.
But when you have to take offwork because you are rushed by
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ambulance, your father is rushedby ambulance to the hospital,
and there's majorlife-threatening stuff going on.
You know, how about a littlecompassion, some understanding?
Now, in all fairness, you know,I I play devil's advocate and
look at both sides.
Now, in fairness, you know, myhusband doesn't get paid if he
doesn't work.
Well, for at least a couplemonths now, they haven't had
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hardly any jobs, and they have aton of people doing his his
technical work.
So even though when they're allthere and he didn't take off
work, he was still coming homearound lunchtime because there
were no jobs.
Now, my husband, being myhusband, calls every single day.
Do you have work?
Do you have work?
Do you have work?
Do you have work?
Do you have work?
And they don't have anything.
So he ends up going home, right?
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So you still have that manytechnicians out there, and it's
this is the slowest time of theyear.
And I have yet to go forward andmention names of company or
anything else, and I am CYA atthe moment, at the moment,
right?
So there are a lot of ocean lawshere, there's federal laws or
state laws, things like that.
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Like the instance, you can't,you know, the perception, don't
judge me.
I have freedom of speech.
SPEAKER_00 (14:27):
Just don't tip your hand right there.
SPEAKER_01 (14:30):
Like, you know, it it's it's like a a myth that
cops have to write so manytickets, right?
And there's like this myth, oh,it's the end of the month,
that's why there's copseverywhere, they gotta get their
quota in, right?
Well, apparently companies dothe same.
They don't care if you'reelderly, you're on a budget, you
have to make, you know, you'reliving penny to penny.
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They don't care, they want yourmoney.
This is what a ticket's supposedto be for every job, period.
Well, if things keep going theway they're going, I am gonna be
like one of those, what do theycall those investigative people
that like on the news wherethey're like, oh, we got down to
the heart of it, and really justyeah, because my husband was put
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on probation, and there's noreason for it.
And they told him that becausehe's on probation, he can't miss
another day of work, and that'sall I'm gonna say.
And he's had to miss another dayof work.
You can't help it if you knowyour dad is having medical
emergencies.
You can't help it.
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And they punished him, they senthim two and a half hours away,
knowing his dad was in the ERand having test after test
sending him for CAT scans,imaging, MRI, x-rays, blood
work.
I mean, the man, God bless histhump and gizzard, looks like a
pen cushion, right?
Yeah, and that's all I'm sayingright now.
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So it's an investigative reportthat's gonna go live if shit
doesn't get straight.
That's all I'm gonna say.
And things will get real, andthat's not a threat.
As you know, in a way, I'm ajournalist because we report to
the people, right?
And they have a right to knowwhat's going on.
And if that's the case and theywant to know what's going on,
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then they have every right toknow what's going on.
And I will, and anyone who knowsme knows I will praise somebody
for doing a good job a thousandtimes over.
I will go to their boss, theirboss's boss, whoever I can to
say thank you.
They've done an amazing job.
Thank you for what you havedone.
Because today, everybody's soquick to point their finger and
bark at you and talk at you, notto you, and just want to rip
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your pants, you know, your headoff and piss down your throat.
Sorry, it's basically what itis.
Then to say, hey, thank you forwhat you're doing, right?
Thank you.
And when you treat someone withrespect, you get it in return.
It's tenfold.
But also when you do someonedirty, you don't use scare
tactics.
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And a lot of us have spent ourlife hiding from those
individuals or hiding from therepercussions of scare tactics.
And you know, freedom of speechgives journalists the
opportunity to be 1000%, youknow, apparent and factual, and
that's what I am, and that'swhat I do.
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I get told all the time you haveway too much evidence, you have
way too much proof, why do youhave so much?
Is because I want to make surethat whoever I'm talking to
doesn't have a doubt in theirmind of the hundred percent
authenticity of what we'rediscussing.
So that's a tidbit of what couldbe coming.
Just you know, now I want tohear what my husband has to say
because he's just looking at meas he's playing with his
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fingernails.
SPEAKER_00 (17:49):
Yeah, we'll see, we'll see how that goes.
But yeah kind of piggyback offgetting your paperwork in order
because you never know what'sgonna happen.
I feel the same thing with withyour loved one.
