December 20, 2024 • 10 mins
Bertha wrote us about Ashley. To say the least, Ashley's had to take on a role she was not expecting at 25. Her family is struggling to make end's meet... Let's see how we can help.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
It's the John Jayne Rich Christmas Wish.
Speaker 2 (00:03):
One O four to seven kiss I f I me's
John Jaye Rich. It's time for Christmas Wish. We have
Bertha with this.
Speaker 3 (00:12):
Good morning, Bertha, Yes, Hi, good morning.
Speaker 2 (00:15):
I don't read the letter just yet, but tell us
a little bit, just in your own words about Ashley.
Speaker 3 (00:21):
Well, Ashley, I met her over a year ago. She's
a really sweet young lady. I met her through my daughter.
They actually, you know, I started dating and we got
to know her and her family and her situation. And
(00:41):
you know, she's just been going through a lot of
stuff these last couple of.
Speaker 1 (00:45):
Years, taking care of her whole family, like right since
her her parents died a little while ago.
Speaker 3 (00:51):
That it is correct. So she is the oldest and
she takes care of her two siblings, and it's a
new responsibility for her. It's just a new situation for
the three of them, and you know, they they struggled
to try to, you know, keep each other in good
spirits and you know, trying to learn this this just
(01:13):
this new way of life.
Speaker 1 (01:15):
How and when did her parents die?
Speaker 3 (01:19):
So her father passed away a couple of years ago.
He got sick and I think COVID was related, or
he passed away because of COVID and maybe some other complications,
and then her mother just recently passed away. I think
it was maybe April.
Speaker 2 (01:37):
Okay, she has no idea we're calling her right No, No,
she doesn't.
Speaker 1 (01:43):
Okay, she's at work right now.
Speaker 2 (01:45):
Correct.
Speaker 1 (01:46):
Okay, we're going to call her right now. Okay, to
take on all that responsibility out of nowhere. That's a lot. Hi,
is Ashley there? Please?
Speaker 4 (02:02):
Oh?
Speaker 1 (02:03):
Yes, this is her. Hey Ashley, it's John Jay and
Rich were wondering if we could put you on the
radio for just a second. Oh yeah, we have a
letter here.
Speaker 2 (02:12):
Somebody wrote us about you, from Bertha, and it touched
all of our hearts, especially the love up board. I
mean you just your situation in your stories touched a
lot of people. So we asked Bertha to come on
our radio show and read it to you on the air.
Do you have a minute, Yeah, okay, Bertha, go ahead.
Speaker 3 (02:34):
Dear John, Jay and Rich. Christmas is a time to
gather with family and enjoy. But for one young lady,
I know, time with family means something different. Ashley lost
her father and mother a couple of years ago and
is the oldest child of three. She has an eighteen
year old sister and a seventeen year old brother. The
(02:57):
three of them live together and are struggling to make
me Ashley currently works two jobs to try to keep
the siblings under one roof and must be both a
mom and a sister. Recently, their refrigerator and television broke,
and other bills are piling up. They so vally need
a break and some happiness this holiday season. Please consider
(03:20):
granting this Christmas wish.
Speaker 5 (03:22):
Thank you, Ashley.
Speaker 1 (03:31):
Yes, so, we would like to grant a Christmas wish
for you.
Speaker 4 (03:39):
Christmas wish.
Speaker 1 (03:40):
Yes, so, We're going.
Speaker 2 (03:41):
To try to give you a couple things to make
Christmas a little easier for you and your.
Speaker 1 (03:45):
Brother and sister.
Speaker 5 (03:48):
Okay, great, Okay.
Speaker 1 (03:50):
Let me go over a couple of things for you.
Speaker 2 (03:54):
Papa Murphy's Papa Murphy's Taking Bake Pizza has gifted you
all gift certificates for five free large pizzas to be
used at any of their nine Tucson locations. Also, the
United Food Bank is providing a holiday box with turkey rolls, produce, stuffing,
can goods, and all the fixings for a holiday meal
(04:15):
for you.
Speaker 1 (04:15):
And your siblings.
Speaker 4 (04:19):
That sounds great.
Speaker 1 (04:20):
Good.
Speaker 2 (04:21):
We're also going to give you a two hundred dollars
gift card for any groceries you need at any grocery store.
So you're taking care of your brother and your sister, right, Yeah,
your sister June, she's eighteen.
