EPISODE 58: A Community Favorite Lori Schultz Development Outreach Events Strategist UW Health Kids!
October 30, 2025 • 36 mins
Awe I absolutely love this woman! I'm so excited to bring on my bestie and a community favorite Lori Schultz "Development Outreach Events Strategist for UW Health Kids on the Madtown Mom Squad! You don't want to miss this strong and resilient mom who shares her journey's path, why the Children's Hospital is so important to her, we talk about "The Burning Bush" A great night out with Belly Dancers, Garth Brooks Daughter, the key to a happy marriage and an update on her beautiful family!
Get to Know Lori:
Lori Schultz is the Development Outreach Events Strategist for UW Health Kids, where she works with Community Partners to raise funds for American Family Children’s Hospital. A valued member of the UW Health Events Team since 2015, Lori brings a wealth of experience in building relationships and creating stewardship opportunities with the donors and partners she works with annually. She attends numerous events throughout the year working with groups that range in size from school groups to large cooperation's. Lori also coordinates, organizes and executes the annual American Family Children’s Hospital Radiothon where she works with the staff and leadership at Mid-West Family Broadcasting here in Madison as well as scheduling patient families who share their stories of being treated at our world-class hospital. Lori gets to know the families on a personal level and is able to share their stories with the marketing team and other UW Health event planners when they need a patient family and story to share. Lori has another role with UW Health as a Patient Advocate for the St. Baldrick’s Foundation – Stand Up to Cancer Pediatric Cancer Dream Team. She works closely with the Pediatric Cancer Team here in Madison to help them share their research with the public in terms that everyone can understand. Patient Advocacy is close to Lori’s heart as she lost her daughter Kristina to childhood cancer back in 2007. She knows the importance of research and works to not only bring awareness to the research being done right here in Madison, but also helps to raise money for that all important work.
Get to Know Lori:
Lori Schultz is the Development Outreach Events Strategist for UW Health Kids, where she works with Community Partners to raise funds for American Family Children’s Hospital. A valued member of the UW Health Events Team since 2015, Lori brings a wealth of experience in building relationships and creating stewardship opportunities with the donors and partners she works with annually. She attends numerous events throughout the year working with groups that range in size from school groups to large cooperation's. Lori also coordinates, organizes and executes the annual American Family Children’s Hospital Radiothon where she works with the staff and leadership at Mid-West Family Broadcasting here in Madison as well as scheduling patient families who share their stories of being treated at our world-class hospital. Lori gets to know the families on a personal level and is able to share their stories with the marketing team and other UW Health event planners when they need a patient family and story to share. Lori has another role with UW Health as a Patient Advocate for the St. Baldrick’s Foundation – Stand Up to Cancer Pediatric Cancer Dream Team. She works closely with the Pediatric Cancer Team here in Madison to help them share their research with the public in terms that everyone can understand. Patient Advocacy is close to Lori’s heart as she lost her daughter Kristina to childhood cancer back in 2007. She knows the importance of research and works to not only bring awareness to the research being done right here in Madison, but also helps to raise money for that all important work.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
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Speaker 2 (00:15):
Hey mamas, welcome back to the Mantown Mom Squad.
Speaker 3 (00:19):
I feel like I have royalty in the house.
Speaker 2 (00:22):
Because, Honey, she is definitely a queen. Everywhere she goes
in Madison and surrounding areas, people are.
Speaker 4 (00:28):
Like, oh my god, there she is.
Speaker 3 (00:31):
Oh my gosh, can I have a picture with you.
Speaker 2 (00:33):
Let's be honest, all right, First off, let me introduce
this beautiful woman to you. Well, first off, she is
definitely a highlight when it comes to many children's lives.
Speaker 3 (00:45):
Her name is Laurie Schultz.
Speaker 2 (00:47):
She is the Development Outreach Event Strategist for UW Health Kids,
where she works with community partners to raise funds for
the American Family Children's Hospital, which is fabulous out here.
Also a valued member of the UW Health Events team
since twenty fifteen. Laurie also brings a wealth of experience
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in building relationships and creating Stewart Ship opportunities with donors
and partners, and she works with them annually. She is
a beautiful mother of three, a gorgeous wife, and my
tremendous bestie Laurie.
Speaker 3 (01:23):
I'm so happy to see love.
Speaker 4 (01:25):
Oh thanks for having me. I missed you, my friend.
Speaker 5 (01:28):
I know.
Speaker 2 (01:29):
I think the last time we saw each other we
were having dindin.
Speaker 4 (01:33):
We were, yeah, we were, and we could have stayed
for breakfast.
Speaker 2 (01:36):
And while we're there, were we noticing like a very
attractive man at the bar who happened to be a
local firefighter. Yes, yes, it was like I swear we've
seen him save someone's life before.
Speaker 4 (01:50):
I think it was in a calendar, but well he
wasn't the local three.
Speaker 2 (01:54):
Eleven calendar out here, which is a fabulous nonprofit that helps.
Speaker 3 (01:57):
A lot of charities. And his name is Brandon, so
big shout out to Brandon. It's been a while, it's
been a while.
Speaker 2 (02:02):
So how have you been.
Speaker 3 (02:03):
You look fabulous?
Speaker 4 (02:04):
Well, thank you, thank you. I've been well busy. But
you know, well, now for.
Speaker 2 (02:10):
People that may not have had the experience yet, and
we always wish that they don't, but if they do,
hands down, the American Family Children's Hospital is everything. Tell
us a little bit more about your role there because
it's extremely important.
Speaker 6 (02:25):
Sure, so I work with people out in our community
and surrounding areas who want to raise money for the
children's hospital. And the money raised stays right here at
the hospital, and it does not go to pay people's salaries,
So it doesn't pay the presidents, it doesn't pay for
any of that administrative cost. It really goes to our
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patients and our families. And I get to go out
and meet these people and thank them for coming to
the event and for raising money. The other part that
I get to do is I get to know our
patients very well. I'm in the hospital quite a bit
getting to know them. I coordinate and organize our radiothon
that we have annually, and so I get to know
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the families to invite them in to share their stories.
And then I also am the liaison for our patient
families for other events that maybe our events team has,
And so if there's a bigger event going on, maybe
for guarding against cancer, they might have an event and
they want a patient family, so that I coordinate that
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as well.
Speaker 2 (03:32):
There's a great one that you put on at a
campground every summer.
Speaker 4 (03:35):
Yes, the Bags Tournament at Riverbank Camp Frown. Yeah, So
this used to be.
Speaker 3 (03:40):
Like a local invite for me and my family to
go on out there and enjoy it. It was really
a party, let's be honest.
Speaker 2 (03:48):
Yes, but I was so humble that that you asked
me to introduce Garth's Brooks daughter on the stage.
Speaker 3 (03:55):
Oh my gosh. Is she a talented girl?
Speaker 4 (03:57):
Isn't she amazing?
Speaker 2 (03:58):
Yes?
Speaker 4 (03:59):
I know, And then to come out to a little campground.
Speaker 6 (04:01):
Yes, I'm in Waterloo and it's just it's amazing.
Speaker 2 (04:04):
And I love the fact that she does not go
by her last name because she doesn't want people right
to think, you know, to be the shadow of.
Speaker 3 (04:11):
Her father, which exactly right.
Speaker 4 (04:13):
Is great. I know.
Speaker 6 (04:14):
I felt so bad for that night though, because every
other person was asking her if her dad was coming.
Speaker 4 (04:19):
Oh my god, sure, and I'm like, just enjoy that
she's here.
Speaker 2 (04:22):
Right yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, I just remember she was beautiful.
Speaker 3 (04:25):
She was super kind too, yes, very kind. Yeah. You know,
I've met some unkind artists in my time.
Speaker 6 (04:30):
Yeah, sometimes are a little bigger than they should.
Speaker 4 (04:33):
Be, you know.
Speaker 2 (04:35):
Yes, I'll tell you the nicest artist that I've ever met,
and it's so funny.
Speaker 3 (04:40):
Is Rob Zombie?
Speaker 4 (04:42):
Really?
Speaker 2 (04:42):
I don't do Are you familiar with Rob zombie. Yeah,
so like, yes, he was seriously the nicest guy, very
down to earth. He's very like tiny, which I thought
was super cute, and he had very trendy white jeans on.
Speaker 3 (04:54):
But yeah, he was. He was great.
Speaker 2 (04:56):
And you know, he's got such a creative mind when
it comes to like making horror films, and his music
is incredible. But yeah, and then the one that I
was not impressed by whatsoever was a band known as
Buck Cherriot. Now these are rocky stations, but we did
a meet and greet, and everybody, of course wants to
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see the lead singer, right right, So all his band
members come out of the camper to meet the group,
but not the lead singer.
Speaker 4 (05:25):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (05:26):
It's like, don't forget where you come.
Speaker 6 (05:28):
From, right right exactly. Yeah, you got where you are
because of your fans.
Speaker 3 (05:32):
Absolutely humble beginnings.
Speaker 4 (05:35):
Right yeah exactly.
Speaker 3 (05:37):
So I just rolled my eyes at him.
Speaker 4 (05:38):
Of course you did.
Speaker 6 (05:39):
Just the one. I was going to say, just the
one can run, just the one. We could take the
other one out and roll it, but.
Speaker 3 (05:45):
We could roll it.
Speaker 2 (05:47):
This prosthetic guy has been many many places accidentally rolled
in under an old woman's card at the grocery store,
because my allergies were so bad it's like, oh gosh, you.
