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December 10, 2025 • 15 mins
Molly's husband Garrett passed away very suddenly, leaving her and her 3-year old daughter to face Christmas alone. 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):
One one Kat the Dave Ryan in the morning shows
Christmas Wish Today. With the roads, it is not the
best day to have somebody drive in to ask them
to talk about their Christmas wish. So we said, you
get a pass, no driving. You don't need to drive
in today because the roads are kind of a drive

(00:20):
carefully and you'll get there eventually. The one person who
did have to drive today is your buddy Brandon from
over at College Muscle Movers. Brandon, did you drive to
the destination today? I did?

Speaker 2 (00:35):
My man? Where did you drive to? Yup? Lost? You
try it one more time.

Speaker 1 (00:45):
Town? Okay, gotcha? Okay, Well, thanks for driving. How are
the roads, Brandon?

Speaker 3 (00:51):
Oh it's the wincher wonder that way.

Speaker 4 (00:56):
Did you have to get up extra early today knowing
that to take you a little bit longer?

Speaker 3 (01:01):
Oh crap, I'm a still getting there right now. Yeah,
it's pretty bad there.

Speaker 1 (01:06):
Take your time, Brandon. You know what, you get a past.
You are Santa's little helper, you are an angel of Christmas.

Speaker 2 (01:12):
You get a pass.

Speaker 1 (01:13):
Thank you for doing this, and thanks to College Muscle
Movers for doing the unloading and loading and that type
of thing. And there's a big, big big heavy thing today.
That's part of Christmas wish. So what do we do
that if we don't have the wishers here? What we
got them on the phone? I think they're both on
the same phone. Christy, are you there?

Speaker 3 (01:32):
Yes? Good morning?

Speaker 2 (01:34):
Ashley? Are you there?

Speaker 3 (01:36):
Yes?

Speaker 5 (01:36):
Good morning?

Speaker 2 (01:37):
Are you two?

Speaker 1 (01:37):
You're two together in the same phone. Are you like
at a house or in the car? What are you doing?

Speaker 3 (01:43):
We're in a car together.

Speaker 1 (01:44):
Okay, Well, I'm glad you're here to do Christmas wish.
Let's get started and talk about who is the first
of all, who is the wish for? Without details? Who
is the wish for?

Speaker 5 (01:56):
It is for one of our good friends and co
workers and her daughter.

Speaker 1 (02:02):
Okay, and so they're okay, so let's hear what the
wish is all about. I know you've got the wish
there in front of you. If you got time, If
you got time, I'm sure you do. Let us hear
the wish that Andrea, I'm sorry, Christy and Ashley are
going to read for Christmas wish.

Speaker 2 (02:19):
Go ahead when you're ready.

Speaker 4 (02:20):
Well, do you want me to get the person on
the phone quick?

Speaker 2 (02:23):
Thank you? Yes, thank you? I got all excited. Okay,
it's a little.

Speaker 4 (02:26):
Bit backwards without having them in.

Speaker 2 (02:27):
Okay, so I.

Speaker 4 (02:28):
Think it gets confusing.

Speaker 2 (02:29):
Yes, okay, for sure.

Speaker 4 (02:30):
So let's dump Brandon.

Speaker 1 (02:32):
Dump Brandon. Sorry Brandon, Bye bye bye. By the way,
College Muscle Movers helps out with every wish And if
you are moving anytime soon and you're looking for a
great local company and you want to be branded in person,
then call College Muscle Movers are online College Muscle Movers. Hello,
I'm calling for Mollie. Yeah, Hi, Mollie, It's Dave Ryan

(02:54):
over at kd WB Radio. Would you have any idea
why i'd be calling with your friends Christy and Ashley today?

Speaker 6 (03:01):
Oh my god?

Speaker 2 (03:02):
No, Well, can you hear your friends on the phone?

Speaker 3 (03:13):
We love you?

Speaker 2 (03:15):
Is she still there, Mollie, he's there.