Speaker 1 (04:40):
Yeah. Can I go over this list for you of
what we got her for Christmas?
Speaker 4 (04:44):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (04:45):
We got her one hundred and fifty dollars gift card
to Kohl's and one hundred dollars gift.
Speaker 1 (04:49):
Card to foot Locker.
Speaker 4 (04:51):
She really love that.
Speaker 2 (04:53):
We also got her some canvas, some paints and some
brushes and adult craft kit, envision boards, some bath bombs,
face mask, foot masks, imasks, noise canceling headphones, and full
size betting and pillow with sheets, pillowcases and a comforter.
Speaker 1 (05:10):
That's just for her. Oh my god.
Speaker 2 (05:15):
Now for Michael, your seventeen year old brother, Yeah, we
got him one hundred and fifty dollars gift card to Cole's,
one hundred dollars gift card to Dick Sporting Goods in
one hundred dollars gift card to Amazon to buy paintball gear.
Speaker 1 (05:31):
We also got him queen size.
Speaker 2 (05:32):
Betting and pillow with sheets, pillowcases, comforter, and two collectible cars.
Speaker 3 (05:38):
Oh my yead, they're going to be so happy when
I kit them and.
Speaker 1 (05:41):
You take care of them. So we got you something, Ashley.
How old are you? Twenty five and you're taking care
of your brother and your sister? My god.
Speaker 2 (05:50):
Yeah, well we got you one hundred and fifty dollars
gift card to Cole's and one hundred dollars gift card
to foot Locker in one hundred dollars gift card to
massage Envy.
Speaker 1 (06:01):
That sounds great.
Speaker 2 (06:02):
We also got your fifty dollars gift card to Harkins
Movie Theater. We got you some bath bombs, some face masks,
foot masks, imasks, full sized bedding with pillows, sheets, pillowcases, comforter,
and a portable Bluetooth speaker.
Speaker 1 (06:15):
That's all for you, Ashley.
Speaker 5 (06:18):
Oh my god, that sounds great.
Speaker 4 (06:23):
Thank you guys so much.
Speaker 1 (06:24):
You're welcome. Merry Christmas. Thank you. So Bertha said in
a letter that your refrigerator broke.
Speaker 3 (06:34):
Yeah, so there's no trying to get it fixed, but
I haven't had a chance.
Speaker 2 (06:40):
Well, there's a company in Tucson. This guy is just amazing.
His name's Chris Edwards. He owns two Son appliants. He said,
there's no way she should have a Brooken refrigerator. So
two Son appliants, they're gonna let you pick out a
new refrigerator whatever you want from their location.
Speaker 1 (07:01):
Really yeah, they'll deliver it. They'll do all of that.
Speaker 4 (07:11):
I don't even know what to say, like, this helps
me up so much.
Speaker 1 (07:14):
You deserve it. Yeah, thank you. We heard Michael needs
a bed, right does Michael needs a bed?
Speaker 2 (07:21):
Yeah. Our friends at Ashley Furniture in Green Valley picked
out a platform queen bed frame and mattress just for him.
Thank you so much, thank you, Bertha.
Speaker 1 (07:41):
Hold on, we're not done.
Speaker 2 (07:44):
They also Ashley Furniture, Green Valley picked out a full
sleeper sofa for your living room.
Speaker 4 (07:56):
You guys are doing all of this.
Speaker 2 (07:59):
Yeah, we're also doing and one more thing real quick.
Your TV broke, so we got your new TV for
your living room too. Merry Christmas, Ashley.
Speaker 3 (08:15):
Thank you someone man, Christmas Ashley.
Speaker 2 (08:18):
We love you, Bertha. Hold on a second, hold on, Ashley,
where are you right now?
Speaker 5 (08:23):
I'm currently at work.
Speaker 1 (08:25):
Okay.
Speaker 2 (08:25):
My wife, Blake is our Christmas elf and she has
everything that we just talked about ready to give you
right now.
Speaker 1 (08:31):
Blake. Are you there?
Speaker 4 (08:33):
Yeah, I'm here.
Speaker 1 (08:34):
Can you see Ashley? Or Ashley? Can you walk outside?
Speaker 4 (08:36):
I haven't come out yet.
Speaker 1 (08:37):
You got to come outside, Ashley.
Speaker 4 (08:39):
Okay, we have an excite. We have some exciting news.
