October 1, 2024 • 25 mins
This is a much more serious episode for our podcast. Mr. B sits down to interview Hunter Wilmoth about his parent's divorce, and Hunter is very candid and honest with the things that he shares and talks about. He hopes that this discussion can help other students whose parents may be going through the same thing. We hope that by listening to this podcast you will realize that NO ONE is alone out there. There is always someone to lend a helping hand; you just have to know where to look. Our thanks to Hunter for being brave and coming on to discuss this topic, as well as to his family for allowing him to talk about it. As always, we thank you for listening and supporting our gifted and talented students.
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Speaker 1 (00:12):
Hey, everybody, how's it going. We are back with another podcast.
We have a very interesting topic this time out.
Speaker 2 (00:20):
Very.
Speaker 1 (00:22):
What's strange for us, a very serious topic this time out,
and so we're doing things a little bit differently here.
I'd like to welcome you to the podcast with the
audacity and the unmitigated gauls. Just come right out and ask, hey,
what's your deal. My name is Michael Bridges, and I
am the GT and AP coordinator for the Elma School
(00:42):
District here in Alma, and I want to welcome you
to our podcast, which is of course the number one
GT podcast in the state of Arkansas because it's the
only GT podcast in the state of Arkansas. But we'd
like to thank you guys for coming on and listening.
Had a lot of listens to our last podcast about possums,
which was really cool. Had a little bit of of
(01:02):
a controversy on this last podcast. Possums are O possums.
We didn't talk about that in the podcast, but you
know what I have to say about that is, listen,
you're in the South. We don't call them O possums
in the South. They are possums. Make no mistake about it.
I see what the dictionary says. I see what the
encyclopedia says, but they are possums here in the South. Now,
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I have some very special guests in the studio with me.
Right now, I have some of our fourth grade GT
students back here behind me, dancing around looking like a
bunch of unhinged weirdos. Weirdos. How are you doing today? Good? Yeah?
See that? See that? It's kind of kind of scary
and creepy. Right. Why do I have you guys back here?
(01:49):
Why are you guys back here? Yeah? Yeah, So basically,
what I'm trying to encourage them to do is to
come on and be part of this podcast because a
lot of time fourth graders they're scared, they're intimidated, they're frightened.
They're looking at me with their big dough eyes right
now like they're terrified. So they I want to give
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them the opportunity to come on here and kind kind
of do this. So what do you guys think? That's
pretty cool with all the the equipment and instruments and stuff.
Yeah yeah, So hopefully next time, maybe i'll have I've
got a fifth grader coming up for you now, but
hopefully next time I'll have a fourth grader maybe on here,
that would be really cool. But that fifth grader that
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we've got coming on right now is Hunter Wilmoth, and
he's gonna talk to you today about a topic that
affects a lot of kids. Affects. I mean, it affected
me when I was a child. He's gonna talk to
you about divorce. And I just want to thank his
parents and his counselor and all the people involved for
just allowing him to do this, because it's it's not
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just kind of a show off podcast. It's it's for
people to maybe realize down there that they're not alone
and that there are other people going through what they're
going through. And I think Hunter does a great job
of doing that. And if you are out there and
you feel like you're alone, there are people out there
you can talk to. Talk to your mom and dad.
We have a school counselor here at Alma and in
our various different buildings, but our school counselor here at
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the intermediate school is Missus Wagner. She's more than welcome
to talk to you if you're having issues. Your school
counselor is more than willing to talk to you if
you have issues, and you may be like Hunter and
have a counselor that you go to outside of school,
and you should never feel weird about that or strange.
Speaker 2 (03:33):
You know.
Speaker 1 (03:33):
It's sometimes people need help, and we have to stop
demonizing people for saying that they need help, because there
are a lot of struggles in life you shouldn't have
to go through by yourself, and I think Hunter does
a great job of expressing that. So, you know, I
think I've done enough talk here. Guys, you think I've
done enough talking here. They always think I've done enough talking.
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So without any further ado, we're gonna go ahead and
let Hunter tell you what his deal is. All right.
So normally when we do these things, they're they're kind
of funny and they're laid back, and we try and
find things that might make people laugh. But today we're
going to cover a more serious topic. So I have
Hunter Willmeth with me today. Hunter, thank you for coming on.
Speaker 2 (04:17):
Thank you for inviting me.
Speaker 1 (04:18):
You bet, you bet. Now you have kind of a
different deal something that when you brought to me, I
was I was not expecting somebody to speak about. So Hunter,
why don't you go ahead and tell us what is your.
Speaker 2 (04:29):
Deal today, I will be talking about divorce.
Speaker 1 (04:32):
Okay, So can you tell us why you wanted to
talk about divorce today.
Speaker 2 (04:37):
I wanted to talk about divorcee because there's some kids
I know that are going through it, and I just
want to help them.
Speaker 1 (04:44):
Okay, And your parents are currently going through one right now?
Is that correct? Yeah? Okay? So and you want to
talk about this in order to help other kids. It's
a difficult thing to deal with, right right. Okay, So
how would you say that this has affected you? Like,
I mean, what is it like your personal life, your
school life, things like that. How is it? How has
it affected you?
Speaker 2 (05:04):
It's affecting my school life because sometimes I'm just in
the middle of learning and I think about it and
I just get off topic, off task, and it's just
totally alone.
Speaker 1 (05:14):
Would you say that you are worried about it? I mean,
or is it? Is it a combination of different things?
Speaker 2 (05:21):
Combination of different things?
Speaker 1 (05:22):
Combination? Okay? Okay? Has it affected like your grades or anything? No? Okay,
that's that's pretty good to be able.
Speaker 2 (05:31):
Just I start thinking about it and I just can't think.
Speaker 1 (05:34):
I can't think of anything else. It just kind of
kind of gets in the.
Speaker 2 (05:37):
Way, Well, it just can't get out of my head.
Speaker 1 (05:39):
Can't get it out of your head. Okay, So what
would you say, is the hardest thing about what you're
going through right now? That the divorce that your parents
are getting. What's what's really hard about it?
Speaker 2 (05:49):
Not seeing like my dad would I at my mom's house,
in my mom when I'm at my dad's house. But
then the hardest thing is not seeing my dogs.
Speaker 1 (05:56):
Okay, so it's like separation, if you don't mind me asking, like,
how how is that divided? Right now? Do you spend
like a week with mom a week with dad? Or
is it?
Speaker 2 (06:07):
We tried this thing, but now it's just like when
someone can have me, I'll just be there.