You don't know what's gonnahappen.
You know, one day you're fine,next thing you're you're falling
down the stairs, you can't go tothe bathroom, your your legs are
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so weak you have to be pickedup, you know, your your siblings
or or your your children'schanging, you know, your your
clothes or your diaper, so tospeak.
You don't know what's gonnahappen.
SPEAKER_01 (18:22):
And try to do it with some humility for them and
you know, and just kind ofexplain that it all happens.
You know, I always tell people alot of time of this little quick
story I'll share.
My grandmother was the epitomeof everything I wanted to be as
a woman in my life, likeeverything.
And as she got older, she had aan ostomy bag.
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And you know, for those peoplewho don't know what that is,
it's a bag that you poop in,basically, right?
And so I knew about this.
And one night we had gone todinner, and the bag had opened
up and gotten on her, and shewas humiliated, she was
embarrassed, she was unsure asto if everything was okay, if
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anybody noticed it, if anybodysaw it.
And that's embarrassing.
And so I had gotten thewaitress's attention and I asked
for some chocolate milk, right?
And I was younger, I wasn't evena teenager really at the time, I
don't believe, at that point.
And I grabbed the chocolate milkand I poured it all over my lap.
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And she looked at me and she'slike, Why did you do that?
And I was like, accidentshappen, right?
She used to tell me all the timeall the time, if it's not messy,
it's not, you know, okay, youknow, like cooking or eating if
you drop something.
You know, some people get allupset if you've dropped
something or you cook and made amess.
I mean, you know, things happen,it's life.
That's why there's an eraser onthe end of a pencil for crying
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out loud.
And so to not embarrass her,because she was embarrassed, I
spit I spilt chocolate milk onmy lap.
And so when we walked out, wematched.
And it's just the humility ofmaking sure that they, you know,
have their esteem intact.
I mean, it's something that canhappen to any one of us at any
time.
And just, you know, withrespect, make sure that you just
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let them know that they're notalone, it's not something to be
embarrassed about.
Things happen.
Just, you know show love to themand let them realize that you
know, these things happen.
It's not a big deal.
That's what a washer and dryerare for.
SPEAKER_00 (20:31):
If y'all give me just a second, I'm gonna step
out and assist my dad realquick.
And let me tell you how great mywife predolen.
SPEAKER_01 (20:40):
And like let me tell you how great our dogs have
been.
SPEAKER_00 (20:42):
Oh, yeah.
Talk about Rusty.
SPEAKER_01 (20:44):
Rusty has been just this, he's outside right now
with him.
And last night, our his father,I call him my dad, was having a
problem in the bathroom.
And it was in the middle of thenight, and we put call buttons
everywhere throughout the house,even in both bathrooms, that he
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would use.
And he couldn't reach it.
I don't know why, becausethey're within reach.
But anyway, Rusty, who isFaith's service dog, happened to
have been out there with him.
She's Rusty's very fond of him,and so is Stucco.
And so Rusty is out there, andhe goes and gets us and lets us
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know that something is going onand we need to get up and and
get moving.
And it was just so sweet becausethese dogs are so smart, and
they're not pets, these arefamily members.
Rusty and Stucco are our family.
And he let us know, and he's thesweetest, they both stay around
us all the time.
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But at night, a lot of times,Rusty will sit down there and
just lay at his feet and beright by his side.
And it's sweet, and it's so goodfor your loved ones because I'm
sorry, you just can't be arounda sweet golden retriever and not
just fall in love because theythey just bring you such joy and
happiness that it's just such agift to have these sweet, sweet
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babies by your side, and they dolet you know, they let you know
if something is necessary orneeded or wanted, and so that
makes it a really big deal, andit makes it really, you know, a
good relationship as well.
So, with all that, you know, andthen you have the holidays
coming up.
I was telling how great Rustywas right with him the whole
time.
I was up there watching thatRusty was right there beside
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him, and it's so sweet how bothof them are.
I mean, they're family members,they're not pets.
SPEAKER_00 (22:45):
So golden retrievers are just freaking phenomenal.
Really?
Yeah, okay.
I was helping dad, but I wassnuggling my wife, snoozing this
morning after breakfast, and andand our dog started barking.