Speaker 1 (08:42):
You do. Do you want to say it right now?
Speaker 5 (08:44):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (08:44):
Yeah? Actually, Ashy? Can you hear Blake?
Speaker 4 (08:47):
Yeah, I can hear.
Speaker 1 (08:48):
Before you walk out, Ashley, listen to this. What do
you have, Blake?
Speaker 4 (08:50):
Chris from Tucson Appliance is going to give you a
brand new washer on dry and the refrigerator.
Speaker 5 (08:56):
Yes, oh wow, very Christmas.
Speaker 4 (09:03):
Oh oh, and all your people are here. It's so sweet,
so sweet.
Speaker 1 (09:19):
What do you mean her people are there?
Speaker 4 (09:21):
Her friends and family are here.
Speaker 1 (09:23):
Birth Are you there?
Speaker 3 (09:25):
Yeah, I'm still here.
Speaker 1 (09:26):
No, but you do you there with her? Can you
see Ashley?
Speaker 5 (09:29):
Yes?
Speaker 4 (09:30):
Just see each other?
Speaker 1 (09:31):
Right, Blake. Is Chris Edwards there?
Speaker 4 (09:38):
Yeah? Chris here?
Speaker 2 (09:39):
Let me could you put him on the phone both Chris,
You're amazing, you beautiful man.
Speaker 1 (09:45):
You you are amazing. Chris Widow.
Speaker 4 (09:51):
By the way, purple hair. It's hard.
Speaker 1 (09:53):
Chris Edwards has lost his mind a little bit. But okay, you.
Speaker 3 (09:57):
Guys generous because Chris Edwards she is so deserral.
Speaker 4 (10:01):
She's taking care of her seventeen and eighteen year old.
Speaker 1 (10:03):
Yeah, which is did Christmas. It was definitely nover her
to catch a break.
Speaker 4 (10:08):
How's it going to Ashley?
Speaker 1 (10:11):
All right? Is my wife? Cry? Come on over and.
Speaker 4 (10:15):
Cry, Jacob. I can't get through one of these without
the tears.
Speaker 1 (10:20):
Bertha, thank you, actually, Merry Merry Christmas.
Speaker 4 (10:24):
Thank you so thank you so much. Merry Christmas.
Speaker 3 (10:26):
Follow you, Merry Christmas.
It's the John Jayne Rich Christmas Wish.
Speaker 2 (00:03):
One O four to seven kiss I f I me's
John Jaye Rich. It's time for Christmas Wish. We have
Bertha with this.
Speaker 3 (00:12):
Good morning, Bertha, Yes, Hi, good morning.
Speaker 2 (00:15):
I don't read the letter just yet, but tell us
a little bit, just in your own words about Ashley.
Speaker 3 (00:21):
Well, Ashley, I met her over a year ago. She's
a really sweet young lady. I met her through my daughter.
They actually, you know, I started dating and we got
to know her and her family and her situation. And
(00:41):
you know, she's just been going through a lot of
stuff these last couple of.
Speaker 1 (00:45):
Years, taking care of her whole family, like right since
her her parents died a little while ago.
Speaker 3 (00:51):
That it is correct. So she is the oldest and
she takes care of her two siblings, and it's a
new responsibility for her. It's just a new situation for
the three of them, and you know, they they struggled
to try to, you know, keep each other in good
spirits and you know, trying to learn this this just
(01:13):
this new way of life.
Speaker 1 (01:15):
How and when did her parents die?
Speaker 3 (01:19):
So her father passed away a couple of years ago.
He got sick and I think COVID was related, or
he passed away because of COVID and maybe some other complications,
and then her mother just recently passed away. I think
it was maybe April.
Speaker 2 (01:37):
Okay, she has no idea we're calling her right No, No,
she doesn't.
Speaker 1 (01:43):
Okay, she's at work right now.
Speaker 2 (01:45):
Correct.
Speaker 1 (01:46):
Okay, we're going to call her right now. Okay, to
take on all that responsibility out of nowhere. That's a lot. Hi,
is Ashley there? Please?
Speaker 4 (02:02):
Oh?
Speaker 1 (02:03):
Yes, this is her. Hey Ashley, it's John Jay and
Rich were wondering if we could put you on the
radio for just a second. Oh yeah, we have a
letter here.