Speaker 4 (05:56):
Sneeze it right out. Yeah, I know.
Speaker 2 (06:02):
That's that's the kind of stuff that Laurie and I
talk about when I go out to her beautiful house
in the country, which is I love it too.
Speaker 3 (06:10):
By the way.
Speaker 2 (06:11):
By the way, because your husband, Darryl grew up on
a farm, is that correct.
Speaker 6 (06:15):
Yes he did. Yeah, he grew up milking cows. And
when we were first married, we milked cows and yeah, yeah,
I'm glad we don't do that anymore.
Speaker 2 (06:24):
But it's an extremely hard, very tough job. Like I
give farmers such credit because I'll be driving and I'll
just see these fields, especially right now, like every like
all the corn is cut down and just like that
takes forever.
Speaker 6 (06:38):
Yes, it does, it does. And you don't get a vacation.
You don't get a weekend off, right, you know. I
used to have to milk cows before I go teach.
Really yeah, wow, so.
Speaker 2 (06:49):
You have to get up super early now, you mean,
oh so in your younger years.
Speaker 4 (06:54):
Yeah, when we were first married, Oh.
Speaker 3 (06:55):
Yeah, because you were a principal at one time.
Speaker 4 (06:58):
And then it was a principal. Yeah, it's crazy.
Speaker 3 (07:02):
So, how long did it take you to milk cows?
Speaker 4 (07:04):
It was about an hour and a half two hours.
Speaker 3 (07:06):
Wow, did you guys sell your Daryl.
Speaker 6 (07:11):
Managed for another family. Then they had two herds, and
then they ended up selling that herd, and so then
we moved to this some prairie area and he managed
for another family.
Speaker 3 (07:23):
Love that, Yeah, I love that. By the way, I
just read.
Speaker 2 (07:27):
That one of the biggest destinations right now is called
the farm charm and it's people that want to go
and stay on a farm.
Speaker 4 (07:36):
Really.
Speaker 2 (07:36):
Yeah for a destination. Oh my god, I know right.
And you have a beautiful barn, so we do. Yeahardi barn,
it's a party barn. Yes it is. Uh no, it's
it's gorgeous. I just I just love it. And I
love your husband, Darryl.
Speaker 4 (07:50):
So thank you.
Speaker 3 (07:51):
Yeah, shout out to DARYLLL.
Speaker 5 (07:54):
So.
Speaker 2 (07:55):
I wanted people to understand too, your incredible career, which,
by the way, how long have you been running with
the American Family Children's House Ten years?
Speaker 3 (08:05):
Ten years?
Speaker 2 (08:06):
Yes, and this did not come at an easy cost
for you when it comes to working this career every day.
Speaker 3 (08:16):
Can you share why that is?
Speaker 4 (08:18):
Yes? Absolutely?
Speaker 5 (08:20):
So.
Speaker 6 (08:20):
I used to be a patient Family at the Children's
Hospital back before it was the American Family Children's Hospital.
Our daughter was diagnosed with a rare form of leukemia
when she was four years old, actually on her fourth birthday,
and she fought long and hard, and when she was
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nine years old, she lost that battle. And it was
something that I always had in the back of my
mind that I wanted to do fundraising for the hospital,
and Christina wanted to raise funds to find a cure
for childhood cancer. She never wanted any kid to go
through what she went through, and so she worked on
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starting a fundraiser caps for the cure that's in some
of the schools yet today.
Speaker 4 (09:07):
Yeah, it's pretty amazing. And so I.
Speaker 6 (09:14):
Got to be a guest radio host for one of
our radiothons, and then I got the bug to really
be involved in raising funds even more, and so I
told the development team that if there's ever an opening,
I would love to come on board and do this
for a job, And to me, it's more about giving
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back to the hospital that really helped us. They couldn't
save our daughter, but I believe deep down that her
treatment has led to breakthroughs in the current treatments that
are happening, especially with immunotherapy, and so to me that
there was a reason for our loss.
Speaker 3 (09:59):
Right, yeah, you know through that.
Speaker 2 (10:03):
You know, we try to, you know, talk with moms
about going through something traumatic, and I can't imagine losing
your child. That is something that nobody, nobody ever wants
to happen to them.
Speaker 3 (10:17):
What do you think.
Speaker 2 (10:20):
Your strength came from getting through that, especially again because yours,
you're you're reoccurring your yourself to see children who are
sick on a daily basis.
Speaker 3 (10:30):
Where do you think your strength comes from that?
Speaker 6 (10:33):
Well, some of it comes from Christina, who is our
daughter that we lost, because she told me over and
over again she was not scared. The last time I
heard her voice was when she was heading into surgery
to get on the ventilator, and she told me, I'm
not scared, mom, And so I have to remember that
that if she wasn't scared at the age of nine,
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I need to not be scared at this age and
and do the right thing and help other families. The
other thing is my faith. I have a very strong faith,
and without that faith, there's no way that I could
do anything. After Christina died, I couldn't even get out
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of bed for a while. But we have another daughter
who was younger. She was seven when Christina passed, and
I was pregnant at the time of Christina's passing, and
so I had to get out of bed number one
for Hannah. I had to take care of her. I
had to make her feel loved and not alone. And
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I struggled, but I knew I had to do it,
and I just I did a lot of praying Chris,
a lot of praying Yeah, and I still do because
there are times at the hospital that I have to
remove myself.
Speaker 4 (11:55):
Because the example is.
Speaker 6 (11:59):
If I I'm in the ICU and a Code Blue
goes off for someone in crisis. That's how we lost Christina.
I the sounds triggering, Yep, it's very triggering. The smells
sometimes in the hospital will trigger me, and I just
excuse myself and I take a little break for a while,
and then I come back.
Speaker 4 (12:21):
But the one thing that.
Speaker 6 (12:23):
I never ever do is when I'm meeting with a
family who has a child being treated for cancer, is
I never share my story unless it comes up organically,
because I don't want families to think that my journey
is their journey. Never ever, do I want people to
think that. And you know, it's been eighteen years since
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Christina passed and there's been a lot of changes in treatment,
and so there's no reason for them to think that
their journey will end up like mine.
Speaker 2 (12:53):
Right. So right, and you are continuing the journey in
lou of your beautiful daughter. When it comes to you
also being a patient advocate for the Saint Baldrick's Foundation.
Speaker 6 (13:08):
Yes, I work close Yeah, I work closely with our
dream team here in Madison, our pediatric cancer team, our
oncology team.
Speaker 4 (13:18):
They do a lot of research right here.
Speaker 6 (13:21):
Like everybody always thinks of Saint Jude's Hospital for research,
but we do a lot of research right here in Madison.
And our team is a part of the Stand Up
to Cancer Saint Baldrick's Dream Team that's doing research across
the United States and into Canada. We've also just started
working on one with the UK.
Speaker 3 (13:43):
Wow.
Speaker 4 (13:44):
Yeah, so you.
Speaker 6 (13:45):
Know, we've got a lot of research happening. And I'm
a parent advocate. So what that means is I really
get to I used to travel with them to conferences
post COVID person, So you know that's a downside of it,
but I would go and I could hear all the
presentations of what's happening and then share, like from a
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parent's perspective, what does this mean and how does it
affect families and what are families looking for? And so
it was really important for me to do that to
represent Christina really because if she were alive, she'd be
doing it. I know she would, she'd be a part
of it. And when I started, Christina's oncologists was a
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part of the team, and so for me, it was
really important for him to know that I'm a part
of this, I'm supporting their work. I don't hold anything
against them because of her outcome. And the best part
about being on this team was I got to meet
the doctor that gave Christina's oncologists permission to use his
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trial research for compassionate care when she had no other choice.
Speaker 3 (15:01):
Wow.
Speaker 6 (15:02):
Yeah, yeah, wow. So I got to meet him and
thank him for granting that.
Speaker 4 (15:07):
Wow.
Speaker 3 (15:08):
Yeah, that's quite amazing.
Speaker 6 (15:10):
Yeah yeah, And that was on my list of things
that I wanted to meet him someday. And so when
we were sitting in the meeting, Christina's oncologist said, that's
doctor Schultz, and I go the doctor Schultz and he's like, yes,
he goes, I did residency with him, Laurie, I'll introduce you.
Speaker 3 (15:31):
Did you cry?
Speaker 4 (15:32):
I did?
Speaker 2 (15:33):
Or she's give him the biggest hug both, and he's like,
you're being a little awkward.
Speaker 4 (15:36):
Yes, both. It was all the.
Speaker 3 (15:40):
Lady. He's giving me a huge huggy bear.
Speaker 4 (15:43):
All of the above.
Speaker 6 (15:43):
And then he felt really awkward when he asked, oh,
I hope she's doing well. And then I had to
let him know, but I said, you know what, it's okay,
it's okay. We appreciate you. Get he gave us two
and a half extra years with her. Wow, So that
was really important.
Speaker 2 (15:57):
I don't think people realize, like if they're still like
one hundred different types of.
Speaker 6 (16:02):
Kids, can yeah exactly, Like that's incredible, exactly.
Speaker 4 (16:07):
Yeah.
Speaker 6 (16:07):
And we're doing research on a lot of them right
here in Madison, and the ones that we aren't, someone
else in our dream team might be working on. So
you know, it's it's a team effort, and they share
all the research, so it's not like it we just
hide it here in our labs. No, they get together,
they meet, We have presentations from each lab monthly from
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this team then they share what's happening. So there's a
lot of research going on. But I'm just really proud
that we have it going on right here in Madison.