Speaker 1 (06:12):
Okay, Okay, it used to be that thing.
Speaker 2 (06:14):
We tried a new one who we'd go three days
with one parent. One day was the other than three
days it's the same parent and then you switch.
Speaker 1 (06:22):
Yeah, and it just kind of throws your kind of
throws your world down a kilter, right, Yeah, yeah, because
because I mean, I mean, I'm a child of divorce too.
I went through it as well, and it just kind
of when you go through it, it kind of changes
the way your world. I mean, your your foundation. What
people don't think about is is that's kind of your
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base or just used to mom and dad being there,
So when you go through that, that's that's kind of difficult.
Were you surprised when your parents got a divorce when
they told you this?
Speaker 2 (06:54):
Oh yes, definitely okay.
Speaker 1 (06:57):
When they told you, how did you react?
Speaker 2 (07:01):
Bawling, hughes down my face?
Speaker 1 (07:03):
Okay?
Speaker 2 (07:05):
But like, the main thing I asked was like, who
are you with for Christmas? You know, the main big holiday.
Speaker 1 (07:10):
Right right? What are you going to do? Yeah, because
there's there's certain kind of uncertainty there for you. Uh.
And something that I looked at that I wanted to
talk about is it's I honestly thought this number was
going to be higher, which isn't good, but like forty
two percent of marriages in a divorce, it's almost not
quite half, it's getting close to there. And then when
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I looked looked further into the statistics, if they were
married the first time and they got married a second time,
there's a sixty percent chance that that marriage is going
to end a divorce. So it's it's this is kind
of a problem, and there are a lot of people
dealing with it. So I'm really I'm really impressed that
you were able to come on here. I remember when
my mom told me her and my dad were getting
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a divorce. Now, I wasn't surprised. I had seen I
kind of lived in a home where I saw those
people interacting. And I can remember sitting at the pizza
Barn in Greenwood, Arkansas, eating a piece of pepperoni pizza
and my mom told me that her and my dad
were getting a divorce. And my reaction was not tears.
My reaction was okay, because I just I saw it happening.
So yeah, I think I think it can kind of
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you can kind of react in different ways to this.
So Hunter, what do you do to cope with all
this that you're going through? All these feelings?
Speaker 2 (08:23):
I talk to my teacher, Miss Yates, or I go
to my counselor's Okay, I have one out of school
and then I go to Miss Wagoner a lot.
Speaker 1 (08:31):
Okay, So you go to Miss Wagner, who's our school
counselor here, So you go to a private counselor outside
of school? How often? How often do.
Speaker 2 (08:38):
You go every other week?
Speaker 1 (08:40):
Every other week? And how does how does it help you.
Speaker 2 (08:44):
It's definitely helping a lot, because when I have something
really big to talk about, it's just he is one
of the most comfuting people I know. And then he
we usually play like code games while we talk, so
we have fun while we do it. Yes, it's just
really good.
Speaker 1 (09:02):
Yeah, and we've we've talked about that before. I mean,
we play games in here in GT because it's a
way to stimulate conversation and it kind of relaxes you
and then then you can start talking. So does he
just help you, like you know, you say, you get
distracted with things that are going on in your head.
Does he help you like sort those things out? Advice,
advice and everything?
Speaker 2 (09:19):
Definitely? And then also when I have some big topic,
he's just always so to talk to. Right, It's just
really easy.
Speaker 1 (09:27):
And I think it's awesome that you came out and
admitted that, because unfortunately, what do you have to say?
Because I think sometimes you hear somebody goes to a
counselor and there's like a oh my gosh, what's what's
wrong with you? Think? What do you have to say
to people like that?
Speaker 2 (09:41):
Yeah, That's how I was at the beginning, But then
now I'm like it's chill.
Speaker 1 (09:46):
Yep.
Speaker 2 (09:47):
If everyone could have a counselor, I mean that'd be good.
You know, everyone does at least one time. Everyone needs
to talk.
Speaker 1 (09:54):
To something that's true. That's true. And I think the
problem today, Hunter is there's a lot of people out
there who probably really need counts that think absolutely nothing
is wrong with them, and those are the people that
probably need the counseling the most. So yeah, I would,
I would definitely agree with that. I think counseling. Counseling
is very good, and I'm glad to hear that it's
it's helping you. So other than your counselor, I'm just
thinking about other kids who might be going through this.
(10:16):
What What are some things that you do personally to
take your mind off of things?
Speaker 2 (10:21):
I play video games with my finds Okay, that's a
good one, and then talking to my parents.
Speaker 1 (10:26):
Loving on my dogs.
Speaker 2 (10:27):
You dogs my biggest So.
Speaker 1 (10:29):
Tell me tell me a little bit about your dogs.
We've mentioned them a couple of times, so tell me
tell me about your dogs. Here.
Speaker 2 (10:34):
So I have one cockapoo, and then I have one
mini golden doodle and who name is Nola? And then
I have one big fat mean cat named Kayon.
Speaker 1 (10:47):
Fat mean cats. I love fat mean cats. Yes, attitude,
oh yeah, attitude, arrogant, stuck up, yes, I U king? Yes, yeah,
very nice. I uh. I used to couldn't stand cats,
but now that I've gotten older, I've learned to appreciate
them because I'm like, I can I can understand the
way they act towards some people. Now I'm like, yeah,
(11:08):
I get it.
Speaker 2 (11:09):
Not fed in the last maybe two hours, he will
be mad.
Speaker 1 (11:13):
Does he talk to you all the time, like, oh, yes.
Speaker 2 (11:17):
When he's hungry. When he's hungry, he's always at his ball,
just smacking the thing.
Speaker 1 (11:21):
Yes. Yeah. We have a cat named Rosie, and we
used to have a cat named Figaro. And when you
would walk past Figureo, if you hadn't fed him, he
would take his paw and slap your calf. Wouldn't claw you,
he'd just slap it, kind of shadow box.
Speaker 2 (11:36):
If you just like walk next to him, he'll try
to bite you with scatch you yes, thinky. But then
the weirdest thing is he's mean like all the time
to me, But then sometimes he's just up to me
and he's just cuddling with us, and I'm like, where
did this come from.
Speaker 1 (11:52):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (11:52):
Also, he's waking me up in my sleep, running onto
my bed, Yeah, over my face.