Speaker 5 (03:20):
She's just crying.

Speaker 3 (03:22):
I'm just crying.

Speaker 1 (03:22):
Okay, Molly, Well let me you might have an idea
why we're calling Christmas wish with Katie WB and we're
going to talk about a tremendous loss in your family.
And they wrote us a letter and now Christy and
Ashley will read this letter so you can hear what
they wrote in.

Speaker 3 (03:40):
Okay, are you ready?

Speaker 6 (03:44):
Molly? Sure?

Speaker 3 (03:46):
Why not?

Speaker 6 (03:47):
Okay, here we go.

Speaker 3 (03:49):
When you think of solma Hey family, Mollie, Jarrett and Sylvie,
a few things immediately come to mind. Joy, hearing for others,
and love. Whether they were camping, going for a walk,
playing at the playground, or just relaxing in their backyard,
you could see and feel the joy radiating from them.
It was and still is impossible not to smile when

(04:13):
you're around them. This family cares deeply for each other
and for everyone in their lives.

Speaker 6 (04:19):
Garrett showed his.

Speaker 3 (04:20):
Love through the daily lunches he made for Molly that
left her coworkers envious, especially me, His dedications to spending
time with his family, his hard work as a plumber
serving our Saint Paul's community, and his unwavering commitment to
always putting his family first. Molly will take on any

(04:42):
challenge to help her family, the students she works with
in Saint Paul's schools, and countless others.

Speaker 6 (04:48):
She has an.

Speaker 3 (04:49):
Incredible gift of making you laugh, making you feel welcome,
and lifting your spirits. And then there's still be, a
sweet three year old whose smile and kindness touched the
hearts of everyone around her. The love between them is undeniable.
When you see them together you can't help but feel
the warmth they share in their love that they give

(05:09):
those around them to know if Molly, Garrett and Sylvie
is to truly feel blessed. It's with heavy hearts that
we share that Molly and Phylvie suffered an unimaginable loss
when Garrett passed away unexpectedly in August at just thirty
eight years old.

Speaker 5 (05:25):
True to form, both Molly and Sylvie have faced this
tragedy with incredible strength and resilience. Even without Garrett, they
continue to be a family filled with joy, care, and
love for each other and everyone around them. As friends, family,
and coworkers of Molly. This Christmas, we watch to surround

(05:45):
Molly and Sylvie with love, comfort, and kindness. They have
given so much to all of us and to so
many others, Okay, that we want to remind them that
they are not alone. We will continue to hold them
close and walk with them on this journey.

Speaker 1 (06:02):
I think I hear somebody, Yeah, there's that might be
Sylvie making an appearance in the background. Yeah, Molly, I'm
so sorry about Garrett. I just can't imagine just you know,
kind of very unexpectedly, just in August at thirty eight
years old, he was gone, Yeah, and I can't imagine
adjusting to life like that when you're expecting the next

(06:26):
thirty forty fifty years together ever practically, Yeah, I'm so
sorry about that. So life has been a big adjustment.
But there are so many people that care about you,
that care about Sylvie, and I love what they said
about how you are just one of those people that
just you know, brings a smile to everybody that you meet.

(06:49):
Sylvie is very curious. What is Sylvie up to now?

Speaker 3 (06:53):
She's shutting the door on me so that I can
cry in my room by myself.

Speaker 1 (06:56):
Oh okay, I'm very considered to hear her. Well with
if you just turned the radio on, we're talking. Usually
we do these, you know, kind of in person with
one the wisher wishy on the phone, but with the
roads today we have the wishers on the phone and
I want to talk to you a little bit about Molly,
about what Christmas wish is and we find people like.

Speaker 2 (07:19):
You who you know years Yeah, wonderful.