Speaker 3 (16:40):
Absolutely, we're very blessed that we are. We're very blessed
that way we are.
Speaker 4 (16:43):
But people don't know it.
Speaker 6 (16:44):
Yeah, you know, And I tell our team, you guys
got to get the word out that you are an
amazing research team. You're not just an amazing oncology team,
You're an amazing research team.
Speaker 4 (16:55):
Right.
Speaker 3 (16:55):
Yeah, yeah, I.
Speaker 2 (16:57):
Feel like I'm doing an advertising Do you have Italian
in you?
Speaker 3 (17:03):
Do you have Italian?
Speaker 5 (17:04):
No?
Speaker 4 (17:04):
I'm Norwegian and Germany.
Speaker 2 (17:05):
Oh well, I see a lot of Italian movements with
your hands when you were talking.
Speaker 4 (17:09):
Just now, that's my coffee is way over there.
Speaker 3 (17:14):
No, I love it.
Speaker 4 (17:15):
I'm just passionate.
Speaker 2 (17:16):
I know well you absolutely absolutely. I did want to
let you know that. Gia, thank you so much. She
saw my daughter's picture. I mean, I can't believe she's
fifteen either. No, but her her love, her passion for
like the past now four years is helping children. So
she wants to be a pediatric rn.
Speaker 4 (17:37):
Oh my god.
Speaker 5 (17:38):
What.
Speaker 3 (17:38):
She wants to go to school for college I love it.
Speaker 1 (17:40):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (17:41):
Yeah, And so she's taking classes right now that are
specific to helping her get into medical school.
Speaker 4 (17:46):
Oh good for her.
Speaker 2 (17:47):
Yeah, I love I know. Our kids used to play
outside all the time.
Speaker 4 (17:53):
We were always hoping that g and Christian would get together. Yeah,
just so rare.
Speaker 2 (17:58):
We're like, our kids are six and ate, like, why
are we trying to get them married already? It never happened.
It happen, It didn't it did it. It's unfortunate.
Speaker 4 (18:08):
I know, we would be awesome.
Speaker 2 (18:11):
Oh my gosh, the Craig craze are here again. Welcome
to the Craig Craze. They were for them, they would
literally scatter.
Speaker 6 (18:23):
They would, let's be honest, they wouldn't invite us together anywhere.
Speaker 3 (18:26):
No, no.
Speaker 2 (18:27):
And I think when it came to Darryl and Travis
at the top, you know, taking them out on the
town was very awkward for them because Laurie and I
thought it would be really fun because we love when
it comes to drag shows that oh my gosh, we're
going to take our husbands to five nightclub. And we
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didn't tell them where we were going to take them. First,
we went to dinner at the Hookahlem.
Speaker 4 (18:53):
Yes, which was great, which.
Speaker 2 (18:54):
Was fabulous because you actually have billy dancers in front
of you.
Speaker 3 (18:58):
Yes, so we knew where their eyes were, and.
Speaker 4 (19:00):
We knew the boys would love that. They loved it.
Speaker 3 (19:03):
And they were like, oh, this's time for a new adventure.
And yes, we took them to five Night Club.
Speaker 2 (19:08):
Now, the funny thing is is that Daryl's really really
tall and big and Travis is on the shorter side,
and they were both wearing flannels. So you see, you
see these very like, you know, manly looking men sitting
next to each other, and then they start looking around
and they're realizing, wow, I I I, well, I'm they
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see a lot of drag queens around it.
Speaker 4 (19:37):
And we weren't sitting.
Speaker 2 (19:38):
With them, No, we were actually on the other side
of the bar. So they're just having briskies together. You know,
they're just talking shot, they're talking Harley, and they look alike,
so literally they look like boyfriends. And that's what we
thought was the cutest thing. And then they realized you're
at a you know, you're at a gay club, and
then you know, it's just it was.
Speaker 3 (19:57):
It was wonderful.
Speaker 6 (19:59):
Darrel saw some guys puppy, Oh do you like my puss.
Speaker 3 (20:02):
Oh he did say that, he did.
Speaker 2 (20:04):
I think he took a liking to Darryl for sure,
for sure it's hands.
Speaker 4 (20:08):
Yes, Oh gosh.
Speaker 2 (20:10):
Ah, let's just say you know what you know as
a wife, God bless you know?
Speaker 3 (20:15):
Is this what keeps a marriage alive? From how long
you've been married?
Speaker 4 (20:19):
It'll be forty years in June, Holy moly, I know.
Speaker 3 (20:23):
I know?
Speaker 2 (20:23):
And you know is that the key is having man
hands or the key to your longevity of your marriage?
Speaker 4 (20:31):
Hands? Hands, Yes, hands, I've never seen each other.
Speaker 3 (20:36):
Yes, we all have.
Speaker 2 (20:38):
Of course, we all have our thing with what we
find attractive on a man. But I honestly think hands
are like very very sexy.
Speaker 4 (20:45):
Yes I do.
Speaker 3 (20:46):
I always have.
Speaker 2 (20:47):
There's something about hands that have always, you know, been
something for me. But not just at like my mother's hands.
I grew up always admiring. So it's just the thing
that I have. Uh No, But honestly, what is the
key to longevity or do you think?
Speaker 4 (21:02):
I think? Just open communication? And so if.
Speaker 2 (21:06):
You would fight, if you would be in a fight,
would would there be like is one of you like
you know, I'm gonna storm out while the other one
is like quiet? I'm gonna stay reserved. I mean, we
don't have to get down to the journey with it.
Speaker 6 (21:18):
Well, I think you know who the quiet one is fight? Yeah,
da would be Darryl.
Speaker 3 (21:25):
He's like, what do I do?
Speaker 5 (21:26):
No?
Speaker 6 (21:27):
Yeah, I mean he tends to just walk away, okay,
so that the fight ends.
Speaker 3 (21:32):
Okay, yeah, and.
Speaker 6 (21:33):
Then I sit and then you know, you're like, no,
I don't want this to end yet, right, done?
Speaker 1 (21:38):
Right?
Speaker 6 (21:38):
I like to Yeah, I like to finish a fight,
but yeah, but I don't let it go on either.
If he's ending it, then okay, maybe I need to
just think about that. But I also think when Christina
passed away, we worked really hard at our relationship because
we knew it was either going to make or break us, yes,
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and so we did. We did therapy afterwards, and we
had Hannah in therapy, you know, because of her being
so young. So I think that helped too, because you know,
we just leaned on each other a lot.
Speaker 2 (22:20):
And I mean, that's gonna be so I mean, gosh,
just imagine moms and Dad's listening, your entire family going
in mourning at the same time, and you're all individual
people and you all are going through this at your
own rate and feeling and yeah, like yeah extream.
Speaker 6 (22:40):
Stream yeah, Hannah, really, you know, she had the worst
time because that morning Christina passed away, she said goodbye
to her to go to school and then was planning
to come back to school or come back to the hospital,
and we had to have her called out of school
to come and really say goodbye forever. So she had
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a lot of separation anxiety. I couldn't go to the
bathroom without her, I couldn't go to the grocery store.
Speaker 5 (23:08):
So sure I could say like a fear of maybe
losing you, yes, yeah, yeah, and so and every now
and then it still pops up, even though she's twenty
five years old, right, you know, it's still sometimes we
see it.
Speaker 3 (23:22):
Right right.
Speaker 2 (23:25):
As far as like just getting through mourning, was there
anything that was seemed to be like really helpful, Like
did you say you went to the therapy?
Speaker 4 (23:36):
Maybe we went to grief counseling.
Speaker 6 (23:39):
And our pastor was absolutely amazing and has now become
family to us because he was there through all of that.
And I'll be honest, I think being pregnant with Christian
and having Christian probably saved my life, to be very honest,
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because I had to worry more about him than me,
and so it was I needed to make sure that
I was eating to take care of him, so I
had another focus. Otherwise I'm not sure what would have happened.
And I always say that, really he saved my life,
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and I think he saved our family to be honest too,
because we all had a new.
Speaker 3 (24:29):
Focus because of your faith. Do you believe God gave
you Christian at that time?
Speaker 4 (24:34):
I do.
Speaker 3 (24:35):
I do.
Speaker 6 (24:36):
And Daryl even said when I told him I was pregnant,
he knew we were going to lose Christina.
Speaker 3 (24:42):
Oh my gosh.
Speaker 6 (24:43):
Yeah, yeah, because we had tried to do My Sister's Keeper,
which was the book where the story where a mom
tried to have there was a they had a child
that had leukemia and they didn't have a match, and
so they wanted to do have another child to be
her match for bone marrow transplant, and so we tried
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to do that and I miscarried two times trying that,
And so when I found out I was pregnant with Christian,
it was like, how.
Speaker 3 (25:15):
Yeah, it's a gift.
Speaker 4 (25:18):
It was a gift. Yeah, at the time, I didn't
see it that way.
Speaker 6 (25:22):
I was pretty angry with God at the time, because
you know, why take the one I have and know
and love and give me one that I don't know.
I'd rather keep Christina. But I love Christian to pieces.
I'm so proud.
Speaker 3 (25:38):
It's adorable.
Speaker 2 (25:39):
Oh my gosh, I just saw his football picture.
Speaker 3 (25:41):
My gosh.
Speaker 2 (25:42):
I always knew he'd be I always knew he was
a good looking kid, but my goodness, now, I was like, really,
and what he's going into school for. I'm like, ladies,
watch out, watch out? So what is Christian going.