Now, my my initial reaction isto yell at my dog, shut up, dog,
I'm trying to sleep, you know.
SPEAKER_01 (23:05):
You don't yell at him like that, because I would
never have it.
SPEAKER_00 (23:08):
That's my we have come to learn now that hey,
there's something wrong.
There's something going on.
We need to get up and check itout.
If it's not somebody at thefront door package or somebody
like that, we still need toinvestigate because this is what
the third time, second or thirdtime, our dog has alerted us,
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and you know, they're justfreaking phenomenal.
Their empathy towards, you know,someone who is ill or or there's
something wrong.
They they just know.
So I'm very proud that my wifehas chosen golden retrievers
years ago as our serviceanimals.
SPEAKER_01 (23:45):
Well, not just that, but when I came home from my
amputation, Stecka was only acouple months and had had no
training at all.
And he came right up, and I wasI was nervous because he's a big
boy, and I was worried he wasgonna jump up and go on that
limb, right?
And he didn't, he never touchedit, he smelt it, but he never
touched it.
He smelt, he smelt, and he justlaid there and he was so sweet
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and c and cuddly andaffectionate and just loving,
you know, just loving.
And then it's it's sweet becausewhen I go upstairs, stucco
always goes first, and Rustyfollows suit.
He follows behind me, and Rustywill never go in front of me.
And then when I come into theoffice, they one stays behind me
and Stucco stays at the door.
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What are you looking at?
Oh, yeah.
We're gonna have to cut thisshort today because we have
someone here that's here 30minutes early, and so I'm gonna
take us out really quick andapologize for the shortness.
We thought we'd have another 15minutes, so I apologize.
We will do a podcast forThanksgiving, and so we want to
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wish everybody a great week andwe will talk with you guys soon.
SPEAKER_00 (24:56):
Thank y'all.
Howdy, y'all.
Welcome to another episode of AContagious Smile Unstoppable
with your host, Michael, and thesexy host over yonder, the
red-headed vixen that she is,who has survived over 100
surgeries for domestic violence.
The author of 43 books.
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I'm sorry, 44.
She's working on 44.
SPEAKER_01 (00:25):
46.
He just doesn't keep counting.
SPEAKER_00 (00:27):
Well, that's typical.
Victoria Cure.
SPEAKER_01 (00:33):
My husband is trying to be all cute, sweet, and
endearing because he doesn'twant me to talk about the Home
Depot.
SPEAKER_00 (00:40):
Do not, woman, I swear to you.
SPEAKER_01 (00:42):
So help me.
I have to.
Don't do it.
Don't do it.
You have to.
Sorry.
I have to.
So last night, I am.
So last night we go to HomeDepot.
Home Depot.
The man's candy store, right?
And we're walking around tryingto get measurements and prices
for stuff because our father, myfather-in-law, his dad, moved in
(01:03):
and we're having to build a wingor whatever you want to call it
on for him.
So we're walking around, andthis woman, about 35-ish, says,
Can I ask you a question toMichael?
And he's like, sure.
And she's like, I'm trying toput a shelf together for my
grandmother's funeral flowers.
(01:24):
And I don't know what the guessthe hangers or the brackets or
whatever would go on whichshelf, whatever.
So she sees not funny.
She sees him and goes, Oh, youkind of look like my dad.
Or and then he's like, What?
(01:45):
And then she goes, You smelllike a dad too.
And at this point, I'm so gladthat I used a weird dracar.
The restroom prior to this,because I think there would have
been a cleanup in that aisle.
Because I would have pissed inHome Depot on the floor at this
point.
So then she goes, Well, youknow, I just don't know.
I'm trying to figure out, blah,blah, blah, blah.
(02:07):
And she's talking and talking.
And then he goes, Are youhitting on me?
And she goes, Oh my God, no,you're not even my type.
And I am literally just crackingup.
And then she's like, Well, youunderstand, right?
Because he's your dad.
Drop mic.
Drop the mic, right?
First thing I think of is DadGummet, why isn't Faith here?
This would have been classic.
SPEAKER_00 (02:29):
It was not funny.
SPEAKER_01 (02:30):
Then number two is I'm like, Dad Gummet, why am I
not recording and asking to dothis again?
So she's like, Well, that's yourdad, right?