Speaker 1 (11:59):
Well I've heard I've heard cat people, and I'm a
cat and dog person. I like them both, but i've
heard cat people say, you know, dogs just give you
their effect affection, but for cats, you've got to work
for it. So, I mean cat people are like, you know,
it's more, it's more about like a relationship. But I
get it. I kind of like the free love that
dogs give you. They're they're kind of fun. So is
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I'm thinking of kids who might be going through this
right now? You know, because I think some people look
in at someone's life in the Spacebook generation, Instagram generation
that we're living in, and they see all these posts
and how this person lives and they think their lives
going perfectly. So there could be kids out there right
now that are kind of going through what you're going through.
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Or there are kids out there where every somebody thinks
everything's great and maybe within their house or within their home,
it's not. So what is there some advice that you
can give to other students maybe if they're going through
something like that.
Speaker 2 (12:54):
You know, like I said, just share it. With somebody,
you don't want to keep that those feelings inside. I
mean I learned from that. I that's what I used
to do.
Speaker 1 (13:03):
But now and when you did that, so let's let's
talk about that. When you did that and you kept
things inside of you, what would happen? It was it
just like was it too much to bear? Did it?
Did it stress you out? What would happen?
Speaker 2 (13:16):
It was just so hard to keep that in me
because I would in my fit finds to feel like
that I'm fears like like I'm going through good stuff right,
not like I'm fine.
Speaker 1 (13:32):
Because so you didn't really want to show weakness.
Speaker 2 (13:35):
Would that be that's exactly?
Speaker 1 (13:37):
Yeah, Yeah, yeah, I get that, and I think I
think there are a lot of people that are going
through that. There's this I've always said, we need to
have grace for everybody because you never know what somebody's
going through. You can't just look at them and say, well,
they've got it perfect, everything's great for them, because that's
not always the case. So yeah, I think I think
being able to talk to people like you said, and
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just having grace for other people. Would you say that
you've developed more grace through this process?
Speaker 2 (14:01):
Definitely? Yeah, my goodness.
Speaker 1 (14:03):
Yes, yeah, it's amazing how much strife and struggle will
help you develop that grace. It's hard, but there's good
stuff that comes out of that hard stuff.
Speaker 2 (14:10):
And then I was talking to my counsel. I was like,
the reason I was keeping in my feelings, I was
talking to him about this. I was like, the reason
I keep in my feelings is because I don't want
to show the weakness. But then he showed me that weakness,
that sadness is not weakness, it's actually strength.
Speaker 1 (14:25):
Yeah, it is. And I me personally, the people that
I look up to and I respect and I seek
out for advice, or those ones that I know who've fallen,
who had those hard times. It's really easy to go
through life when everything's coming up daisies and you can
just head in the clouds, walk around, nothing bad ever
happens to you. But it's those people that I mean,
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for lack of a better term, they have those scars
that life's given them and they learn to develop from
it because it does make you stronger.
Speaker 2 (14:55):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (14:55):
Yeah, all right, that was some heavy topics. Anything else
you want to say about that? Was there anything we
missed that you wanted to talk about or discuss because
we went pretty heavy. We had we had to kind
of stay, you know, we were when he first brought
this to me, I'm like, oh man, that will be
a great topic. But we have to be very very
careful because we wanted to respect your parents. And we
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want to thank your parents very much for allowing you
to come on here and talk about this, because they
could have said no and that would have been the
end of it. So we wanted to respect them.
Speaker 2 (15:26):
Yeah, it's like factions and for good. You don't want
them top heavy, Yes.
Speaker 1 (15:29):
You don't. You don't want We didn't want to be
too top heavy on this. But I think I think
we walked the fine line well enough to where hopefully
kids that are hearing this, you know, that maybe going
through the same things or even other problems that aren't
related to divorce. You know, I think you've given them
several things that they can do, most importantly, talking to somebody.
I think that's I think that's really good. Don't leave
that stuff bottled up inside. Okay, now for some fun questions.
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We have these fun questions that we've added, So you
got to give me five of your favorites here. One
word roughly. Okay, one one thing, roughly at least. So,
what hunter is your favorite book?
Speaker 2 (16:08):
I've just finished a series of three books. It's called
Max in the Midnights.
Speaker 1 (16:13):
I don't think i've heard about.
Speaker 2 (16:14):
That's a really good one. In the It's like almost
three hundred pages in each book, but it's really good.
Speaker 1 (16:19):
So without giving away too much details, what is it about?
What's what? What happens in the book?
Speaker 2 (16:25):
There's different ones, but I'm just going to go over
the first one, Okay, I mean it's the first one. Yes,
even though I read them in the first.
Speaker 1 (16:34):
I tell you not to do that. You start with
book one.
Speaker 2 (16:37):
I did. I didn't look to see what book is when.
Speaker 1 (16:39):
It says book three, that is not the first book.
Come on, man, Okay, Well, don't give away too much
about book one, but kind of what's it about? What
is Max? And the what is what is this book?
Speaker 2 (16:50):
So there are four kids and they you well take
the first person, yeah, that you me. Her name is Max,
and she is out. I have no clue what the
word is, but because I can't pronounce it, her and
her uncle are going around touring, and her uncle with
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a really bad singer. Okay, and they went to this
cat kingdom and that's where her uncle was thumb and
they find out that the nice king passed away. Yes,
that's what they thought, and now the really mean king.
Speaker 1 (17:32):
So this is kind of like are we talking like
medieval nights? Okay, so this is this isn't the Way
Way Back machine? Okay, Okay, So if people like kind
of fantasy and stuff like that, this might be okay,
all right, cool favorite movie?
Speaker 2 (17:44):
Oh that's easy.
Speaker 1 (17:46):
I was easy, really.
Speaker 2 (17:47):
Yeah, questions. I was like, that's easy.
Speaker 1 (17:50):
This cake. Okay, what you got?
Speaker 2 (17:52):
The newest Transformers movie, Rise of the.
Speaker 1 (17:55):
Beast really the brand new one?
Speaker 2 (17:57):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (17:57):
Is that the one with the gorilla thing?
Speaker 2 (17:59):
Yeah? I've read all the I mean, I've watched Transformer Mood. Yeah,
it was just the best one.
Speaker 1 (18:04):
Interesting. I've heard good things about the Transformer move. I've
I've never broken out. We went on the Transformer ride
at Universal Studios in Orlando and that was pretty cool.