Speaker 2 (02:12):
Somebody wrote us about you, from Bertha, and it touched
all of our hearts, especially the love up board. I
mean you just your situation in your stories touched a
lot of people. So we asked Bertha to come on
our radio show and read it to you on the air.
Do you have a minute, Yeah, okay, Bertha, go ahead.
Speaker 3 (02:34):
Dear John, Jay and Rich. Christmas is a time to
gather with family and enjoy. But for one young lady,
I know, time with family means something different. Ashley lost
her father and mother a couple of years ago and
is the oldest child of three. She has an eighteen
year old sister and a seventeen year old brother. The
(02:57):
three of them live together and are struggling to make
me Ashley currently works two jobs to try to keep
the siblings under one roof and must be both a
mom and a sister. Recently, their refrigerator and television broke,
and other bills are piling up. They so vally need
a break and some happiness this holiday season. Please consider
(03:20):
granting this Christmas wish.
Speaker 5 (03:22):
Thank you, Ashley.
Speaker 1 (03:31):
Yes, so, we would like to grant a Christmas wish
for you.
Speaker 4 (03:39):
Christmas wish.
Speaker 1 (03:40):
Yes, so, We're going.
Speaker 2 (03:41):
To try to give you a couple things to make
Christmas a little easier for you and your.
Speaker 1 (03:45):
Brother and sister.
Speaker 5 (03:48):
Okay, great, Okay.
Speaker 1 (03:50):
Let me go over a couple of things for you.
Speaker 2 (03:54):
Papa Murphy's Papa Murphy's Taking Bake Pizza has gifted you
all gift certificates for five free large pizzas to be
used at any of their nine Tucson locations. Also, the
United Food Bank is providing a holiday box with turkey rolls, produce, stuffing,
can goods, and all the fixings for a holiday meal
(04:15):
for you.
Speaker 1 (04:15):
And your siblings.
Speaker 4 (04:19):
That sounds great.
Speaker 1 (04:20):
Good.
Speaker 2 (04:21):
We're also going to give you a two hundred dollars
gift card for any groceries you need at any grocery store.
So you're taking care of your brother and your sister, right, Yeah,
your sister June, she's eighteen.
Speaker 1 (04:40):
Yeah. Can I go over this list for you of
what we got her for Christmas?
Speaker 4 (04:44):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (04:45):
We got her one hundred and fifty dollars gift card
to Kohl's and one hundred dollars gift.
Speaker 1 (04:49):
Card to foot Locker.
Speaker 4 (04:51):
She really love that.
Speaker 2 (04:53):
We also got her some canvas, some paints and some
brushes and adult craft kit, envision boards, some bath bombs,
face mask, foot masks, imasks, noise canceling headphones, and full
size betting and pillow with sheets, pillowcases and a comforter.
Speaker 1 (05:10):
That's just for her. Oh my god.
Speaker 2 (05:15):
Now for Michael, your seventeen year old brother, Yeah, we
got him one hundred and fifty dollars gift card to Cole's,
one hundred dollars gift card to Dick Sporting Goods in
one hundred dollars gift card to Amazon to buy paintball gear.
Speaker 1 (05:31):
We also got him queen size.
Speaker 2 (05:32):
Betting and pillow with sheets, pillowcases, comforter, and two collectible cars.
Speaker 3 (05:38):
Oh my yead, they're going to be so happy when
I kit them and.
Speaker 1 (05:41):
You take care of them. So we got you something, Ashley.
How old are you? Twenty five and you're taking care
of your brother and your sister? My god.
Speaker 2 (05:50):
Yeah, well we got you one hundred and fifty dollars
gift card to Cole's and one hundred dollars gift card
to foot Locker in one hundred dollars gift card to
massage Envy.
Speaker 1 (06:01):
That sounds great.
Speaker 2 (06:02):
We also got your fifty dollars gift card to Harkins
Movie Theater. We got you some bath bombs, some face masks,
foot masks, imasks, full sized bedding with pillows, sheets, pillowcases, comforter,
and a portable Bluetooth speaker.
Speaker 1 (06:15):
That's all for you, Ashley.
Speaker 5 (06:18):
Oh my god, that sounds great.
Speaker 4 (06:23):
Thank you guys so much.
Speaker 1 (06:24):
You're welcome. Merry Christmas. Thank you. So Bertha said in
a letter that your refrigerator broke.
Speaker 3 (06:34):
Yeah, so there's no trying to get it fixed, but
I haven't had a chance.