Speaker 1 (07:24):
Well, let me tell you what some of the things
are that we want to do for you and Sylvie.
To number one, just make you feel loved and appreciated
and seen and recognized and maybe kind of make you.
I think one of the things about pain and grief
is sometimes it comes in waves, and there will be
times when it's like, oh, it's been fifteen minutes since
I've thought about anything, and other times it's just very heavy.

(07:48):
I hope this will bring you one of those times
where it's just it helps relieve the grief a little bit.

Speaker 2 (07:52):
Let's talk about Sylvie.

Speaker 3 (07:53):
She is how old Santa.

Speaker 2 (07:57):
Told me she's into Blueye is that true? Yeah? Yeah, yeah.
We got a bunch of blue stuff.

Speaker 1 (08:02):
We got a bunch of We got a blue backpack,
coloring book, Bluey, this Bluey that we for some We
came up with a kinetic sand soft serve station, which
is hard to describe, but it's really cool.

Speaker 2 (08:16):
Okay, good, I'm glad you found that.

Speaker 1 (08:18):
Guys like that, a bluey tent, a life size kitchen
play set, bluey squish mellows, and a shopping card. There's
gon be so much blue all over the house, yes, exactly.
Sneakers and we got a couple of sleds and a
winter coat, mittens and a beanie an our generation dress
up doll, which you've heard if you've heard of those.

Speaker 2 (08:40):
Those were super cool.

Speaker 1 (08:42):
And then for mom, we got a bunch of stuff
for mom, some fun, some practical. We hear you're a runner,
is that right? Yeah? Okay, We've got you a two
hundred dollars Hoka gift card for new shoes. We're gonna
send you down to targ with a five hundred dollars
Target gift card. Now that can be for anything. That

(09:04):
can be for Colgate toothpaste, that can be for tide pods,
that can be for you know, running stuff. Whatever you want.
We got a just some fun little things. A Starbucks
tumbler and mug. We hear you're a Starbucks person. Yeah, okay, good.

Speaker 2 (09:23):
What's your order over at Starbucks?

Speaker 4 (09:25):
I like express one that's very good.

Speaker 1 (09:31):
And they found something called Eos Vanilla cashmir body oil
body wash and body missed great. So something you'll enjoy, uh,
for you and Sylvie and some friends or whatever you want.
To break it up, We've got a one hundred dollars
Broadway Pizza gift card. And I will thank every person
who donated. Every business that donated, I will plug them

(09:54):
shamelessly because they didn't have to do this. They're taking
it out of their own pockets. Broadway Pizza Sarah and
everybody Broadway donated two thousand dollars in Broadway Pizza gift cards.
They didn't ask for anything in exchange. Everybody at Valveeling
Instant oil change. They donated two free oil changes from
Valveeling this year. I know it's not the most Christmasy

(10:14):
thing of all time, but you might need an oil
change necessary no change. I V three hundred dollars high
V gift card shop high V this holiday season. Don't
forget to sign up for high V Perch to get
even more discounts and deals. So thanks to Hive, they
heard about wish and they said, what can we do
to help out? A two hundred dollars gift card to
Saint Paul Tap that's on Jefferson Avenue over in Saint

(10:36):
Paul's sag.

Speaker 4 (10:38):
Yeah, it's a place good food.

Speaker 1 (10:42):
Check out Saint Paul Tap MN dot com. One hundred
and fifty dollars gift card to Woodhouse Spas and eaton Prairie.
You know it's a little bit of a dry, but
it's worth it to Woodhouse Spas. Thanks Megan and everybody
over there in eaton prairie.

Speaker 3 (10:55):
Uh.

Speaker 1 (10:55):
And you can get a Woodhouse Spa gift card for
the perfect holiday gift woodhouse spas dot com for.

Speaker 6 (11:01):
The fact that I threw out my back a few
days ago.

Speaker 2 (11:03):
How'd you throw out your back? What were you doing.

Speaker 3 (11:06):
Between you all?

Speaker 6 (11:07):
A three year old crawling all over you and shoveling snow?