But I got I may have to watch the movie. Okay,
this one should be pretty tough. Okay. No, I'm gonna
start with number three, and then I'm gonna go watch two,
and then I'm gonna go watch one and then and
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then four and five, I'm gonna do it totally like
it's gonna be like a tornado hit him and spun
them up. All right. So favorite food. Everybody loves the pizza.
I'm a big fan of pizza. Pizza is almost like
cheating because you can take the pizza and throw anything
on top of it.
Speaker 2 (18:41):
Because they never said it's a specific type of pizza.
That is true cookie pizza, Oh.
Speaker 1 (18:47):
Cookie pizza, That dessert pizza swords.
Speaker 2 (18:49):
The cinnamon pizza.
Speaker 1 (18:51):
Yea cinnamon sticks and the cheese bread cheese stick. Oh
thing with the garlic and the butter pizza is just
it is. Pizza is great. When you got good pizza,
that's like that's happiness right there. So what what is
your favorite topping of pizza? Sausage, sausage. I like sausage.
I'm a sausage I'm a pepperoni guy especially. Yeah yeah yeah,
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pizza hut. Yeah. One of my favorite pizzas is from
Kavanaugh Pizza Parlor. They're the only ones that I've seen
that make this. They make a cheeseburger pizza.
Speaker 2 (19:23):
I'm pretty sure I've seen someone of us make it.
Speaker 1 (19:26):
The Hideaway has one, but the way pizza Parlor does it.
There's no red sauce on it, and the sauce is
basically mustard. So it's mustard, lettuce, pickles, hamburger meat, and
like three different kinds of cheeses stood overload. No, it's good.
It's so good.
Speaker 2 (19:44):
I mean, I get I like, I love mustard. It's
just a it's a little bit sour.
Speaker 1 (19:49):
Do you eat? Do you eat your pizza cold or warm?
Like after after you've got it cooked and you've got
it in the fridge do you take it out and
reheat it?
Speaker 2 (19:57):
Sometimes? But most of the time no.
Speaker 1 (19:59):
Cheese. Your pizza from Kabanaugh Pizza Parlor is the best cold.
Speaker 2 (20:03):
It's like pizza.
Speaker 1 (20:05):
It's so good. It's so good you have to try
it sometimes. Okay. What is your favorite band or and
or type of music?
Speaker 2 (20:15):
Metallica is one of the only bands I know Metallica. Huh, well,
I really only know one song, but I don't I
can't think of any others.
Speaker 1 (20:22):
That's like, that's like back when I was a kid,
that's that was what was.
Speaker 2 (20:26):
But then my favorite type of music Christian.
Speaker 1 (20:28):
Rap, Christian rap, Christian hip hop, Christian rap hip hop. Yeah,
So who is your favorite Christian rap hip hop artist.
Speaker 2 (20:36):
You have one, it's either gonna be KB.
Speaker 1 (20:40):
Okay, okay, all right, I like that. I like that
mostly KB, though KB.
Speaker 2 (20:45):
I like a bunch of songs.
Speaker 1 (20:46):
I've heard some of his stuff and it's it is,
it's pretty good. So what's your favorite memory.
Speaker 2 (20:52):
Getting my dogs? So? First, when I got Evy uh huh,
I was in like first or second good. I had
COVID and we went to pet call and we're meeting
someone in the poking lot at like nine at night. Yes,
and I'd kill her just in the back seat, holding
her on the way home and the sweetest moment. And
then noah, I got her last year, yes, or the
year before something like that. Yeah, it was last year
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and like the beginning of you and my parents were
getting good. But we're supposed to go get her somewhere
like four hours away.
Speaker 1 (21:24):
Wow.
Speaker 2 (21:24):
And they said they'd get her in like a few weeks.
But then one day they surprised me after school with her.
So I came in the doors, I saw this little
pub there and I was like, it was just my
happiest moment. You're so sweet. But then Evie, she's kind
of even two point zero because the first one that
we're gonna get was white. I don't think it was
(21:47):
a cockapoo, but huh. And they died of some fought
some uh.
Speaker 1 (21:52):
Doctes parvo probably, yeah, parvo parvo. That's that's yeah, that's
a really bad one. It's funny you got a cockapoo
because we have a have a pooh which is that
he anie I think, and a poodle. I think that's
what it's called. Yeah, they're supposed to be hypoallergenic dogs,
so if you've got a dog allergy, they don't do
pet dander and stuff like that, and like people with
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pet allergies can have them. So but we're like you.
We had to drive. I think we drove to Little Rock.
The person was like in Memphis, and we drove the
Little Rock met him halfway. But I think that's a
really good memory because I can remember getting Allie. I
remember when we got our old neck. I remember when
we got our pug Baxter when I was a kid.
You just remember those times when you first get that pet.
(22:34):
So that's that's a really good memory. Okay, here's a
hard one. Although you said you've already figured it out,
Describe yourself in one word strong. I like the way
you said that too is kind of drawn out strong.
So why strong would you say? Like what you've been
going through has shown you.
Speaker 2 (22:54):
Yes, And because when I talked to Miss Yates, my teacher,
I talked to her quite a bit. One thing she's
always said to me is yours strong. Mm hm she
said that that Jans Tordly both know that and both
think that. So I mean, like, I'll take it.
Speaker 1 (23:09):
Yeah, Hey, that's pretty good when you get praise from
both your teachers. That's that's that's that is.
Speaker 2 (23:14):
I mean, not at the same time, but well, but this.
Speaker 1 (23:18):
Totally yeah, yeah, absolutely absolutely. Okay, So we're at the
end of the podcast. You've made it. Now we have
one thing left to do, and that is you have
to give me a shout out. So what we want here,
as the people who listen know, is we want somebody
that has helped you, which you just said, there's a
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lot of people that have helped you here recently. So
just one or two people that maybe you want to
give a shout out to. And why so go ahead, Hunter.
Speaker 2 (23:49):
Like both miss missus Wagner in school counselor and then
my out school counselor Nathan Weiniki, I'm pretty sure, okay, okay,
and then my teacher missus.
Speaker 1 (24:04):
Seats okay, and your teacher mitches yates because they've all
been there for you while you've been going through this. Okay,
all right, so this is for you guys. That one
was loud, man, I think we might have just blown
out some people's car speakers or earbuds right there. So
(24:25):
sometimes that happens though. All right, Well, Hunter, I'm gonna
tell you something. They said strong, I'm gonna say brave.
So I think you were pretty brave to be able
to come on here and to discuss this today, because
I think divorce affects a lot of people and kind of,
like you said, they want to hide it and run
away from it. And you were honest and strong enough
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and brave enough to come on here and talk about it.
