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December 9, 2025 • 12 mins
Tina fought a serious addiction and lost, leaving behind her four children. Thanks to Treasure Island Resort & Casino and Holiday Station Stores. DONATE to Christmas Wish: www.kdwb.com/wish.

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
I believe from the magic of the holidays. Dave Bryan
Christmas wish.

Speaker 2 (00:05):
Before we get started and introduced our wisher, I get
a check in with our boy Brandon from College Muscle Movers.
He what did you bench yesterday? You were down at
Snap Fitness and didn't you bench like two eighty yesterday?

Speaker 1 (00:16):
Brandon? Is that what it was? Okay? Thought?

Speaker 2 (00:20):
So, yeah, I'm making up numbers. I don't even know
if that's good. Is that a good number to bench?

Speaker 1 (00:23):
Jenny? Yes?

Speaker 3 (00:24):
It is?

Speaker 4 (00:24):
Yeah?

Speaker 1 (00:24):
Is it okay? It is for people?

Speaker 2 (00:29):
I was bragging to Jenny the other day at Snap
I was doing seventy pound lawnmowers.

Speaker 1 (00:32):
You know what a lawnmower is, Brandon?

Speaker 2 (00:35):
I don't.

Speaker 1 (00:35):
Okay, that's where you never mind. We'll talk about this
now the dance move. Okay.

Speaker 2 (00:39):
So Brandon is from College muscle Movers. Brandon, what city
are you in this morning?

Speaker 4 (00:44):
I'm will Field today?

Speaker 2 (00:46):
Where do what is your scope? Where does College muscle
Movers go to? Can you move anywhere in Minnesota or
what's your limit?

Speaker 1 (00:53):
Yeah?

Speaker 2 (00:53):
We can even go to our neighbors in Wisconsin and
Iowa and the Dakotas even.

Speaker 5 (00:58):
Oh wow, you hit the old Midwest.

Speaker 2 (01:00):
Then very good, Thank you Brandon for doing what you do.
He's delivering the wish and also is our backup in
case our wish he does not answer the phone. Let's
meet our wisher this morning. Hi Tara, Hi, you've been
listening to KWB for a long time, A long time.
Did you used to call in and request songs?

Speaker 3 (01:18):
Oh?

Speaker 1 (01:18):
Yeah? What did your request? You remember?

Speaker 5 (01:21):
I think sound Garden or something.

Speaker 2 (01:23):
Wow, choice and you sit on your bedroom floor with
your cassette recorder and the DJ would talk over the song.

Speaker 1 (01:28):
Yeah.

Speaker 5 (01:29):
Great, the word zone.

Speaker 2 (01:31):
Too, I did that too. Tara is doing a Christmas
wish for Kobe. How do you know Kobe?

Speaker 3 (01:37):
So, Kobe is my brother in law. He is the
boyfriend on my sister that passed away.

Speaker 1 (01:44):
Okay, gotcha.

Speaker 2 (01:45):
Yeah, We're gonna call Kobe and talk about your Christmas
wish and what we can do for Kobe and four kids,
four little kids like seven and.

Speaker 5 (01:55):
Under, fifteen, fifteen and eleven and two.

Speaker 2 (02:02):
All right, we're gonna call Kobe right now. Jenny's making
the phone call and we will pick up and put
Kobe on the air. He does not know exactly what's
going on, but he's waiting for a phone call from
somebody who's making a delivery.

Speaker 1 (02:14):
Yes, literally, yeah, he literally is Hello, I'm calling for Kobe. Please.

Speaker 2 (02:25):
Hey, Kobe, it's Dave Ryan on the radio over at
kd WB. Can I talk to you about something good
for a minute?

Speaker 4 (02:33):
Sure?

Speaker 1 (02:34):
Okay, good Kobe. I'm here with.

Speaker 2 (02:36):
Your sister in law, Tara. Tara, say hi to Kobe.
Hey Kobe, Kobe, would you have any idea why we're
calling you this morning?

Speaker 4 (02:48):
No?

Speaker 1 (02:49):
Not really?

Speaker 2 (02:50):
Okay, Well, Katie Able to Be does something that we're
really proud of every year called Christmas Wish, where we
ask people to tell us about a family that has
struggled and has faced some really challenging circumstance answers. And
we heard from Tara about your situation. And Tara wrote
in a letter to tell us about your situation. And
I know you've got kids in the background, You've got

(03:10):
stuff going on, but if you can, can you do
you have a few minutes to listen to Tara read
this letter?

Speaker 1 (03:16):
Kobe. Sure, okay, whenever you're ready, Tara.

Speaker 5 (03:19):
All right, let's see if I can make it through
without crying.