And I'm like, wait, wait, wait,hold on.
You think he's my dad?
And she goes, Well, yeah, isn'the?
I told her she made mymillennium.
SPEAKER_00 (02:52):
I instantly hated her.
SPEAKER_01 (02:54):
So he's like, that's not my daughter, that's my wife.
And then she puts this face,like the really confused, what?
Like the minion, what face andgoes, really?
SPEAKER_00 (03:08):
You laughing up, buttercup.
SPEAKER_01 (03:11):
So I'm like, oh, I love you.
I told her I was like, I loveyou.
This is great.
And so for the remainder of thetime, which isn't like another
hour, as all women know, aswe're walking around every
single aisle up and down of HomeDepot, I go ahead and start
calling my husband dad.
Oh, dad.
And when he starts to walk awayfrom me, I'm like, Daddy, where
(03:35):
are you going?
So then we walk by and he seesthe girl, the woman, again at
the end of the store, and he'slike, you know, I don't like you
right now.
So he looks at me in Home Depot.
I literally have tears in myeyes.
No, it's not pollen as he callsit.
And he looks at me and goes,Woman, shut up.
And so I'm like, Oh my god, howcould you say that to me?
(03:57):
That's so hurtful.
That's abusive.
SPEAKER_00 (04:00):
How can you I am not abused?
SPEAKER_01 (04:03):
So I was like, I have feelings, you know.
How could you say such a thingto your to your daughter?
I mean, really, I I'm I'mcalling my child, grandpa.
You're in big trouble.
And he was just, he was, I mean,he's as red as his shirt is
right now, which was justphenomenal.
So that's how our evening waslast night.
And I just thought, and thenright as all this happens, he
(04:25):
looks at me and goes, No.
I said, No, what?
He goes, This is not going inthe podcast.
I'm like, oh, I'm leading offwith this bad boy.
Are you kidding me?
This is great.
So from now on, he's notMichael, he's daddy.
SPEAKER_00 (04:39):
Do not do not call me daddy.
Okay.
SPEAKER_01 (04:47):
Great.
This is great.
So I even have your dad callingyou dad.
This is phenomenal.
SPEAKER_00 (04:53):
This is so he thought it was hilarious.
SPEAKER_01 (04:55):
Faith thought it was hilarious.
She wanted to pay the woman.
She thought this was great.
So that was how that started.
So, dad, what's new and excitingwith you?
SPEAKER_00 (05:04):
Seriously?
SPEAKER_01 (05:05):
Yeah.
SPEAKER_00 (05:08):
Oh man.
Uh, we're in the process ofbuilding um additional wing,
like my wife said, for my mydad.
His daughter.
My real dad.
Who's taking a turn for theworst, sort of speak?
But we're we're getting thembetter.
We're trying to get them on theroad to help the recovery.
You know, your parents take careof you.
Kids not always.
(05:29):
Kids take care of their parents.
Supposed to.
SPEAKER_01 (05:32):
Well, not all parents take care of their kids.
SPEAKER_00 (05:33):
But like a like we've told you a thousand times
on this show, y'all get your dayand paperwork in order, your
wills, your trust, your power ofattorney, your guardianship,
your code of seal, what are youramendments?
Your what?
Amendments for amendments.
SPEAKER_01 (05:48):
What the heck is that?
SPEAKER_00 (05:49):
Amendments.
SPEAKER_01 (05:50):
Is it like full?
SPEAKER_00 (05:51):
It's like full.
SPEAKER_01 (05:52):
It's like full?
SPEAKER_00 (05:53):
No.
SPEAKER_01 (05:53):
No?
SPEAKER_00 (05:54):
No.
SPEAKER_01 (05:55):
Your hello, Dad.
SPEAKER_00 (05:57):
Power attorney, medical power attorney, all
that.
I slipped out of the pink or Ibet you like this.
SPEAKER_01 (06:02):
Keep it.
That's we are not from there,and that is disgusting, Dad.
I expect an apology immensely,like right now.
SPEAKER_00 (06:07):
You just not from where?
Alabama?
Yeah.
You can't you you are butt hurttheir feelings.
We're pretty dang close.
Where are we here in?
Where?