Speaker 2 (06:40):
Well, there's a company in Tucson. This guy is just amazing.
His name's Chris Edwards. He owns two Son appliants. He said,
there's no way she should have a Brooken refrigerator. So
two Son appliants, they're gonna let you pick out a
new refrigerator whatever you want from their location.
Speaker 1 (07:01):
Really yeah, they'll deliver it. They'll do all of that.
Speaker 4 (07:11):
I don't even know what to say, like, this helps
me up so much.
Speaker 1 (07:14):
You deserve it. Yeah, thank you. We heard Michael needs
a bed, right does Michael needs a bed?
Speaker 2 (07:21):
Yeah. Our friends at Ashley Furniture in Green Valley picked
out a platform queen bed frame and mattress just for him.
Thank you so much, thank you, Bertha.
Speaker 1 (07:41):
Hold on, we're not done.
Speaker 2 (07:44):
They also Ashley Furniture, Green Valley picked out a full
sleeper sofa for your living room.
Speaker 4 (07:56):
You guys are doing all of this.
Speaker 2 (07:59):
Yeah, we're also doing and one more thing real quick.
Your TV broke, so we got your new TV for
your living room too. Merry Christmas, Ashley.
Speaker 3 (08:15):
Thank you someone man, Christmas Ashley.
Speaker 2 (08:18):
We love you, Bertha. Hold on a second, hold on, Ashley,
where are you right now?
Speaker 5 (08:23):
I'm currently at work.
Speaker 1 (08:25):
Okay.
Speaker 2 (08:25):
My wife, Blake is our Christmas elf and she has
everything that we just talked about ready to give you
right now.
Speaker 1 (08:31):
Blake. Are you there?
Speaker 4 (08:33):
Yeah, I'm here.
Speaker 1 (08:34):
Can you see Ashley? Or Ashley? Can you walk outside?
Speaker 4 (08:36):
I haven't come out yet.
Speaker 1 (08:37):
You got to come outside, Ashley.
Speaker 4 (08:39):
Okay, we have an excite. We have some exciting news.
Speaker 1 (08:42):
You do. Do you want to say it right now?
Speaker 5 (08:44):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (08:44):
Yeah? Actually, Ashy? Can you hear Blake?
Speaker 4 (08:47):
Yeah, I can hear.
Speaker 1 (08:48):
Before you walk out, Ashley, listen to this. What do
you have, Blake?
Speaker 4 (08:50):
Chris from Tucson Appliance is going to give you a
brand new washer on dry and the refrigerator.
Speaker 5 (08:56):
Yes, oh wow, very Christmas.
Speaker 4 (09:03):
Oh oh, and all your people are here. It's so sweet,
so sweet.
Speaker 1 (09:19):
What do you mean her people are there?
Speaker 4 (09:21):
Her friends and family are here.
Speaker 1 (09:23):
Birth Are you there?
Speaker 3 (09:25):
Yeah, I'm still here.
Speaker 1 (09:26):
No, but you do you there with her? Can you
see Ashley?
Speaker 5 (09:29):
Yes?
Speaker 4 (09:30):
Just see each other?
Speaker 1 (09:31):
Right, Blake. Is Chris Edwards there?
Speaker 4 (09:38):
Yeah? Chris here?
Speaker 2 (09:39):
Let me could you put him on the phone both Chris,
You're amazing, you beautiful man.
Speaker 1 (09:45):
You you are amazing. Chris Widow.
Speaker 4 (09:51):
By the way, purple hair. It's hard.
Speaker 1 (09:53):
Chris Edwards has lost his mind a little bit. But okay, you.
Speaker 3 (09:57):
Guys generous because Chris Edwards she is so deserral.
Speaker 4 (10:01):
She's taking care of her seventeen and eighteen year old.
Speaker 1 (10:03):
Yeah, which is did Christmas. It was definitely nover her
to catch a break.
Speaker 4 (10:08):
How's it going to Ashley?
Speaker 1 (10:11):
All right? Is my wife? Cry? Come on over and.
Speaker 4 (10:15):
Cry, Jacob. I can't get through one of these without
the tears.
Speaker 1 (10:20):
Bertha, thank you, actually, Merry Merry Christmas.
Speaker 4 (10:24):
Thank you so thank you so much. Merry Christmas.
Speaker 3 (10:26):
Follow you, Merry Christmas.
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