Speaker 4 (25:52):
To go to school for? Aviation? Yes?
Speaker 6 (25:54):
And Air Force orrow, tc. So when he graduates to
be he'll be a pilot and an officer.
Speaker 4 (26:00):
In the Air Force and who knows where he'll go
or who do you? Yeah?
Speaker 2 (26:05):
Nonetheless, like he's this huge football player, so I mean
he's got it all. I'm so so happy because I
can't remember last time I saw Christian.
Speaker 3 (26:15):
Yeah, he's just turned into a young man.
Speaker 2 (26:17):
And yeah, just like with Jia, like she totally like
sprouted in a year. I'm like, you don't even look
like the same person to.
Speaker 6 (26:24):
Me, exactly. Yea, Yeah, it's funny how that just happened.
Speaker 3 (26:28):
It's like you're a young woman now, I know.
Speaker 2 (26:31):
Yeah.
Speaker 6 (26:31):
Yeah, it's like over the summer Christian grew into a
man and was like, wait where did you go?
Speaker 4 (26:37):
Right?
Speaker 2 (26:38):
Right? And then your gorgeous daughter, Hannah, Oh yeah, she's
just oh my Gonda is amazing as well.
Speaker 6 (26:45):
She graduated a couple of years ago with her underground
in psychology from Mankato State in Minnesota, and now she's
working full time with her degree doing behavior plans for
people who work in group homes from kids to a
else and working full time on her master's degree. This
is her second year working on that, and when she
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gets done with that, she'll be a board certified behavioral analyst.
Speaker 4 (27:11):
Wow.
Speaker 3 (27:12):
Yes, unbelievable. Yeah, it's so fabulous.
Speaker 4 (27:15):
I know.
Speaker 6 (27:15):
And I keep telling her she should go into the
FBI like criminal mind.
Speaker 3 (27:18):
Oh girl, do it?
Speaker 2 (27:20):
I know.
Speaker 3 (27:20):
Then maybe she'll get cast and like law and Order SCU.
Oh my gosh. I work with Mariska Architage, who I love.
Speaker 4 (27:28):
I love her.
Speaker 3 (27:28):
I know she's a lady, vos. I know she's a lady.
Speaker 4 (27:32):
Would that be amazing to have hand in the FBI? Yes,
Oh my.
Speaker 2 (27:35):
Gosh, excuse me, excuse me, I've got work here.
Speaker 3 (27:38):
Please step aside, so exactly.
Speaker 2 (27:40):
And then she she, you know, have a New York accent, and.
Speaker 6 (27:44):
She's she's worried about the physical that they have to take. Oh,
so she's she printed it off and that's what she
She works out every day and she's trying to meet
the requirements.
Speaker 3 (27:54):
I think her and Christian should go to boot camp together.
Speaker 2 (27:57):
Oh jeepers, he'll go to boot camp, right if he
has to go to the Air Force.
Speaker 4 (28:01):
No, he won't because he's doing IROTC.
Speaker 2 (28:03):
Oh okay, well he's already he'll already kick him out anyway. Yeah,
it doesn't need to. Well, I'm really really happy for
your family. They're so beautiful. I just adored them. And
I remember Hannah. Remember she taught me and Gia and
the rest of the crew dance moves. Yeah, and I
had like my little schoolgirl squired on.
Speaker 4 (28:22):
Yes. Yeah, she used to be a beautiful ballerina.
Speaker 3 (28:26):
She's gorgeous. I remember performing it on stage. I'm like,
I can't miss this up. I can't mess this up. Yeah,
but she said she was proud.
Speaker 2 (28:33):
Absolutely, She's like, well, Christy, you can move, but you
can't get the beats down.
Speaker 6 (28:36):
But I'm like, I tried she is an honest one.
Speaker 3 (28:41):
I'll show you, all right, miss Laurie.
Speaker 2 (28:44):
I want to move on to some fun questions that
I just want to know from you. All Right, here
we go. What is the greatest lesson you've taught your kids?
Speaker 5 (28:56):
M M.
Speaker 3 (29:00):
I know I put you on the spot.
Speaker 4 (29:01):
You did, but that's okay.
Speaker 6 (29:03):
I would think the greatest lesson I've taught them is
to be honest and to be true to yourself. Love
those Yes, I think that's it, because if you're not
an honest person, I think it's going to be really
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hard to move on in life and to get.
Speaker 4 (29:30):
What you want.
Speaker 3 (29:31):
You won't have an authentic life.
Speaker 4 (29:32):
Right yeah, yeah, And I believe they've done that.
Speaker 2 (29:37):
Oh yeah, they're very sweet kids. What is one thing
you would tell your teenage self?
Speaker 4 (29:42):
Oh? Run, run like the win.
Speaker 3 (29:45):
Run just run away. Don't go for that one. Run away.
Speaker 6 (29:52):
I would tell my teenage self to Now, don't get
me wrong. I love my family and I love my husband,
But I would I get married as young as I did, Okay,
I would do some traveling and live some life singly first.
Speaker 2 (30:06):
Sure yeah, sure, sure? What's your favorite song to dance too?
Speaker 4 (30:12):
To dance too? Yeah?
Speaker 3 (30:15):
What do you get your freak onto?
Speaker 4 (30:18):
Well, I don't know if we can say that. You know,
I like all classic rock music. Oh I love it.
Speaker 2 (30:26):
Yeah?
Speaker 4 (30:27):
So bon Jovi? Oh yeah yeah, so he's going back
on tour. Did you do that?
Speaker 3 (30:34):
Dang it?
Speaker 6 (30:35):
Yeah? Yeah, I think anything that bon Jovi does, I would.
Speaker 2 (30:38):
I know my girlfriend, she's obsessed, obsessed with him.
Speaker 3 (30:43):
Yeah, and I love how his son looks just like him.
Speaker 4 (30:45):
Oh my gosh, it's frightening.
Speaker 3 (30:46):
Isn't it amazing?
Speaker 2 (30:47):
I know, and he married like the cutest girl ever
for sure, I know from stranger things. Yes, we love her, Bobby.
What makes you laugh?
Speaker 4 (30:58):
Oh? What doesn't make me laugh?
Speaker 5 (31:02):
Oh?
Speaker 4 (31:02):
I like that?
Speaker 3 (31:03):
Yeah, because we laugh a lot. I'll tell you what
makes you laugh.
Speaker 2 (31:06):
The fact that Laurie would always think it was funny
when I would come over and she had this big
bush it's called the burning bush that was like like
an amber color.
Speaker 3 (31:17):
And so I'm a redhead.
Speaker 2 (31:18):
So if you know where I'm going with that, You
thought I looked like if I was. Yeah, yeah, but
now you tore her down the burning bush? Yeah it died, Yeah,
it had to.
Speaker 3 (31:28):
Go, makes it.
Speaker 6 (31:30):
But you know, I think spending time with friends and
just having a good time that I love laughing with
my friends.
Speaker 2 (31:35):
Absolutely, we have laughed many times, I know ends time
love that. Yes, where You've actually had to drive me
home because I had too much fun the night before, right, Yeah, yes,
I got a little sick.
Speaker 4 (31:49):
She brought me off at my house.
Speaker 3 (31:52):
What advice would you give to women to empower them?
Speaker 6 (31:56):
Oh, I would say follow your heart and listen to
it and go for it, because really I didn't always
think that I could go for what my dreams and
you know, just go for it. And I'm a strong person,
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but it took me a long time to realize that
I was stronger than I thought I was. And I
think people need to listen to their heart and their
gut more especially women, and just follow that.
Speaker 4 (32:31):
Yeah, because you can do it, Yeah, you really can.
And be vocal.
Speaker 6 (32:35):
Yes, be vocal. I mean, prime example, I never thought
I could be a principal of a school and run
I mean one of the schools I had a million
dollar budget. Never ever, in a million years did I
think I could do that. Yeah, but it's something I
wanted to do, and so I just listened to my
heart myself and said, if it's something you want to
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do it.
Speaker 4 (32:55):
I love it, and I did and I loved it.
Speaker 2 (32:58):
Yeah, would your kids say hi, missus Schulton.
Speaker 3 (33:01):
They and you would be like, get to class, Get
to class?
Speaker 6 (33:04):
No, I would You wouldn't like that, But they'd say hi,
missus Chelson, you know, call him by name.
Speaker 4 (33:08):
And then I'd say, where are you supposed to be?
Speaker 3 (33:11):
Where you're supposed to be? Yeah, where are you supposed
to be?
Speaker 4 (33:14):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (33:14):
I love I think you'd been an amazing principle for sure.
Speaker 3 (33:19):
For sure.
Speaker 4 (33:22):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (33:22):
Well, I just think you have definitely walked the life
that you were supposed to be. I mean, you're just
a brilliant woman, miss Lori, and you're resilient as you
get and you're funny, you're sweet, you're humble, you're kind,
your everything, and so I just appreciate you coming on
the mom squad. I know it's not easy to always share,
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you know, the journey that you've been through, but my gosh,
you see the power within you. So hopefully this inspires
other parents out there whatever you're going through in life,
because life is hard, it is that you you got
to keep going.