Speaker 3 (03:23):
All right, So my sister Tiffany and I would like
to nominate our brother in law, Kobe and his four
beautiful children for this Christmas wish. Kobe is the boyfriend
of our youngest sister, Tina, who passed away five months ago.
Our sister Tina was such an amazing mom to her
four kids. She was so selfless for her family and
she gave all of herself. Tina struggled for many years

(03:45):
with unresolved childhood trauma, untreated mental health, and substance abuse.
She always put everyone else first to a fault. It
was almost as if she didn't know how to take
care of herself. Tiffy and I prayed for her for
many years that she would get the healing that she needed,
since we knew that recovery and healing was possible since
we both received it. Unfortunately, she never got the help

(04:06):
that she needed and continued to drink until we found
out that she had early stages of liver disease, still
even knowing that her addiction was so strong that she
could not quit. She was hospitalized over the summer in July,
and over just a span of a week, she had
been placed on life support. We had to decide to
take her off of it so she could pass away peacefully.

(04:29):
It was one of the hardest things that we've ever
done in our life.

Speaker 5 (04:34):
After this, Kobe.

Speaker 3 (04:35):
Became a single dad of four children, ages two, seven, eleven,
and fifteen. He tackled getting them into school just a
month and a half after she died, getting school clothes,
and figuring out how to manage it all. I cannot
imagine how challenging it has been for him to navigate
this new way of life. He has worked so hard
to carry his family emotionally, mentally, and financially, and there

(04:57):
is only so much one person can do. Through all
of this, Kobe has been the pillar of his four
children and has pushed through such a hard time. Kobe,
I want you to know that we see you, and
we love you, and we are here for you. We
think of you as our own brother. I hope that
this Christmas the Adams family will experience a brighter holiday
season since this is the first Christmas without their mother

(05:18):
and girlfriend. And lastly, I just want to say that
if you're struggling with substance use out there, there is
hope for recovery and to reach out to Eosis Recovery.

Speaker 2 (05:27):
And we'll get more information about that in a second.
I'm so sorry about Tina. Is just an unimaginable loss,
and that the addiction was so powerful that she knew
that it was killing her basically and she just could
not stop. Yeah, that had to been a very hard
thing to see somebody you love go through that, Kobe, Yes,

(05:49):
it was. And now life without Tina, who of course
you miss? And four kids? How's that going, Kobe?

Speaker 4 (06:01):
It's day by day thing and I just take one
day at a time. Yeah, struggle, but you know how.

Speaker 1 (06:11):
Much your family loves you and how much support you have.

Speaker 4 (06:13):
I hope, yes, I'll do, and I appreciate that.

Speaker 1 (06:17):
How are the kids doing, Kobe?

Speaker 4 (06:20):
You're good, You're doing the right You're doing good.

Speaker 1 (06:23):
Yeah, and they miss mom?

Speaker 4 (06:25):
I'm sure, yes, Yeah.

Speaker 2 (06:27):
I can't imagine four kids with two parents is challenging.
Four kids with just Kobe really challenging. It sounds like
you got this though. What's going on now? Are we
making breakfast or what are we doing right now?

Speaker 1 (06:39):
Kobe?

Speaker 4 (06:40):
Getting kids ready for school, getting ready for work?

Speaker 1 (06:43):
Okay, Well, we have some good news for you.

Speaker 2 (06:45):
With Katie wdb's Christmas wish, we try to make Christmas
a little bit brighter, a little bit easier to give
you some things that you might know that you want
and some of the things that you didn't know that
you needed. So we're going to start off with some
things for you to make you and the family, the
Adams family, I love that. To make it a little
bit easier. We're going to start off with this is

(07:05):
very simple.

Speaker 1 (07:07):
Gas. Everybody needs gas.

Speaker 2 (07:09):
Every Christmas Wish from Holiday Station Stores gets one hundred
and one dollar Holiday gas card every fuel purchase now
through December seventeenth. Holiday Station Stores donating a portion to
Christmas Wish, so make sure when fuel up you do
it at Holiday. There's some other cool stuff. You got
a big family there to feed. We got one hundred
dollars Broadway Pizza gift card thanks to Sarah. Everybody over

(07:31):
Broadway Pizza. There's more, There's so much more. Two hundred
dollars gift card to Saint Paul Tap. Oh, Saint Paul Tap. Wow,
that sounds awesome. It's over on Jefferson and Saint Paul.
Saint Paul Tap dot com. Oil changes from Valveline. I
know these are little things, but let's get to some
of the more fun stuff. I mean, they're all fun
don't get me wrong. Two hundred dollars gift card to

(07:52):
Dick Sporting Goods, shopping or whatever you want to get
down there for you and the kids, new parent Nikes.
Three hundred dollars Cup Foods gift card. Do you think
that'll come in handy Tobe?

Speaker 4 (08:03):
Definitely.

Speaker 1 (08:05):
What's your specialty there at the house? Is it mac
and cheese?