SPEAKER_01 (06:18):
How do you say the state?
SPEAKER_00 (06:19):
Joja.
SPEAKER_01 (06:20):
What?
SPEAKER_00 (06:20):
We're in Joja.
SPEAKER_01 (06:21):
Georgia.
Oh my god.
Georgia.
SPEAKER_00 (06:24):
Not in the country.
SPEAKER_01 (06:25):
We are in the country.
SPEAKER_00 (06:26):
We're in the country, but not the country.
SPEAKER_01 (06:29):
We're in the country.
Because for the love of God, ittook us three hours just shy to
come home from the doctor.
Yeah.
One way.
And it's like, huh.
I mean, really?
And do people these dayspurchase vehicles without turn
signals?
Because none of them know how touse them.
(06:50):
And I seem to be like one of theonly people.
A, I let people out.
I always let people in front ofme because I'd rather do that
than be in it in an accident.
Two, I always wave and say thankyou.
And I'm one freaking armed.
And I still wave and say thankyou.
These momos have two arms, maybeone brain cell, but two arms,
and nobody says thank you when Ilet them in.
Nobody.
(07:10):
I'm just saying.
Totally not okay.
Not okay.
I mean, how long does it takeyou to be nice?
People have no problem beingnasty, so why don't you try and
be a little bit nice there,buddy?
Because you know, it's theholidays, and try it and see how
it works for you.
SPEAKER_00 (07:27):
Yeah.
SPEAKER_01 (07:28):
Yeah.
SPEAKER_00 (07:29):
So what's going on with the contagious smile?
Where are we at?
SPEAKER_01 (07:33):
Oh my god.
So, okay.
So I have been reached out to bymany, many magazines.
For those of you that do or maynot know, I write for four
different magazines.
It's actually three to fourdepending, that I write for
constantly.
And I just did an article aboutThanksgiving dinner with your
narcissistic family and how tocope, how to cope with them, how
(07:55):
to deal with them.
And I made it really comical.
So it's kind of in a fun, liftyour spirit way on how to
handle, you know, the critiquingthat you get when they come
around, thank God, once a yearonly, you know, and you and you
have to deal with it whereyou're cooking all day long and
they critique everything you do,and you know, you just want to
like uh, you know, and you haveto woos off for a minute.
(08:16):
So that article's out there, andthen Victoria Cure.
Oh god, here we go.
Thanks, Dad.
So then I've been asked to dofive different full page, or not
I do them, but I have been askedto be interviewed for five
different full page articles bythe end of the year because for
(08:37):
some reason I was voted thislittle award, which I'm so
humbled by.
SPEAKER_00 (08:43):
And the title is like 25 words.
SPEAKER_01 (08:46):
It's not, it's international global domestic
violence survivor of the year.
SPEAKER_00 (08:54):
Yeah, way too many.
SPEAKER_01 (08:56):
That's like eight words, not 25.
And so that, and we were awardedfirst trauma-informed survived
academy worldwide.
And we got like six awards inthe last few months, and so I
was reached out to and asked ifthey could do like five
(09:18):
different articles for fivedifferent publications, and then
I've had a bunch of other, Idon't want to name names yet,
publications that also want todo some articles as well, which
is really exciting because I'mhoping that what it does is it
brings awareness to maybe somepeople who also want to donate
during this holiday time so thatwe can continue to offer free
(09:42):
opportunities for healing andgrowth to those that need it.
So that's kind of what it I'mhoping for there.
In the process of that, doinglots of paperwork, lots of
research, lots of cleaning up ofother people's dirty messes.
SPEAKER_00 (10:01):
Remember that paperwork I told y'all to take
care of, get it in order, andnotarized with witnesses that
are not your family members.
SPEAKER_01 (10:10):
And don't have a notary sign something that
happens to be your familybecause they can't notarize
something that they couldbenefit from.
SPEAKER_00 (10:17):
Just anyway.
If y'all haven't, jump on aContagious Mile website and
click over to the Academy andcheck out the 1240 something
courses in there.
134.
Okay, I was close.
SPEAKER_01 (10:33):
I haven't written one.
This is the longest I've gonewithout writing a course.
I'm failing withdrawals.
I'm just saying.
SPEAKER_00 (10:38):
Like me too.