And I just want to say that I really appreciate it,
and I'm proud of you. Thank you all right, thank
you for being here, Hunter, and thank you all for
listening at
Hey, everybody, how's it going. We are back with another podcast.
We have a very interesting topic this time out.
Speaker 2 (00:20):
Very.
Speaker 1 (00:22):
What's strange for us, a very serious topic this time out,
and so we're doing things a little bit differently here.
I'd like to welcome you to the podcast with the
audacity and the unmitigated gauls. Just come right out and ask, hey,
what's your deal. My name is Michael Bridges, and I
am the GT and AP coordinator for the Elma School
(00:42):
District here in Alma, and I want to welcome you
to our podcast, which is of course the number one
GT podcast in the state of Arkansas because it's the
only GT podcast in the state of Arkansas. But we'd
like to thank you guys for coming on and listening.
Had a lot of listens to our last podcast about possums,
which was really cool. Had a little bit of of
(01:02):
a controversy on this last podcast. Possums are O possums.
We didn't talk about that in the podcast, but you
know what I have to say about that is, listen,
you're in the South. We don't call them O possums
in the South. They are possums. Make no mistake about it.
I see what the dictionary says. I see what the
encyclopedia says, but they are possums here in the South. Now,
(01:26):
I have some very special guests in the studio with me.
Right now, I have some of our fourth grade GT
students back here behind me, dancing around looking like a
bunch of unhinged weirdos. Weirdos. How are you doing today? Good? Yeah?
See that? See that? It's kind of kind of scary
and creepy. Right. Why do I have you guys back here?
(01:49):
Why are you guys back here? Yeah? Yeah, So basically,
what I'm trying to encourage them to do is to
come on and be part of this podcast because a
lot of time fourth graders they're scared, they're intimidated, they're frightened.
They're looking at me with their big dough eyes right
now like they're terrified. So they I want to give
(02:10):
them the opportunity to come on here and kind kind
of do this. So what do you guys think? That's
pretty cool with all the the equipment and instruments and stuff.
Yeah yeah, So hopefully next time, maybe i'll have I've
got a fifth grader coming up for you now, but
hopefully next time I'll have a fourth grader maybe on here,
that would be really cool. But that fifth grader that
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we've got coming on right now is Hunter Wilmoth, and
he's gonna talk to you today about a topic that
affects a lot of kids. Affects. I mean, it affected
me when I was a child. He's gonna talk to
you about divorce. And I just want to thank his
parents and his counselor and all the people involved for
just allowing him to do this, because it's it's not
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just kind of a show off podcast. It's it's for
people to maybe realize down there that they're not alone
and that there are other people going through what they're
going through. And I think Hunter does a great job
of doing that. And if you are out there and
you feel like you're alone, there are people out there
you can talk to. Talk to your mom and dad.
We have a school counselor here at Alma and in
our various different buildings, but our school counselor here at
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the intermediate school is Missus Wagner. She's more than welcome
to talk to you if you're having issues. Your school
counselor is more than willing to talk to you if
you have issues, and you may be like Hunter and
have a counselor that you go to outside of school,
and you should never feel weird about that or strange.
Speaker 2 (03:33):
You know.
Speaker 1 (03:33):
It's sometimes people need help, and we have to stop
demonizing people for saying that they need help, because there
are a lot of struggles in life you shouldn't have
to go through by yourself, and I think Hunter does
a great job of expressing that. So, you know, I
think I've done enough talk here. Guys, you think I've
done enough talking here. They always think I've done enough talking.
(03:54):
So without any further ado, we're gonna go ahead and
let Hunter tell you what his deal is. All right.
So normally when we do these things, they're they're kind
of funny and they're laid back, and we try and
find things that might make people laugh. But today we're
going to cover a more serious topic. So I have
Hunter Willmeth with me today. Hunter, thank you for coming on.
Speaker 2 (04:17):
Thank you for inviting me.
Speaker 1 (04:18):
You bet, you bet. Now you have kind of a
different deal something that when you brought to me, I
was I was not expecting somebody to speak about. So Hunter,
why don't you go ahead and tell us what is your.
Speaker 2 (04:29):
Deal today, I will be talking about divorce.
Speaker 1 (04:32):
Okay, So can you tell us why you wanted to
talk about divorce today.
Speaker 2 (04:37):
I wanted to talk about divorcee because there's some kids
I know that are going through it, and I just
want to help them.
Speaker 1 (04:44):
Okay, And your parents are currently going through one right now?
Is that correct? Yeah? Okay? So and you want to
talk about this in order to help other kids. It's
a difficult thing to deal with, right right. Okay, So
how would you say that this has affected you? Like,
I mean, what is it like your personal life, your
school life, things like that. How is it? How has
it affected you?
Speaker 2 (05:04):
It's affecting my school life because sometimes I'm just in
the middle of learning and I think about it and
I just get off topic, off task, and it's just
totally alone.
Speaker 1 (05:14):
Would you say that you are worried about it? I mean,
or is it? Is it a combination of different things?
Speaker 2 (05:21):
Combination of different things?
Speaker 1 (05:22):
Combination? Okay? Okay? Has it affected like your grades or anything? No? Okay,
that's that's pretty good to be able.
Speaker 2 (05:31):
Just I start thinking about it and I just can't think.
Speaker 1 (05:34):
I can't think of anything else. It just kind of
kind of gets in the.
Speaker 2 (05:37):
Way, Well, it just can't get out of my head.
Speaker 1 (05:39):
Can't get it out of your head. Okay, So what
would you say, is the hardest thing about what you're
going through right now? That the divorce that your parents
are getting. What's what's really hard about it?
Speaker 2 (05:49):
Not seeing like my dad would I at my mom's house,
in my mom when I'm at my dad's house. But
then the hardest thing is not seeing my dogs.
Speaker 1 (05:56):
Okay, so it's like separation, if you don't mind me asking, like,
how how is that divided? Right now? Do you spend
like a week with mom a week with dad? Or
is it?
Speaker 2 (06:07):
We tried this thing, but now it's just like when
someone can have me, I'll just be there.
Speaker 1 (06:12):
Okay, Okay, it used to be that thing.
Speaker 2 (06:14):
We tried a new one who we'd go three days
with one parent. One day was the other than three
days it's the same parent and then you switch.