Speaker 6 (34:02):
You do and you might not be grieving the loss
of a child, but it's whatever you're dealing with at
the moment, and never think to yourself, well, I don't
have a right to feel that way because this person
has it so much worse. It's all what you're dealing
with in the moment. And I'll be honest, I worried
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about stupid things, I mean really stupid things before, and
it was stuff that didn't matter to anybody, and that
would really upset me and bother me. And you know what, Nope,
not anymore. And the other thing is surround yourself with
people you like and have fun with, because life's too
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short to spend it with people that bring you down.
Speaker 2 (34:52):
Oh.
Speaker 3 (34:52):
Absolutely, get rid of the toxic people.
Speaker 4 (34:55):
Yep, you don't need them.
Speaker 6 (34:56):
Nope, yep, noah, don't look back and don't look back.
And you know what, You'll feel better, You really will,
because I've been doing that.
Speaker 4 (35:04):
And another thing is I love it, Yes, social media.
Speaker 3 (35:08):
Oh, don't do it. Don't do it.
Speaker 6 (35:12):
It's like another job. What you mean, Yeah, I mean,
don't go down that rabbit hole.
Speaker 2 (35:17):
I get away, get away, run, little bunny, run, that's right.
Speaker 3 (35:23):
I agree with you there. Well I love your girlfriend.
Speaker 4 (35:25):
I love you, and thanks for doing this.
Speaker 2 (35:28):
Absolutely absolutely, and we'll get together again and we'll go out.
Speaker 3 (35:32):
We'll have to think of another place in matt Town. Yes,
I know, we went to Bucket Honey's. Yeah, we could
always go back. Maybe that firefighter. Maybe we're just kidding.
Speaker 5 (35:43):
I love you.
Speaker 1 (35:43):
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Speaker 2 (00:15):
Hey mamas, welcome back to the Mantown Mom Squad.
Speaker 3 (00:19):
I feel like I have royalty in the house.
Speaker 2 (00:22):
Because, Honey, she is definitely a queen. Everywhere she goes
in Madison and surrounding areas, people are.
Speaker 4 (00:28):
Like, oh my god, there she is.
Speaker 3 (00:31):
Oh my gosh, can I have a picture with you.
Speaker 2 (00:33):
Let's be honest, all right, First off, let me introduce
this beautiful woman to you. Well, first off, she is
definitely a highlight when it comes to many children's lives.
Speaker 3 (00:45):
Her name is Laurie Schultz.
Speaker 2 (00:47):
She is the Development Outreach Event Strategist for UW Health Kids,
where she works with community partners to raise funds for
the American Family Children's Hospital, which is fabulous out here.
Also a valued member of the UW Health Events team
since twenty fifteen. Laurie also brings a wealth of experience
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in building relationships and creating Stewart Ship opportunities with donors
and partners, and she works with them annually. She is
a beautiful mother of three, a gorgeous wife, and my
tremendous bestie Laurie.
Speaker 3 (01:23):
I'm so happy to see love.
Speaker 4 (01:25):
Oh thanks for having me. I missed you, my friend.
Speaker 5 (01:28):
I know.
Speaker 2 (01:29):
I think the last time we saw each other we
were having dindin.
Speaker 4 (01:33):
We were, yeah, we were, and we could have stayed
for breakfast.
Speaker 2 (01:36):
And while we're there, were we noticing like a very
attractive man at the bar who happened to be a
local firefighter. Yes, yes, it was like I swear we've
seen him save someone's life before.
Speaker 4 (01:50):
I think it was in a calendar, but well he
wasn't the local three.
Speaker 2 (01:54):
Eleven calendar out here, which is a fabulous nonprofit that helps.
Speaker 3 (01:57):
A lot of charities. And his name is Brandon, so
big shout out to Brandon. It's been a while, it's
been a while.
Speaker 2 (02:02):
So how have you been.
Speaker 3 (02:03):
You look fabulous?
Speaker 4 (02:04):
Well, thank you, thank you. I've been well busy. But
you know, well, now for.
Speaker 2 (02:10):
People that may not have had the experience yet, and
we always wish that they don't, but if they do,
hands down, the American Family Children's Hospital is everything. Tell
us a little bit more about your role there because
it's extremely important.
Speaker 6 (02:25):
Sure, so I work with people out in our community
and surrounding areas who want to raise money for the
children's hospital. And the money raised stays right here at
the hospital, and it does not go to pay people's salaries,
So it doesn't pay the presidents, it doesn't pay for
any of that administrative cost. It really goes to our
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patients and our families. And I get to go out
and meet these people and thank them for coming to
the event and for raising money. The other part that
I get to do is I get to know our
patients very well. I'm in the hospital quite a bit
getting to know them. I coordinate and organize our radiothon
that we have annually, and so I get to know
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the families to invite them in to share their stories.
And then I also am the liaison for our patient
families for other events that maybe our events team has,
And so if there's a bigger event going on, maybe
for guarding against cancer, they might have an event and
they want a patient family, so that I coordinate that
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as well.
Speaker 2 (03:32):
There's a great one that you put on at a
campground every summer.
Speaker 4 (03:35):
Yes, the Bags Tournament at Riverbank Camp Frown. Yeah, So
this used to be.
Speaker 3 (03:40):
Like a local invite for me and my family to
go on out there and enjoy it. It was really
a party, let's be honest.
Speaker 2 (03:48):
Yes, but I was so humble that that you asked
me to introduce Garth's Brooks daughter on the stage.
Speaker 3 (03:55):
Oh my gosh. Is she a talented girl?
Speaker 4 (03:57):
Isn't she amazing?
Speaker 2 (03:58):
Yes?
Speaker 4 (03:59):
I know, And then to come out to a little campground.
Speaker 6 (04:01):
Yes, I'm in Waterloo and it's just it's amazing.
Speaker 2 (04:04):
And I love the fact that she does not go
by her last name because she doesn't want people right
to think, you know, to be the shadow of.
Speaker 3 (04:11):
Her father, which exactly right.
Speaker 4 (04:13):
Is great. I know.
Speaker 6 (04:14):
I felt so bad for that night though, because every
other person was asking her if her dad was coming.
Speaker 4 (04:19):
Oh my god, sure, and I'm like, just enjoy that
she's here.
Speaker 2 (04:22):
Right yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, I just remember she was beautiful.
Speaker 3 (04:25):
She was super kind too, yes, very kind. Yeah. You know,
I've met some unkind artists in my time.
Speaker 6 (04:30):
Yeah, sometimes are a little bigger than they should.
Speaker 4 (04:33):
Be, you know.
Speaker 2 (04:35):
Yes, I'll tell you the nicest artist that I've ever met,
and it's so funny.
Speaker 3 (04:40):
Is Rob Zombie?
Speaker 4 (04:42):
Really?
Speaker 2 (04:42):
I don't do Are you familiar with Rob zombie. Yeah,
so like, yes, he was seriously the nicest guy, very
down to earth. He's very like tiny, which I thought
was super cute, and he had very trendy white jeans on.
Speaker 3 (04:54):
But yeah, he was. He was great.
Speaker 2 (04:56):
And you know, he's got such a creative mind when
it comes to like making horror films, and his music
is incredible. But yeah, and then the one that I
was not impressed by whatsoever was a band known as
Buck Cherriot. Now these are rocky stations, but we did
a meet and greet, and everybody, of course wants to
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see the lead singer, right right, So all his band
members come out of the camper to meet the group,
but not the lead singer.
Speaker 4 (05:25):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (05:26):
It's like, don't forget where you come.
Speaker 6 (05:28):
From, right right exactly. Yeah, you got where you are
because of your fans.
Speaker 3 (05:32):
Absolutely humble beginnings.
Speaker 4 (05:35):
Right yeah exactly.
Speaker 3 (05:37):
So I just rolled my eyes at him.
Speaker 4 (05:38):
Of course you did.
Speaker 6 (05:39):
Just the one. I was going to say, just the
one can run, just the one. We could take the
other one out and roll it, but.
Speaker 3 (05:45):
We could roll it.
Speaker 2 (05:47):
This prosthetic guy has been many many places accidentally rolled
in under an old woman's card at the grocery store,
because my allergies were so bad it's like, oh gosh, you.
Speaker 4 (05:56):
Sneeze it right out. Yeah, I know.
Speaker 2 (06:02):
That's that's the kind of stuff that Laurie and I
talk about when I go out to her beautiful house
in the country, which is I love it too.
Speaker 3 (06:10):
By the way.
Speaker 2 (06:11):
By the way, because your husband, Darryl grew up on
a farm, is that correct.
Speaker 6 (06:15):
Yes he did. Yeah, he grew up milking cows. And
when we were first married, we milked cows and yeah, yeah,
I'm glad we don't do that anymore.
Speaker 2 (06:24):
But it's an extremely hard, very tough job. Like I
give farmers such credit because I'll be driving and I'll
just see these fields, especially right now, like every like
all the corn is cut down and just like that
takes forever.
Speaker 6 (06:38):
Yes, it does, it does. And you don't get a vacation.
You don't get a weekend off, right, you know. I
used to have to milk cows before I go teach.
Really yeah, wow, so.
Speaker 2 (06:49):
You have to get up super early now, you mean,
oh so in your younger years.
Speaker 4 (06:54):
Yeah, when we were first married, Oh.
Speaker 3 (06:55):
Yeah, because you were a principal at one time.
Speaker 4 (06:58):
And then it was a principal. Yeah, it's crazy.
Speaker 3 (07:02):
So, how long did it take you to milk cows?
Speaker 4 (07:04):
It was about an hour and a half two hours.
Speaker 3 (07:06):
Wow, did you guys sell your Daryl.