We haven't been to the gunrange.
SPEAKER_01 (10:41):
Man, I'm missing that something fierce.
SPEAKER_00 (10:43):
We should have went today.
Well, we can't.
SPEAKER_01 (10:46):
But and not only that, but it we've been in the
ER quite a bit with our dad herelately, and then getting all
this other stuff in order andgetting ready for the addition
and incompetence and ignoranceof companies.
I want to just talk.
Sorry, I'm gonna do it.
I don't give a shit.
Beep.
(11:07):
I'm just saying, okay, Godforbid something happens to
somebody in like the workforce.
Because what are you about todo?
Don't pull my thing.
So, anyway, so PG.
I'm keeping it PG.
Listen, here's the thing when Ihad an executive position in the
(11:29):
corporate world, my assistantwas diabetic and she ran out of
time off, right?
I gave her some of my time.
And HR was like, yeah, and someof HR was like, well, you know,
you get like 10 times a yearwhat she makes.
Okay, well, you know what?
Then one of my days should equala week for her, and so give it
to her.
(11:49):
Because sometimes things arewell without your knowledge or
you know, your control.
Thank you.
So, for instance, if you have aloved one that's sick or you
have a loved one that uh passesaway, you know, there's
bereavement for a reason.
You know, you're not limited to,oh, you can't have but one
family member pass away a yearor whatever.
(12:11):
Anyway, this is just a littletidbit of what could be coming
because our my husband lost hissister not long ago, and then
his mother-in-law passes awayvery suddenly out of nowhere,
not even a week after his dadhad a brain bleed and was in the
(12:34):
hospital.
And we end up rushing down to bethere with him, and my husband
doesn't even take bereavementfrom the passing.
But let's also remember that I'mspecial needs.
Faith has had, you know, somelife-saving, altering surgeries
because we almost lost her twoyears.
I can't believe it's almost twoyears, coming up on two years
(12:55):
now.
And my husband is the number onehighest ranking five-star person
at his company.
He has over a thousand five-starreviews.
Okay, shit happens, right?
Shit happens.
But when you have to take offwork because you are rushed by
(13:15):
ambulance, your father is rushedby ambulance to the hospital,
and there's majorlife-threatening stuff going on.
You know, how about a littlecompassion, some understanding?
Now, in all fairness, you know,I I play devil's advocate and
look at both sides.
Now, in fairness, you know, myhusband doesn't get paid if he
doesn't work.
Well, for at least a couplemonths now, they haven't had
(13:37):
hardly any jobs, and they have aton of people doing his his
technical work.
So even though when they're allthere and he didn't take off
work, he was still coming homearound lunchtime because there
were no jobs.
Now, my husband, being myhusband, calls every single day.
Do you have work?
Do you have work?
Do you have work?
Do you have work?
Do you have work?
And they don't have anything.
So he ends up going home, right?
(13:59):
So you still have that manytechnicians out there, and it's
this is the slowest time of theyear.
And I have yet to go forward andmention names of company or
anything else, and I am CYA atthe moment, at the moment,
right?
So there are a lot of ocean lawshere, there's federal laws or
state laws, things like that.
(14:19):
Like the instance, you can't,you know, the perception, don't
judge me.
I have freedom of speech.
SPEAKER_00 (14:27):
Just don't tip your hand right there.
SPEAKER_01 (14:30):
Like, you know, it it's it's like a a myth that
cops have to write so manytickets, right?
And there's like this myth, oh,it's the end of the month,
that's why there's copseverywhere, they gotta get their
quota in, right?
Well, apparently companies dothe same.
They don't care if you'reelderly, you're on a budget, you
have to make, you know, you'reliving penny to penny.
(14:50):
They don't care, they want yourmoney.
This is what a ticket's supposedto be for every job, period.
Well, if things keep going theway they're going, I am gonna be
like one of those, what do theycall those investigative people
that like on the news wherethey're like, oh, we got down to
the heart of it, and really justyeah, because my husband was put
(15:14):
on probation, and there's noreason for it.
And they told him that becausehe's on probation, he can't miss
another day of work, and that'sall I'm gonna say.
And he's had to miss another dayof work.
You can't help it if you knowyour dad is having medical
emergencies.