Speaker 1 (06:22):
Yeah, and it just kind of throws your kind of
throws your world down a kilter, right, Yeah, yeah, because
because I mean, I mean, I'm a child of divorce too.
I went through it as well, and it just kind
of when you go through it, it kind of changes
the way your world. I mean, your your foundation. What
people don't think about is is that's kind of your
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base or just used to mom and dad being there,
So when you go through that, that's that's kind of difficult.
Were you surprised when your parents got a divorce when
they told you this?
Speaker 2 (06:54):
Oh yes, definitely okay.
Speaker 1 (06:57):
When they told you, how did you react?
Speaker 2 (07:01):
Bawling, hughes down my face?
Speaker 1 (07:03):
Okay?
Speaker 2 (07:05):
But like, the main thing I asked was like, who
are you with for Christmas? You know, the main big holiday.
Speaker 1 (07:10):
Right right? What are you going to do? Yeah, because
there's there's certain kind of uncertainty there for you. Uh.
And something that I looked at that I wanted to
talk about is it's I honestly thought this number was
going to be higher, which isn't good, but like forty
two percent of marriages in a divorce, it's almost not
quite half, it's getting close to there. And then when
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I looked looked further into the statistics, if they were
married the first time and they got married a second time,
there's a sixty percent chance that that marriage is going
to end a divorce. So it's it's this is kind
of a problem, and there are a lot of people
dealing with it. So I'm really I'm really impressed that
you were able to come on here. I remember when
my mom told me her and my dad were getting
(07:52):
a divorce. Now, I wasn't surprised. I had seen I
kind of lived in a home where I saw those
people interacting. And I can remember sitting at the pizza
Barn in Greenwood, Arkansas, eating a piece of pepperoni pizza
and my mom told me that her and my dad
were getting a divorce. And my reaction was not tears.
My reaction was okay, because I just I saw it happening.
So yeah, I think I think it can kind of
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you can kind of react in different ways to this.
So Hunter, what do you do to cope with all
this that you're going through? All these feelings?
Speaker 2 (08:23):
I talk to my teacher, Miss Yates, or I go
to my counselor's Okay, I have one out of school
and then I go to Miss Wagoner a lot.
Speaker 1 (08:31):
Okay, So you go to Miss Wagner, who's our school
counselor here, So you go to a private counselor outside
of school? How often? How often do.
Speaker 2 (08:38):
You go every other week?
Speaker 1 (08:40):
Every other week? And how does how does it help you.
Speaker 2 (08:44):
It's definitely helping a lot, because when I have something
really big to talk about, it's just he is one
of the most comfuting people I know. And then he
we usually play like code games while we talk, so
we have fun while we do it. Yes, it's just
really good.
Speaker 1 (09:02):
Yeah, and we've we've talked about that before. I mean,
we play games in here in GT because it's a
way to stimulate conversation and it kind of relaxes you
and then then you can start talking. So does he
just help you, like you know, you say, you get
distracted with things that are going on in your head.
Does he help you like sort those things out? Advice,
advice and everything?
Speaker 2 (09:19):
Definitely? And then also when I have some big topic,
he's just always so to talk to. Right, It's just
really easy.
Speaker 1 (09:27):
And I think it's awesome that you came out and
admitted that, because unfortunately, what do you have to say?
Because I think sometimes you hear somebody goes to a
counselor and there's like a oh my gosh, what's what's
wrong with you? Think? What do you have to say
to people like that?
Speaker 2 (09:41):
Yeah, That's how I was at the beginning, But then
now I'm like it's chill.
Speaker 1 (09:46):
Yep.
Speaker 2 (09:47):
If everyone could have a counselor, I mean that'd be good.
You know, everyone does at least one time. Everyone needs
to talk.
Speaker 1 (09:54):
To something that's true. That's true. And I think the
problem today, Hunter is there's a lot of people out
there who probably really need counts that think absolutely nothing
is wrong with them, and those are the people that
probably need the counseling the most. So yeah, I would,
I would definitely agree with that. I think counseling. Counseling
is very good, and I'm glad to hear that it's
it's helping you. So other than your counselor, I'm just
thinking about other kids who might be going through this.
(10:16):
What What are some things that you do personally to
take your mind off of things?
Speaker 2 (10:21):
I play video games with my finds Okay, that's a
good one, and then talking to my parents.
Speaker 1 (10:26):
Loving on my dogs.
Speaker 2 (10:27):
You dogs my biggest So.
Speaker 1 (10:29):
Tell me tell me a little bit about your dogs.
We've mentioned them a couple of times, so tell me
tell me about your dogs. Here.
Speaker 2 (10:34):
So I have one cockapoo, and then I have one
mini golden doodle and who name is Nola? And then
I have one big fat mean cat named Kayon.
Speaker 1 (10:47):
Fat mean cats. I love fat mean cats. Yes, attitude,
oh yeah, attitude, arrogant, stuck up, yes, I U king? Yes, yeah,
very nice. I uh. I used to couldn't stand cats,
but now that I've gotten older, I've learned to appreciate
them because I'm like, I can I can understand the
way they act towards some people. Now I'm like, yeah,
(11:08):
I get it.
Speaker 2 (11:09):
Not fed in the last maybe two hours, he will
be mad.
Speaker 1 (11:13):
Does he talk to you all the time, like, oh, yes.
Speaker 2 (11:17):
When he's hungry. When he's hungry, he's always at his ball,
just smacking the thing.
Speaker 1 (11:21):
Yes. Yeah. We have a cat named Rosie, and we
used to have a cat named Figaro. And when you
would walk past Figureo, if you hadn't fed him, he
would take his paw and slap your calf. Wouldn't claw you,
he'd just slap it, kind of shadow box.
Speaker 2 (11:36):
If you just like walk next to him, he'll try
to bite you with scatch you yes, thinky. But then
the weirdest thing is he's mean like all the time
to me, But then sometimes he's just up to me
and he's just cuddling with us, and I'm like, where
did this come from.
Speaker 1 (11:52):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (11:52):
Also, he's waking me up in my sleep, running onto
my bed, Yeah, over my face.
Speaker 1 (11:59):
Well I've heard I've heard cat people, and I'm a
cat and dog person. I like them both, but i've
heard cat people say, you know, dogs just give you
their effect affection, but for cats, you've got to work
for it. So, I mean cat people are like, you know,
it's more, it's more about like a relationship. But I
get it. I kind of like the free love that
dogs give you. They're they're kind of fun. So is
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I'm thinking of kids who might be going through this
right now? You know, because I think some people look
in at someone's life in the Spacebook generation, Instagram generation
that we're living in, and they see all these posts
and how this person lives and they think their lives
going perfectly. So there could be kids out there right
now that are kind of going through what you're going through.