Speaker 6 (07:11):
Managed for another family. Then they had two herds, and
then they ended up selling that herd, and so then
we moved to this some prairie area and he managed
for another family.
Speaker 3 (07:23):
Love that, Yeah, I love that. By the way, I
just read.
Speaker 2 (07:27):
That one of the biggest destinations right now is called
the farm charm and it's people that want to go
and stay on a farm.
Speaker 4 (07:36):
Really.
Speaker 2 (07:36):
Yeah for a destination. Oh my god, I know right.
And you have a beautiful barn, so we do. Yeahardi barn,
it's a party barn. Yes it is. Uh no, it's
it's gorgeous. I just I just love it. And I
love your husband, Darryl.
Speaker 4 (07:50):
So thank you.
Speaker 3 (07:51):
Yeah, shout out to DARYLLL.
Speaker 5 (07:54):
So.
Speaker 2 (07:55):
I wanted people to understand too, your incredible career, which,
by the way, how long have you been running with
the American Family Children's House Ten years?
Speaker 3 (08:05):
Ten years?
Speaker 2 (08:06):
Yes, and this did not come at an easy cost
for you when it comes to working this career every day.
Speaker 3 (08:16):
Can you share why that is?
Speaker 4 (08:18):
Yes? Absolutely?
Speaker 5 (08:20):
So.
Speaker 6 (08:20):
I used to be a patient Family at the Children's
Hospital back before it was the American Family Children's Hospital.
Our daughter was diagnosed with a rare form of leukemia
when she was four years old, actually on her fourth birthday,
and she fought long and hard, and when she was
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nine years old, she lost that battle. And it was
something that I always had in the back of my
mind that I wanted to do fundraising for the hospital,
and Christina wanted to raise funds to find a cure
for childhood cancer. She never wanted any kid to go
through what she went through, and so she worked on
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starting a fundraiser caps for the cure that's in some
of the schools yet today.
Speaker 4 (09:07):
Yeah, it's pretty amazing. And so I.
Speaker 6 (09:14):
Got to be a guest radio host for one of
our radiothons, and then I got the bug to really
be involved in raising funds even more, and so I
told the development team that if there's ever an opening,
I would love to come on board and do this
for a job, And to me, it's more about giving
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back to the hospital that really helped us. They couldn't
save our daughter, but I believe deep down that her
treatment has led to breakthroughs in the current treatments that
are happening, especially with immunotherapy, and so to me that
there was a reason for our loss.
Speaker 3 (09:59):
Right, yeah, you know through that.
Speaker 2 (10:03):
You know, we try to, you know, talk with moms
about going through something traumatic, and I can't imagine losing
your child. That is something that nobody, nobody ever wants
to happen to them.
Speaker 3 (10:17):
What do you think.
Speaker 2 (10:20):
Your strength came from getting through that, especially again because yours,
you're you're reoccurring your yourself to see children who are
sick on a daily basis.
Speaker 3 (10:30):
Where do you think your strength comes from that?
Speaker 6 (10:33):
Well, some of it comes from Christina, who is our
daughter that we lost, because she told me over and
over again she was not scared. The last time I
heard her voice was when she was heading into surgery
to get on the ventilator, and she told me, I'm
not scared, mom, And so I have to remember that
that if she wasn't scared at the age of nine,
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I need to not be scared at this age and
and do the right thing and help other families. The
other thing is my faith. I have a very strong faith,
and without that faith, there's no way that I could
do anything. After Christina died, I couldn't even get out
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of bed for a while. But we have another daughter
who was younger. She was seven when Christina passed, and
I was pregnant at the time of Christina's passing, and
so I had to get out of bed number one
for Hannah. I had to take care of her. I
had to make her feel loved and not alone. And
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I struggled, but I knew I had to do it,
and I just I did a lot of praying Chris,
a lot of praying Yeah, and I still do because
there are times at the hospital that I have to
remove myself.
Speaker 4 (11:55):
Because the example is.
Speaker 6 (11:59):
If I I'm in the ICU and a Code Blue
goes off for someone in crisis. That's how we lost Christina.
I the sounds triggering, Yep, it's very triggering. The smells
sometimes in the hospital will trigger me, and I just
excuse myself and I take a little break for a while,
and then I come back.
Speaker 4 (12:21):
But the one thing that.
Speaker 6 (12:23):
I never ever do is when I'm meeting with a
family who has a child being treated for cancer, is
I never share my story unless it comes up organically,
because I don't want families to think that my journey
is their journey. Never ever, do I want people to
think that. And you know, it's been eighteen years since
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Christina passed and there's been a lot of changes in treatment,
and so there's no reason for them to think that
their journey will end up like mine.
Speaker 2 (12:53):
Right. So right, and you are continuing the journey in
lou of your beautiful daughter. When it comes to you
also being a patient advocate for the Saint Baldrick's Foundation.
Speaker 6 (13:08):
Yes, I work close Yeah, I work closely with our
dream team here in Madison, our pediatric cancer team, our
oncology team.
Speaker 4 (13:18):
They do a lot of research right here.
Speaker 6 (13:21):
Like everybody always thinks of Saint Jude's Hospital for research,
but we do a lot of research right here in Madison.
And our team is a part of the Stand Up
to Cancer Saint Baldrick's Dream Team that's doing research across
the United States and into Canada. We've also just started
working on one with the UK.
Speaker 3 (13:43):
Wow.
Speaker 4 (13:44):
Yeah, so you.
Speaker 6 (13:45):
Know, we've got a lot of research happening. And I'm
a parent advocate. So what that means is I really
get to I used to travel with them to conferences
post COVID person, So you know that's a downside of it,
but I would go and I could hear all the
presentations of what's happening and then share, like from a
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parent's perspective, what does this mean and how does it
affect families and what are families looking for? And so
it was really important for me to do that to
represent Christina really because if she were alive, she'd be
doing it. I know she would, she'd be a part
of it. And when I started, Christina's oncologists was a
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part of the team, and so for me, it was
really important for him to know that I'm a part
of this, I'm supporting their work. I don't hold anything
against them because of her outcome. And the best part
about being on this team was I got to meet
the doctor that gave Christina's oncologists permission to use his
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trial research for compassionate care when she had no other choice.
Speaker 3 (15:01):
Wow.
Speaker 6 (15:02):
Yeah, yeah, wow. So I got to meet him and
thank him for granting that.
Speaker 4 (15:07):
Wow.
Speaker 3 (15:08):
Yeah, that's quite amazing.
Speaker 6 (15:10):
Yeah yeah, And that was on my list of things
that I wanted to meet him someday. And so when
we were sitting in the meeting, Christina's oncologist said, that's
doctor Schultz, and I go the doctor Schultz and he's like, yes,
he goes, I did residency with him, Laurie, I'll introduce you.
Speaker 3 (15:31):
Did you cry?
Speaker 4 (15:32):
I did?
Speaker 2 (15:33):
Or she's give him the biggest hug both, and he's like,
you're being a little awkward.
Speaker 4 (15:36):
Yes, both. It was all the.
Speaker 3 (15:40):
Lady. He's giving me a huge huggy bear.
Speaker 4 (15:43):
All of the above.
Speaker 6 (15:43):
And then he felt really awkward when he asked, oh,
I hope she's doing well. And then I had to
let him know, but I said, you know what, it's okay,
it's okay. We appreciate you. Get he gave us two
and a half extra years with her. Wow, So that
was really important.
Speaker 2 (15:57):
I don't think people realize, like if they're still like
one hundred different types of.
Speaker 6 (16:02):
Kids, can yeah exactly, Like that's incredible, exactly.
Speaker 4 (16:07):
Yeah.
Speaker 6 (16:07):
And we're doing research on a lot of them right
here in Madison, and the ones that we aren't, someone
else in our dream team might be working on. So
you know, it's it's a team effort, and they share
all the research, so it's not like it we just
hide it here in our labs. No, they get together,
they meet, We have presentations from each lab monthly from
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this team then they share what's happening. So there's a
lot of research going on. But I'm just really proud
that we have it going on right here in Madison.
Speaker 3 (16:40):
Absolutely, we're very blessed that we are. We're very blessed
that way we are.
Speaker 4 (16:43):
But people don't know it.
Speaker 6 (16:44):
Yeah, you know, And I tell our team, you guys
got to get the word out that you are an
amazing research team. You're not just an amazing oncology team,
You're an amazing research team.
Speaker 4 (16:55):
Right.
Speaker 3 (16:55):
Yeah, yeah, I.
Speaker 2 (16:57):
Feel like I'm doing an advertising Do you have Italian
in you?
Speaker 3 (17:03):
Do you have Italian?
Speaker 5 (17:04):
No?
Speaker 4 (17:04):
I'm Norwegian and Germany.
Speaker 2 (17:05):
Oh well, I see a lot of Italian movements with
your hands when you were talking.
Speaker 4 (17:09):
Just now, that's my coffee is way over there.
Speaker 3 (17:14):
No, I love it.
Speaker 4 (17:15):
I'm just passionate.
Speaker 2 (17:16):
I know well you absolutely absolutely. I did want to
let you know that. Gia, thank you so much. She
saw my daughter's picture. I mean, I can't believe she's
fifteen either. No, but her her love, her passion for
like the past now four years is helping children. So
she wants to be a pediatric rn.
Speaker 4 (17:37):
Oh my god.
Speaker 5 (17:38):
What.
Speaker 3 (17:38):
She wants to go to school for college I love it.