You can't help it.
(15:35):
And they punished him, they senthim two and a half hours away,
knowing his dad was in the ERand having test after test
sending him for CAT scans,imaging, MRI, x-rays, blood
work.
I mean, the man, God bless histhump and gizzard, looks like a
pen cushion, right?
Yeah, and that's all I'm sayingright now.
(15:56):
So it's an investigative reportthat's gonna go live if shit
doesn't get straight.
That's all I'm gonna say.
And things will get real, andthat's not a threat.
As you know, in a way, I'm ajournalist because we report to
the people, right?
And they have a right to knowwhat's going on.
And if that's the case and theywant to know what's going on,
(16:18):
then they have every right toknow what's going on.
And I will, and anyone who knowsme knows I will praise somebody
for doing a good job a thousandtimes over.
I will go to their boss, theirboss's boss, whoever I can to
say thank you.
They've done an amazing job.
Thank you for what you havedone.
Because today, everybody's soquick to point their finger and
bark at you and talk at you, notto you, and just want to rip
(16:42):
your pants, you know, your headoff and piss down your throat.
Sorry, it's basically what itis.
Then to say, hey, thank you forwhat you're doing, right?
Thank you.
And when you treat someone withrespect, you get it in return.
It's tenfold.
But also when you do someonedirty, you don't use scare
tactics.
(17:02):
And a lot of us have spent ourlife hiding from those
individuals or hiding from therepercussions of scare tactics.
And you know, freedom of speechgives journalists the
opportunity to be 1000%, youknow, apparent and factual, and
that's what I am, and that'swhat I do.
(17:24):
I get told all the time you haveway too much evidence, you have
way too much proof, why do youhave so much?
Is because I want to make surethat whoever I'm talking to
doesn't have a doubt in theirmind of the hundred percent
authenticity of what we'rediscussing.
So that's a tidbit of what couldbe coming.
Just you know, now I want tohear what my husband has to say
because he's just looking at meas he's playing with his
(17:47):
fingernails.
SPEAKER_00 (17:49):
Yeah, we'll see, we'll see how that goes.
But yeah kind of piggyback offgetting your paperwork in order
because you never know what'sgonna happen.
I feel the same thing with withyour loved one.
You don't know what's gonnahappen.
You know, one day you're fine,next thing you're you're falling
down the stairs, you can't go tothe bathroom, your your legs are
(18:11):
so weak you have to be pickedup, you know, your your siblings
or or your your children'schanging, you know, your your
clothes or your diaper, so tospeak.
You don't know what's gonnahappen.
SPEAKER_01 (18:22):
And try to do it with some humility for them and
you know, and just kind ofexplain that it all happens.
You know, I always tell people alot of time of this little quick
story I'll share.
My grandmother was the epitomeof everything I wanted to be as
a woman in my life, likeeverything.
And as she got older, she had aan ostomy bag.
(18:43):
And you know, for those peoplewho don't know what that is,
it's a bag that you poop in,basically, right?
And so I knew about this.
And one night we had gone todinner, and the bag had opened
up and gotten on her, and shewas humiliated, she was
embarrassed, she was unsure asto if everything was okay, if
(19:05):
anybody noticed it, if anybodysaw it.
And that's embarrassing.
And so I had gotten thewaitress's attention and I asked
for some chocolate milk, right?
And I was younger, I wasn't evena teenager really at the time, I
don't believe, at that point.
And I grabbed the chocolate milkand I poured it all over my lap.
(19:28):
And she looked at me and she'slike, Why did you do that?
And I was like, accidentshappen, right?
She used to tell me all the timeall the time, if it's not messy,
it's not, you know, okay, youknow, like cooking or eating if
you drop something.
You know, some people get allupset if you've dropped
something or you cook and made amess.
I mean, you know, things happen,it's life.
That's why there's an eraser onthe end of a pencil for crying
(19:49):
out loud.
And so to not embarrass her,because she was embarrassed, I
spit I spilt chocolate milk onmy lap.
And so when we walked out, wematched.
And it's just the humility ofmaking sure that they, you know,
have their esteem intact.
I mean, it's something that canhappen to any one of us at any
time.