(12:41):
Or there are kids out there where every somebody thinks
everything's great and maybe within their house or within their home,
it's not. So what is there some advice that you
can give to other students maybe if they're going through
something like that.
Speaker 2 (12:54):
You know, like I said, just share it. With somebody,
you don't want to keep that those feelings inside. I
mean I learned from that. I that's what I used
to do.
Speaker 1 (13:03):
But now and when you did that, so let's let's
talk about that. When you did that and you kept
things inside of you, what would happen? It was it
just like was it too much to bear? Did it?
Did it stress you out? What would happen?
Speaker 2 (13:16):
It was just so hard to keep that in me
because I would in my fit finds to feel like
that I'm fears like like I'm going through good stuff right,
not like I'm fine.
Speaker 1 (13:32):
Because so you didn't really want to show weakness.
Speaker 2 (13:35):
Would that be that's exactly?
Speaker 1 (13:37):
Yeah, Yeah, yeah, I get that, and I think I
think there are a lot of people that are going
through that. There's this I've always said, we need to
have grace for everybody because you never know what somebody's
going through. You can't just look at them and say, well,
they've got it perfect, everything's great for them, because that's
not always the case. So yeah, I think I think
being able to talk to people like you said, and
(13:57):
just having grace for other people. Would you say that
you've developed more grace through this process?
Speaker 2 (14:01):
Definitely? Yeah, my goodness.
Speaker 1 (14:03):
Yes, yeah, it's amazing how much strife and struggle will
help you develop that grace. It's hard, but there's good
stuff that comes out of that hard stuff.
Speaker 2 (14:10):
And then I was talking to my counsel. I was like,
the reason I was keeping in my feelings, I was
talking to him about this. I was like, the reason
I keep in my feelings is because I don't want
to show the weakness. But then he showed me that weakness,
that sadness is not weakness, it's actually strength.
Speaker 1 (14:25):
Yeah, it is. And I me personally, the people that
I look up to and I respect and I seek
out for advice, or those ones that I know who've fallen,
who had those hard times. It's really easy to go
through life when everything's coming up daisies and you can
just head in the clouds, walk around, nothing bad ever
happens to you. But it's those people that I mean,
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for lack of a better term, they have those scars
that life's given them and they learn to develop from
it because it does make you stronger.
Speaker 2 (14:55):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (14:55):
Yeah, all right, that was some heavy topics. Anything else
you want to say about that? Was there anything we
missed that you wanted to talk about or discuss because
we went pretty heavy. We had we had to kind
of stay, you know, we were when he first brought
this to me, I'm like, oh man, that will be
a great topic. But we have to be very very
careful because we wanted to respect your parents. And we
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want to thank your parents very much for allowing you
to come on here and talk about this, because they
could have said no and that would have been the
end of it. So we wanted to respect them.
Speaker 2 (15:26):
Yeah, it's like factions and for good. You don't want
them top heavy, Yes.
Speaker 1 (15:29):
You don't. You don't want We didn't want to be
too top heavy on this. But I think I think
we walked the fine line well enough to where hopefully
kids that are hearing this, you know, that maybe going
through the same things or even other problems that aren't
related to divorce. You know, I think you've given them
several things that they can do, most importantly, talking to somebody.
I think that's I think that's really good. Don't leave
that stuff bottled up inside. Okay, now for some fun questions.
(15:54):
We have these fun questions that we've added, So you
got to give me five of your favorites here. One
word roughly. Okay, one one thing, roughly at least. So,
what hunter is your favorite book?
Speaker 2 (16:08):
I've just finished a series of three books. It's called
Max in the Midnights.
Speaker 1 (16:13):
I don't think i've heard about.
Speaker 2 (16:14):
That's a really good one. In the It's like almost
three hundred pages in each book, but it's really good.
Speaker 1 (16:19):
So without giving away too much details, what is it about?
What's what? What happens in the book?
Speaker 2 (16:25):
There's different ones, but I'm just going to go over
the first one, Okay, I mean it's the first one. Yes,
even though I read them in the first.
Speaker 1 (16:34):
I tell you not to do that. You start with
book one.
Speaker 2 (16:37):
I did. I didn't look to see what book is when.
Speaker 1 (16:39):
It says book three, that is not the first book.
Come on, man, Okay, Well, don't give away too much
about book one, but kind of what's it about? What
is Max? And the what is what is this book?
Speaker 2 (16:50):
So there are four kids and they you well take
the first person, yeah, that you me. Her name is Max,
and she is out. I have no clue what the
word is, but because I can't pronounce it, her and
her uncle are going around touring, and her uncle with
(17:13):
a really bad singer. Okay, and they went to this
cat kingdom and that's where her uncle was thumb and
they find out that the nice king passed away. Yes,
that's what they thought, and now the really mean king.
Speaker 1 (17:32):
So this is kind of like are we talking like
medieval nights? Okay, so this is this isn't the Way
Way Back machine? Okay, Okay, So if people like kind
of fantasy and stuff like that, this might be okay,
all right, cool favorite movie?
Speaker 2 (17:44):
Oh that's easy.
Speaker 1 (17:46):
I was easy, really.
Speaker 2 (17:47):
Yeah, questions. I was like, that's easy.
Speaker 1 (17:50):
This cake. Okay, what you got?
Speaker 2 (17:52):
The newest Transformers movie, Rise of the.
Speaker 1 (17:55):
Beast really the brand new one?
Speaker 2 (17:57):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (17:57):
Is that the one with the gorilla thing?
Speaker 2 (17:59):
Yeah? I've read all the I mean, I've watched Transformer Mood. Yeah,
it was just the best one.
Speaker 1 (18:04):
Interesting. I've heard good things about the Transformer move. I've
I've never broken out. We went on the Transformer ride
at Universal Studios in Orlando and that was pretty cool.
But I got I may have to watch the movie. Okay,
this one should be pretty tough. Okay. No, I'm gonna
start with number three, and then I'm gonna go watch two,
and then I'm gonna go watch one and then and
(18:25):
then four and five, I'm gonna do it totally like
it's gonna be like a tornado hit him and spun
them up. All right. So favorite food. Everybody loves the pizza.
I'm a big fan of pizza. Pizza is almost like
cheating because you can take the pizza and throw anything
on top of it.