Speaker 1 (17:40):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (17:41):
Yeah, And so she's taking classes right now that are
specific to helping her get into medical school.
Speaker 4 (17:46):
Oh good for her.
Speaker 2 (17:47):
Yeah, I love I know. Our kids used to play
outside all the time.
Speaker 4 (17:53):
We were always hoping that g and Christian would get together. Yeah,
just so rare.
Speaker 2 (17:58):
We're like, our kids are six and ate, like, why
are we trying to get them married already? It never happened.
It happen, It didn't it did it. It's unfortunate.
Speaker 4 (18:08):
I know, we would be awesome.
Speaker 2 (18:11):
Oh my gosh, the Craig craze are here again. Welcome
to the Craig Craze. They were for them, they would
literally scatter.
Speaker 6 (18:23):
They would, let's be honest, they wouldn't invite us together anywhere.
Speaker 3 (18:26):
No, no.
Speaker 2 (18:27):
And I think when it came to Darryl and Travis
at the top, you know, taking them out on the
town was very awkward for them because Laurie and I
thought it would be really fun because we love when
it comes to drag shows that oh my gosh, we're
going to take our husbands to five nightclub. And we
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didn't tell them where we were going to take them. First,
we went to dinner at the Hookahlem.
Speaker 4 (18:53):
Yes, which was great, which.
Speaker 2 (18:54):
Was fabulous because you actually have billy dancers in front
of you.
Speaker 3 (18:58):
Yes, so we knew where their eyes were, and.
Speaker 4 (19:00):
We knew the boys would love that. They loved it.
Speaker 3 (19:03):
And they were like, oh, this's time for a new adventure.
And yes, we took them to five Night Club.
Speaker 2 (19:08):
Now, the funny thing is is that Daryl's really really
tall and big and Travis is on the shorter side,
and they were both wearing flannels. So you see, you
see these very like, you know, manly looking men sitting
next to each other, and then they start looking around
and they're realizing, wow, I I I, well, I'm they
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see a lot of drag queens around it.
Speaker 4 (19:37):
And we weren't sitting.
Speaker 2 (19:38):
With them, No, we were actually on the other side
of the bar. So they're just having briskies together. You know,
they're just talking shot, they're talking Harley, and they look alike,
so literally they look like boyfriends. And that's what we
thought was the cutest thing. And then they realized you're
at a you know, you're at a gay club, and
then you know, it's just it was.
Speaker 3 (19:57):
It was wonderful.
Speaker 6 (19:59):
Darrel saw some guys puppy, Oh do you like my puss.
Speaker 3 (20:02):
Oh he did say that, he did.
Speaker 2 (20:04):
I think he took a liking to Darryl for sure,
for sure it's hands.
Speaker 4 (20:08):
Yes, Oh gosh.
Speaker 2 (20:10):
Ah, let's just say you know what you know as
a wife, God bless you know?
Speaker 3 (20:15):
Is this what keeps a marriage alive? From how long
you've been married?
Speaker 4 (20:19):
It'll be forty years in June, Holy moly, I know.
Speaker 3 (20:23):
I know?
Speaker 2 (20:23):
And you know is that the key is having man
hands or the key to your longevity of your marriage?
Speaker 4 (20:31):
Hands? Hands, Yes, hands, I've never seen each other.
Speaker 3 (20:36):
Yes, we all have.
Speaker 2 (20:38):
Of course, we all have our thing with what we
find attractive on a man. But I honestly think hands
are like very very sexy.
Speaker 4 (20:45):
Yes I do.
Speaker 3 (20:46):
I always have.
Speaker 2 (20:47):
There's something about hands that have always, you know, been
something for me. But not just at like my mother's hands.
I grew up always admiring. So it's just the thing
that I have. Uh No, But honestly, what is the
key to longevity or do you think?
Speaker 4 (21:02):
I think? Just open communication? And so if.
Speaker 2 (21:06):
You would fight, if you would be in a fight,
would would there be like is one of you like
you know, I'm gonna storm out while the other one
is like quiet? I'm gonna stay reserved. I mean, we
don't have to get down to the journey with it.
Speaker 6 (21:18):
Well, I think you know who the quiet one is fight? Yeah,
da would be Darryl.
Speaker 3 (21:25):
He's like, what do I do?
Speaker 5 (21:26):
No?
Speaker 6 (21:27):
Yeah, I mean he tends to just walk away, okay,
so that the fight ends.
Speaker 3 (21:32):
Okay, yeah, and.
Speaker 6 (21:33):
Then I sit and then you know, you're like, no,
I don't want this to end yet, right, done?
Speaker 1 (21:38):
Right?
Speaker 6 (21:38):
I like to Yeah, I like to finish a fight,
but yeah, but I don't let it go on either.
If he's ending it, then okay, maybe I need to
just think about that. But I also think when Christina
passed away, we worked really hard at our relationship because
we knew it was either going to make or break us, yes,
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and so we did. We did therapy afterwards, and we
had Hannah in therapy, you know, because of her being
so young. So I think that helped too, because you know,
we just leaned on each other a lot.
Speaker 2 (22:20):
And I mean, that's gonna be so I mean, gosh,
just imagine moms and Dad's listening, your entire family going
in mourning at the same time, and you're all individual
people and you all are going through this at your
own rate and feeling and yeah, like yeah extream.
Speaker 6 (22:40):
Stream yeah, Hannah, really, you know, she had the worst
time because that morning Christina passed away, she said goodbye
to her to go to school and then was planning
to come back to school or come back to the hospital,
and we had to have her called out of school
to come and really say goodbye forever. So she had
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a lot of separation anxiety. I couldn't go to the
bathroom without her, I couldn't go to the grocery store.
Speaker 5 (23:08):
So sure I could say like a fear of maybe
losing you, yes, yeah, yeah, and so and every now
and then it still pops up, even though she's twenty
five years old, right, you know, it's still sometimes we
see it.
Speaker 3 (23:22):
Right right.
Speaker 2 (23:25):
As far as like just getting through mourning, was there
anything that was seemed to be like really helpful, Like
did you say you went to the therapy?
Speaker 4 (23:36):
Maybe we went to grief counseling.
Speaker 6 (23:39):
And our pastor was absolutely amazing and has now become
family to us because he was there through all of that.
And I'll be honest, I think being pregnant with Christian
and having Christian probably saved my life, to be very honest,
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because I had to worry more about him than me,
and so it was I needed to make sure that
I was eating to take care of him, so I
had another focus. Otherwise I'm not sure what would have happened.
And I always say that, really he saved my life,
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and I think he saved our family to be honest too,
because we all had a new.
Speaker 3 (24:29):
Focus because of your faith. Do you believe God gave
you Christian at that time?
Speaker 4 (24:34):
I do.
Speaker 3 (24:35):
I do.
Speaker 6 (24:36):
And Daryl even said when I told him I was pregnant,
he knew we were going to lose Christina.
Speaker 3 (24:42):
Oh my gosh.
Speaker 6 (24:43):
Yeah, yeah, because we had tried to do My Sister's Keeper,
which was the book where the story where a mom
tried to have there was a they had a child
that had leukemia and they didn't have a match, and
so they wanted to do have another child to be
her match for bone marrow transplant, and so we tried
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to do that and I miscarried two times trying that,
And so when I found out I was pregnant with Christian,
it was like, how.
Speaker 3 (25:15):
Yeah, it's a gift.
Speaker 4 (25:18):
It was a gift. Yeah, at the time, I didn't
see it that way.
Speaker 6 (25:22):
I was pretty angry with God at the time, because
you know, why take the one I have and know
and love and give me one that I don't know.
I'd rather keep Christina. But I love Christian to pieces.
I'm so proud.
Speaker 3 (25:38):
It's adorable.
Speaker 2 (25:39):
Oh my gosh, I just saw his football picture.
Speaker 3 (25:41):
My gosh.
Speaker 2 (25:42):
I always knew he'd be I always knew he was
a good looking kid, but my goodness, now, I was like, really,
and what he's going into school for. I'm like, ladies,
watch out, watch out? So what is Christian going.
Speaker 4 (25:52):
To go to school for? Aviation? Yes?
Speaker 6 (25:54):
And Air Force orrow, tc. So when he graduates to
be he'll be a pilot and an officer.
Speaker 4 (26:00):
In the Air Force and who knows where he'll go
or who do you? Yeah?
Speaker 2 (26:05):
Nonetheless, like he's this huge football player, so I mean
he's got it all. I'm so so happy because I
can't remember last time I saw Christian.
Speaker 3 (26:15):
Yeah, he's just turned into a young man.
Speaker 2 (26:17):
And yeah, just like with Jia, like she totally like
sprouted in a year. I'm like, you don't even look
like the same person to.
Speaker 6 (26:24):
Me, exactly. Yea, Yeah, it's funny how that just happened.
Speaker 3 (26:28):
It's like you're a young woman now, I know.
Speaker 2 (26:31):
Yeah.
Speaker 6 (26:31):
Yeah, it's like over the summer Christian grew into a
man and was like, wait where did you go?
Speaker 4 (26:37):
Right?
Speaker 2 (26:38):
Right? And then your gorgeous daughter, Hannah, Oh yeah, she's
just oh my Gonda is amazing as well.
Speaker 6 (26:45):
She graduated a couple of years ago with her underground
in psychology from Mankato State in Minnesota, and now she's
working full time with her degree doing behavior plans for
people who work in group homes from kids to a
else and working full time on her master's degree. This
is her second year working on that, and when she
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gets done with that, she'll be a board certified behavioral analyst.