And just, you know, withrespect, make sure that you just
(20:13):
let them know that they're notalone, it's not something to be
embarrassed about.
Things happen.
Just, you know show love to themand let them realize that you
know, these things happen.
It's not a big deal.
That's what a washer and dryerare for.
SPEAKER_00 (20:31):
If y'all give me just a second, I'm gonna step
out and assist my dad realquick.
And let me tell you how great mywife predolen.
SPEAKER_01 (20:40):
And like let me tell you how great our dogs have
been.
SPEAKER_00 (20:42):
Oh, yeah.
Talk about Rusty.
SPEAKER_01 (20:44):
Rusty has been just this, he's outside right now
with him.
And last night, our his father,I call him my dad, was having a
problem in the bathroom.
And it was in the middle of thenight, and we put call buttons
everywhere throughout the house,even in both bathrooms, that he
(21:05):
would use.
And he couldn't reach it.
I don't know why, becausethey're within reach.
But anyway, Rusty, who isFaith's service dog, happened to
have been out there with him.
She's Rusty's very fond of him,and so is Stucco.
And so Rusty is out there, andhe goes and gets us and lets us
(21:28):
know that something is going onand we need to get up and and
get moving.
And it was just so sweet becausethese dogs are so smart, and
they're not pets, these arefamily members.
Rusty and Stucco are our family.
And he let us know, and he's thesweetest, they both stay around
us all the time.
(21:49):
But at night, a lot of times,Rusty will sit down there and
just lay at his feet and beright by his side.
And it's sweet, and it's so goodfor your loved ones because I'm
sorry, you just can't be arounda sweet golden retriever and not
just fall in love because theythey just bring you such joy and
happiness that it's just such agift to have these sweet, sweet
(22:16):
babies by your side, and they dolet you know, they let you know
if something is necessary orneeded or wanted, and so that
makes it a really big deal, andit makes it really, you know, a
good relationship as well.
So, with all that, you know, andthen you have the holidays
coming up.
I was telling how great Rustywas right with him the whole
time.
I was up there watching thatRusty was right there beside
(22:39):
him, and it's so sweet how bothof them are.
I mean, they're family members,they're not pets.
SPEAKER_00 (22:45):
So golden retrievers are just freaking phenomenal.
Really?
Yeah, okay.
I was helping dad, but I wassnuggling my wife, snoozing this
morning after breakfast, and andand our dog started barking.
Now, my my initial reaction isto yell at my dog, shut up, dog,
I'm trying to sleep, you know.
SPEAKER_01 (23:05):
You don't yell at him like that, because I would
never have it.
SPEAKER_00 (23:08):
That's my we have come to learn now that hey,
there's something wrong.
There's something going on.
We need to get up and check itout.
If it's not somebody at thefront door package or somebody
like that, we still need toinvestigate because this is what
the third time, second or thirdtime, our dog has alerted us,
(23:28):
and you know, they're justfreaking phenomenal.
Their empathy towards, you know,someone who is ill or or there's
something wrong.
They they just know.
So I'm very proud that my wifehas chosen golden retrievers
years ago as our serviceanimals.
SPEAKER_01 (23:45):
Well, not just that, but when I came home from my
amputation, Stecka was only acouple months and had had no
training at all.
And he came right up, and I wasI was nervous because he's a big
boy, and I was worried he wasgonna jump up and go on that
limb, right?
And he didn't, he never touchedit, he smelt it, but he never
touched it.
He smelt, he smelt, and he justlaid there and he was so sweet
(24:08):
and c and cuddly andaffectionate and just loving,
you know, just loving.
And then it's it's sweet becausewhen I go upstairs, stucco
always goes first, and Rustyfollows suit.
He follows behind me, and Rustywill never go in front of me.
And then when I come into theoffice, they one stays behind me
and Stucco stays at the door.
(24:29):
What are you looking at?
Oh, yeah.
We're gonna have to cut thisshort today because we have
someone here that's here 30minutes early, and so I'm gonna
take us out really quick andapologize for the shortness.
We thought we'd have another 15minutes, so I apologize.
We will do a podcast forThanksgiving, and so we want to
(24:53):
wish everybody a great week andwe will talk with you guys soon.
SPEAKER_00 (24:56):
Thank y'all.
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