Speaker 2 (18:41):
Because they never said it's a specific type of pizza.
That is true cookie pizza, Oh.
Speaker 1 (18:47):
Cookie pizza, That dessert pizza swords.
Speaker 2 (18:49):
The cinnamon pizza.
Speaker 1 (18:51):
Yea cinnamon sticks and the cheese bread cheese stick. Oh
thing with the garlic and the butter pizza is just
it is. Pizza is great. When you got good pizza,
that's like that's happiness right there. So what what is
your favorite topping of pizza? Sausage, sausage. I like sausage.
I'm a sausage I'm a pepperoni guy especially. Yeah yeah yeah,
(19:14):
pizza hut. Yeah. One of my favorite pizzas is from
Kavanaugh Pizza Parlor. They're the only ones that I've seen
that make this. They make a cheeseburger pizza.
Speaker 2 (19:23):
I'm pretty sure I've seen someone of us make it.
Speaker 1 (19:26):
The Hideaway has one, but the way pizza Parlor does it.
There's no red sauce on it, and the sauce is
basically mustard. So it's mustard, lettuce, pickles, hamburger meat, and
like three different kinds of cheeses stood overload. No, it's good.
It's so good.
Speaker 2 (19:44):
I mean, I get I like, I love mustard. It's
just a it's a little bit sour.
Speaker 1 (19:49):
Do you eat? Do you eat your pizza cold or warm?
Like after after you've got it cooked and you've got
it in the fridge do you take it out and
reheat it?
Speaker 2 (19:57):
Sometimes? But most of the time no.
Speaker 1 (19:59):
Cheese. Your pizza from Kabanaugh Pizza Parlor is the best cold.
Speaker 2 (20:03):
It's like pizza.
Speaker 1 (20:05):
It's so good. It's so good you have to try
it sometimes. Okay. What is your favorite band or and
or type of music?
Speaker 2 (20:15):
Metallica is one of the only bands I know Metallica. Huh, well,
I really only know one song, but I don't I
can't think of any others.
Speaker 1 (20:22):
That's like, that's like back when I was a kid,
that's that was what was.
Speaker 2 (20:26):
But then my favorite type of music Christian.
Speaker 1 (20:28):
Rap, Christian rap, Christian hip hop, Christian rap hip hop. Yeah,
So who is your favorite Christian rap hip hop artist.
Speaker 2 (20:36):
You have one, it's either gonna be KB.
Speaker 1 (20:40):
Okay, okay, all right, I like that. I like that
mostly KB, though KB.
Speaker 2 (20:45):
I like a bunch of songs.
Speaker 1 (20:46):
I've heard some of his stuff and it's it is,
it's pretty good. So what's your favorite memory.
Speaker 2 (20:52):
Getting my dogs? So? First, when I got Evy uh huh,
I was in like first or second good. I had
COVID and we went to pet call and we're meeting
someone in the poking lot at like nine at night. Yes,
and I'd kill her just in the back seat, holding
her on the way home and the sweetest moment. And
then noah, I got her last year, yes, or the
year before something like that. Yeah, it was last year
(21:15):
and like the beginning of you and my parents were
getting good. But we're supposed to go get her somewhere
like four hours away.
Speaker 1 (21:24):
Wow.
Speaker 2 (21:24):
And they said they'd get her in like a few weeks.
But then one day they surprised me after school with her.
So I came in the doors, I saw this little
pub there and I was like, it was just my
happiest moment. You're so sweet. But then Evie, she's kind
of even two point zero because the first one that
we're gonna get was white. I don't think it was
(21:47):
a cockapoo, but huh. And they died of some fought
some uh.
Speaker 1 (21:52):
Doctes parvo probably, yeah, parvo parvo. That's that's yeah, that's
a really bad one. It's funny you got a cockapoo
because we have a have a pooh which is that
he anie I think, and a poodle. I think that's
what it's called. Yeah, they're supposed to be hypoallergenic dogs,
so if you've got a dog allergy, they don't do
pet dander and stuff like that, and like people with
(22:14):
pet allergies can have them. So but we're like you.
We had to drive. I think we drove to Little Rock.
The person was like in Memphis, and we drove the
Little Rock met him halfway. But I think that's a
really good memory because I can remember getting Allie. I
remember when we got our old neck. I remember when
we got our pug Baxter when I was a kid.
You just remember those times when you first get that pet.
(22:34):
So that's that's a really good memory. Okay, here's a
hard one. Although you said you've already figured it out,
Describe yourself in one word strong. I like the way
you said that too is kind of drawn out strong.
So why strong would you say? Like what you've been
going through has shown you.
Speaker 2 (22:54):
Yes, And because when I talked to Miss Yates, my teacher,
I talked to her quite a bit. One thing she's
always said to me is yours strong. Mm hm she
said that that Jans Tordly both know that and both
think that. So I mean, like, I'll take it.
Speaker 1 (23:09):
Yeah, Hey, that's pretty good when you get praise from
both your teachers. That's that's that's that is.
Speaker 2 (23:14):
I mean, not at the same time, but well, but this.
Speaker 1 (23:18):
Totally yeah, yeah, absolutely absolutely. Okay, So we're at the
end of the podcast. You've made it. Now we have
one thing left to do, and that is you have
to give me a shout out. So what we want here,
as the people who listen know, is we want somebody
that has helped you, which you just said, there's a
(23:40):
lot of people that have helped you here recently. So
just one or two people that maybe you want to
give a shout out to. And why so go ahead, Hunter.
Speaker 2 (23:49):
Like both miss missus Wagner in school counselor and then
my out school counselor Nathan Weiniki, I'm pretty sure, okay, okay,
and then my teacher missus.
Speaker 1 (24:04):
Seats okay, and your teacher mitches yates because they've all
been there for you while you've been going through this. Okay,
all right, so this is for you guys. That one
was loud, man, I think we might have just blown
out some people's car speakers or earbuds right there. So
(24:25):
sometimes that happens though. All right, Well, Hunter, I'm gonna
tell you something. They said strong, I'm gonna say brave.
So I think you were pretty brave to be able
to come on here and to discuss this today, because
I think divorce affects a lot of people and kind of,
like you said, they want to hide it and run
away from it. And you were honest and strong enough
(24:46):
and brave enough to come on here and talk about it.
And I just want to say that I really appreciate it,
and I'm proud of you. Thank you all right, thank
you for being here, Hunter, and thank you all for
listening at
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