Speaker 4 (27:11):
Wow.
Speaker 3 (27:12):
Yes, unbelievable. Yeah, it's so fabulous.
Speaker 4 (27:15):
I know.
Speaker 6 (27:15):
And I keep telling her she should go into the
FBI like criminal mind.
Speaker 3 (27:18):
Oh girl, do it?
Speaker 2 (27:20):
I know.
Speaker 3 (27:20):
Then maybe she'll get cast and like law and Order SCU.
Oh my gosh. I work with Mariska Architage, who I love.
Speaker 4 (27:28):
I love her.
Speaker 3 (27:28):
I know she's a lady, vos. I know she's a lady.
Speaker 4 (27:32):
Would that be amazing to have hand in the FBI? Yes,
Oh my.
Speaker 2 (27:35):
Gosh, excuse me, excuse me, I've got work here.
Speaker 3 (27:38):
Please step aside, so exactly.
Speaker 2 (27:40):
And then she she, you know, have a New York accent, and.
Speaker 6 (27:44):
She's she's worried about the physical that they have to take. Oh,
so she's she printed it off and that's what she
She works out every day and she's trying to meet
the requirements.
Speaker 3 (27:54):
I think her and Christian should go to boot camp together.
Speaker 2 (27:57):
Oh jeepers, he'll go to boot camp, right if he
has to go to the Air Force.
Speaker 4 (28:01):
No, he won't because he's doing IROTC.
Speaker 2 (28:03):
Oh okay, well he's already he'll already kick him out anyway. Yeah,
it doesn't need to. Well, I'm really really happy for
your family. They're so beautiful. I just adored them. And
I remember Hannah. Remember she taught me and Gia and
the rest of the crew dance moves. Yeah, and I
had like my little schoolgirl squired on.
Speaker 4 (28:22):
Yes. Yeah, she used to be a beautiful ballerina.
Speaker 3 (28:26):
She's gorgeous. I remember performing it on stage. I'm like,
I can't miss this up. I can't mess this up. Yeah,
but she said she was proud.
Speaker 2 (28:33):
Absolutely, She's like, well, Christy, you can move, but you
can't get the beats down.
Speaker 6 (28:36):
But I'm like, I tried she is an honest one.
Speaker 3 (28:41):
I'll show you, all right, miss Laurie.
Speaker 2 (28:44):
I want to move on to some fun questions that
I just want to know from you. All Right, here
we go. What is the greatest lesson you've taught your kids?
Speaker 5 (28:56):
M M.
Speaker 3 (29:00):
I know I put you on the spot.
Speaker 4 (29:01):
You did, but that's okay.
Speaker 6 (29:03):
I would think the greatest lesson I've taught them is
to be honest and to be true to yourself. Love
those Yes, I think that's it, because if you're not
an honest person, I think it's going to be really
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hard to move on in life and to get.
Speaker 4 (29:30):
What you want.
Speaker 3 (29:31):
You won't have an authentic life.
Speaker 4 (29:32):
Right yeah, yeah, And I believe they've done that.
Speaker 2 (29:37):
Oh yeah, they're very sweet kids. What is one thing
you would tell your teenage self?
Speaker 4 (29:42):
Oh? Run, run like the win.
Speaker 3 (29:45):
Run just run away. Don't go for that one. Run away.
Speaker 6 (29:52):
I would tell my teenage self to Now, don't get
me wrong. I love my family and I love my husband,
But I would I get married as young as I did, Okay,
I would do some traveling and live some life singly first.
Speaker 2 (30:06):
Sure yeah, sure, sure? What's your favorite song to dance too?
Speaker 4 (30:12):
To dance too? Yeah?
Speaker 3 (30:15):
What do you get your freak onto?
Speaker 4 (30:18):
Well, I don't know if we can say that. You know,
I like all classic rock music. Oh I love it.
Speaker 2 (30:26):
Yeah?
Speaker 4 (30:27):
So bon Jovi? Oh yeah yeah, so he's going back
on tour. Did you do that?
Speaker 3 (30:34):
Dang it?
Speaker 6 (30:35):
Yeah? Yeah, I think anything that bon Jovi does, I would.
Speaker 2 (30:38):
I know my girlfriend, she's obsessed, obsessed with him.
Speaker 3 (30:43):
Yeah, and I love how his son looks just like him.
Speaker 4 (30:45):
Oh my gosh, it's frightening.
Speaker 3 (30:46):
Isn't it amazing?
Speaker 2 (30:47):
I know, and he married like the cutest girl ever
for sure, I know from stranger things. Yes, we love her, Bobby.
What makes you laugh?
Speaker 4 (30:58):
Oh? What doesn't make me laugh?
Speaker 5 (31:02):
Oh?
Speaker 4 (31:02):
I like that?
Speaker 3 (31:03):
Yeah, because we laugh a lot. I'll tell you what
makes you laugh.
Speaker 2 (31:06):
The fact that Laurie would always think it was funny
when I would come over and she had this big
bush it's called the burning bush that was like like
an amber color.
Speaker 3 (31:17):
And so I'm a redhead.
Speaker 2 (31:18):
So if you know where I'm going with that, You
thought I looked like if I was. Yeah, yeah, but
now you tore her down the burning bush? Yeah it died, Yeah,
it had to.
Speaker 3 (31:28):
Go, makes it.
Speaker 6 (31:30):
But you know, I think spending time with friends and
just having a good time that I love laughing with
my friends.
Speaker 2 (31:35):
Absolutely, we have laughed many times, I know ends time
love that. Yes, where You've actually had to drive me
home because I had too much fun the night before, right, Yeah, yes,
I got a little sick.
Speaker 4 (31:49):
She brought me off at my house.
Speaker 3 (31:52):
What advice would you give to women to empower them?
Speaker 6 (31:56):
Oh, I would say follow your heart and listen to
it and go for it, because really I didn't always
think that I could go for what my dreams and
you know, just go for it. And I'm a strong person,
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but it took me a long time to realize that
I was stronger than I thought I was. And I
think people need to listen to their heart and their
gut more especially women, and just follow that.
Speaker 4 (32:31):
Yeah, because you can do it, Yeah, you really can.
And be vocal.
Speaker 6 (32:35):
Yes, be vocal. I mean, prime example, I never thought
I could be a principal of a school and run
I mean one of the schools I had a million
dollar budget. Never ever, in a million years did I
think I could do that. Yeah, but it's something I
wanted to do, and so I just listened to my
heart myself and said, if it's something you want to
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do it.
Speaker 4 (32:55):
I love it, and I did and I loved it.
Speaker 2 (32:58):
Yeah, would your kids say hi, missus Schulton.
Speaker 3 (33:01):
They and you would be like, get to class, Get
to class?
Speaker 6 (33:04):
No, I would You wouldn't like that, But they'd say hi,
missus Chelson, you know, call him by name.
Speaker 4 (33:08):
And then I'd say, where are you supposed to be?
Speaker 3 (33:11):
Where you're supposed to be? Yeah, where are you supposed
to be?
Speaker 4 (33:14):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (33:14):
I love I think you'd been an amazing principle for sure.
Speaker 3 (33:19):
For sure.
Speaker 4 (33:22):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (33:22):
Well, I just think you have definitely walked the life
that you were supposed to be. I mean, you're just
a brilliant woman, miss Lori, and you're resilient as you
get and you're funny, you're sweet, you're humble, you're kind,
your everything, and so I just appreciate you coming on
the mom squad. I know it's not easy to always share,
(33:45):
you know, the journey that you've been through, but my gosh,
you see the power within you. So hopefully this inspires
other parents out there whatever you're going through in life,
because life is hard, it is that you you got
to keep going.
Speaker 6 (34:02):
You do and you might not be grieving the loss
of a child, but it's whatever you're dealing with at
the moment, and never think to yourself, well, I don't
have a right to feel that way because this person
has it so much worse. It's all what you're dealing
with in the moment. And I'll be honest, I worried
(34:25):
about stupid things, I mean really stupid things before, and
it was stuff that didn't matter to anybody, and that
would really upset me and bother me. And you know what, Nope,
not anymore. And the other thing is surround yourself with
people you like and have fun with, because life's too
(34:49):
short to spend it with people that bring you down.
Speaker 2 (34:52):
Oh.
Speaker 3 (34:52):
Absolutely, get rid of the toxic people.
Speaker 4 (34:55):
Yep, you don't need them.
Speaker 6 (34:56):
Nope, yep, noah, don't look back and don't look back.
And you know what, You'll feel better, You really will,
because I've been doing that.
Speaker 4 (35:04):
And another thing is I love it, Yes, social media.
Speaker 3 (35:08):
Oh, don't do it. Don't do it.
Speaker 6 (35:12):
It's like another job. What you mean, Yeah, I mean,
don't go down that rabbit hole.
Speaker 2 (35:17):
I get away, get away, run, little bunny, run, that's right.
Speaker 3 (35:23):
I agree with you there. Well I love your girlfriend.
Speaker 4 (35:25):
I love you, and thanks for doing this.
Speaker 2 (35:28):
Absolutely absolutely, and we'll get together again and we'll go out.
Speaker 3 (35:32):
We'll have to think of another place in matt Town. Yes,
I know, we went to Bucket Honey's. Yeah, we could
always go back. Maybe that firefighter. Maybe we're just kidding.
Speaker 5 (35:43):
I love you.
Speaker 1 (35:43):
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