Speaker 4 (11:09):
You know a classic? It is what it is?

Speaker 1 (11:11):
This is perfect? Okay, good a little relaxing massage. But
there's more for your Christmas wish lot. And all of
these people just heard about this. No wait, my favorite
one is the last one, and we're gonna get to
that in a second. Okay, I've got a two hundred
dollars vis a gift card to spend on whatever you want,
donated by Plugs Electric and floor Forest like plug z

(11:35):
safe Home started Plugs Electric dot Com.

Speaker 2 (11:38):
We got one.

Speaker 1 (11:39):
Hundred and one dollar holiday gas card so you won't
have to worry about getting a couple of tanks of gas.
That's on holiday for every fuel purchase now through December seventeenth.
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(12:03):
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Speaker 6 (12:22):
How is that not your mail?

Speaker 1 (12:23):
Okay, that's my That is the tie. But I love
this one because it's so different. What is your dog's name?

Speaker 6 (12:30):
Cash Cash Money has philbe called them?

Speaker 2 (12:32):
Okay? And then you got two cats too? What are
their names?

Speaker 6 (12:35):
Yeah? Lucy and Millie?

Speaker 2 (12:37):
Lucy Millie. How big of a dog is cash.

Speaker 6 (12:40):
Cash is like freaking almost ninety pounds.

Speaker 1 (12:45):
I was talking to our friends at Fido's pantry. Shout
out Sarah and Andrew over in excelsior, chan hassen. They
donated so much stuff, three giant bags of dog food,
three bags of kitty litter, forty pounds apiece. Oh my
dog toys, cat toys, cat treats, dog treats and that's

(13:06):
all from Fido's Pantry and Nutris Source dog Food donated
two of those bags. I want to give a shout
out to those as well, so we can't forget the
fuzzy friends, A healthy pet, happy pet. Check them out
at fidospantry dot com.

Speaker 3 (13:19):
Yeah, going up right now, he'll be so happy.

Speaker 1 (13:22):
I am so glad that we got to hold of
you for Christmas, but I'm so sorry about your loss.
Just such a hard thing. And the first Christmas to
go through this, it's got to be. It feels different
this year, doesn't it.

Speaker 6 (13:33):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, it's just well, yeah, like he just
it was kind of out of noise, camped and worked
that weekend and he was gone by Wednesday.

Speaker 2 (13:44):
And so.

Speaker 3 (13:49):
I mean, you guys are amazing and obviously Ashton Christine,
obviously my brother.

Speaker 6 (13:53):
Who convinced me to stay home.

Speaker 3 (13:54):
For a delivery from seven to nine.

Speaker 5 (13:56):
Yeah, deliver high House.

Speaker 6 (14:00):
Thanks Kai.

Speaker 1 (14:01):
Well your deliveries outside that is going to be Brandon
from College muscle Movers. And let me tell you that
there's a lot of dog food out there, a lot
of dog food and cat litter.

Speaker 2 (14:11):
And other stuff too.

Speaker 6 (14:14):
Perfect.

Speaker 1 (14:15):
Have have the best holiday you can with little Sylvie
under the circumstances. And thanks for taking the call with
Christmas wish and I'll let you say your goodbyes to
Christy and Ashley.

Speaker 6 (14:27):
I love you guys so much. Is that why Tom
came and showing me aut at six a m.

Speaker 5 (14:30):
This morning like yead of helpers. So thank you Tom,
Thank you Hya, thank.

Speaker 3 (14:37):
You everyone but everyone here guys so much.

Speaker 1 (14:43):
Thank you Christy and Ashley for doing this. We really
appreciate it. Merry Christmas and thanks for listening, uh to
Katie WB and you never thought you'd be a recipitingh
a Christmas wish, no Molly, but but here you are
all right.

Speaker 2 (14:56):
You take care.

Speaker 6 (14:57):
Thank you so much.

Speaker 2 (14:58):
Thank you Christmas wish on KDW
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