Speaker 3 (08:08):
You?

Speaker 1 (08:08):
What's your specialty?

Speaker 2 (08:10):
Uh?

Speaker 4 (08:11):
My daughter does the mac and cheese, chicken pork chops.

Speaker 2 (08:15):
Okay, well you can load up the cart with Cub Foods.
We've got a two hundred dollars visa gift card for
you and the family that's donated by Plugs Electric and
Forrest Lake. They called the other day and they donated
a stack of visa gift cards.

Speaker 1 (08:29):
So safe home.

Speaker 2 (08:30):
Start at Plugs with a z Plugselectric dot com. Kleina
is your fifteen year old? How's Kleina doing?

Speaker 4 (08:39):
She's doing good. She's the one that's most exected because
she spent the most time with the minles. But she
show so's she's a big help right now too.

Speaker 2 (08:50):
I'm sure we've got some things for Kalina. We've somehow
heard she wanted a Vivitar digital camera. So we got
her a digital camera. We got a white van with
chair that is shipping to you. We got a heated
blanket because in Minnesota that's just a good thing to happen.
Ultra many black ugs boots they're ordered in shipped to you.
Tell me about Kingston. What is Kingston into? He's eleven.

Speaker 4 (09:14):
Kingston is into video games, roadblocks, Fortnight.

Speaker 2 (09:20):
Well, you know you can take that two hundred dollars
visa gift card and get in any events stuff. But
if you've also got some ug slippers. We've got a
Jordan beanie hat and Nike gloves, some other cool stuff,
Jordan sweatsuits. Cayenne is your seven year old, and she's
still into little kids stuff, right, yes she is. Yeah,
Well we got her a Gabby's dollhouse, Gabby's dollhouse, light

(09:40):
up cat ears, and a Squish mellow because kids love that,
some Nike stuff and Jordan's banching hat and gloves, just
so all the kids get something. Now, I'm gonna guess
Cairo two years old, they're probably into bluey am I right.

Speaker 4 (09:52):
Oh my gosh, yes, he loves blue.

Speaker 2 (09:54):
Yeah, two year olds love blue, So we got her
Bluey everything, Bluey toys, blue pajamas, sweats, jeans. We had
a dinosaur hoodie, fleece line flannel, blue sneakers, another Sarah sneakers,
so when she loses one or whatever, she got another one.
A bluey squish mellow, and then some other stuff. We
got tickets for you guys to go see the timber
Wolves take on the Clippers in Sunday. It's in February,

(10:16):
to give us some time to plan for that. And
then Treasure Island heard that you could use some new furniture.
Is that true? Yes, So they said, can we give
the family a Treasure Island bonus? We said yeah, So
we've got to check this out, Kobe. It's a two
thousand dollars gift card to Slumberland.

Speaker 4 (10:39):
Oh my gosh.

Speaker 2 (10:40):
So you can pick out what department of the furniture
store you go into first at Slumberland, I mean couches.

Speaker 1 (10:53):
Hey, you know what, Kobe.

Speaker 2 (10:54):
I know that we can't you know, we can't fix things,
but I hope that you feel the love from your
family and the people who listen to KWB and work
at k w B and all these wonderful people in
the community. Treasure Island holiday, just to feel the support.
And I wish we could do more. But hopefully this
makes a Christmas for you and the four kids a
little bit.

Speaker 4 (11:14):
Better and definitely does. I appreciate it so much.

Speaker 2 (11:19):
Kobe, you take care. There's a guy outside your house
named Brandon. He's got a van full of stuff to
bring in for the kids. And what I would do
is I would hip hot chocolate and watch him work.

Speaker 1 (11:30):
But you know you can. You can do whatever you
want to.

Speaker 2 (11:33):
But Kobe, Mary the merriest of Christmas is possible to
you and your four kids.

Speaker 4 (11:38):
I appreciate it so much. Thank you, guys.

Speaker 3 (11:41):
Yoube you can say goodbye bye.

Speaker 2 (11:46):
Kobe, you take care. Hey, give the phone number of
the the recovery place that you work for Terra. You
work there, right, Yeah, I work, okay.

Speaker 3 (11:52):
So it's nine five two five two two four five
seven four Eosis Recovery.

Speaker 1 (11:59):
Okay. So if you are yourself struggling.

Speaker 3 (12:01):
Yep, struggling with mental health or substance use, and you
can give that number of calls that can take line.

Speaker 2 (12:06):
And a lot of times people call because it's not them,
it's their mom or their sister or their partner.

Speaker 1 (12:10):
Right, yep.

Speaker 5 (12:10):
You can call it for yourself or someone else, and.

Speaker 1 (12:12):
You can help those people too. Thanks for what you do.

Speaker 2 (12:15):
Thank you, and that is Christmas wish brought to you
by Treasure Island Resorting
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