1 00:00:04,160 --> 00:00:09,000 Speaker 1: Hello, friends, Welcome to Story Behind podcast. This is the 2 00:00:09,039 --> 00:00:12,200 Speaker 1: show for people who love hearing a good story and 3 00:00:12,240 --> 00:00:15,720 Speaker 1: who believe the world could use more positivity. We're the 4 00:00:15,720 --> 00:00:18,959 Speaker 1: team behind God Updates and God Too, and we hope 5 00:00:18,960 --> 00:00:22,880 Speaker 1: these weekly short stories will brighten your day. 6 00:00:27,320 --> 00:00:29,800 Speaker 2: Couple married over seventy years pass away within hours of 7 00:00:29,840 --> 00:00:32,360 Speaker 2: each other, and it's quite the love story. Written by 8 00:00:32,360 --> 00:00:35,960 Speaker 2: Heather Wriggleman, read by Julie Provost. Couple married over seventy 9 00:00:36,040 --> 00:00:38,000 Speaker 2: years pass away within hours of each other, and it's 10 00:00:38,040 --> 00:00:39,960 Speaker 2: quite the story. This is the kind of love story 11 00:00:40,000 --> 00:00:42,320 Speaker 2: we all quietly long board gravitissue and be ready to 12 00:00:42,320 --> 00:00:45,400 Speaker 2: share with your friends. This story is the kind built 13 00:00:45,400 --> 00:00:48,320 Speaker 2: over breakfast and ordinary tuesdays, the kind stitch together through 14 00:00:48,320 --> 00:00:51,720 Speaker 2: hard seasons, laughter, gardens and road trips, and hands reaching 15 00:00:51,720 --> 00:00:53,680 Speaker 2: for each other in the dark. The kind where one 16 00:00:53,720 --> 00:00:56,440 Speaker 2: life becomes so woven into another that you can't imagine 17 00:00:56,440 --> 00:00:59,160 Speaker 2: the thread ever being pulled apart. I've known my husband 18 00:00:59,160 --> 00:01:01,040 Speaker 2: since I was thirteen. I've known him for so long 19 00:01:01,080 --> 00:01:02,960 Speaker 2: that I cannot imagine a day without him. Maybe that's 20 00:01:03,000 --> 00:01:05,160 Speaker 2: why stories like this reached deep into the heart, Because 21 00:01:05,160 --> 00:01:08,520 Speaker 2: somewhere inside olz All is the hope that love can last, 22 00:01:08,600 --> 00:01:11,240 Speaker 2: and that when the ending comes, mercy might meet us 23 00:01:11,240 --> 00:01:13,600 Speaker 2: there too. The mercy came for the Tennessee couple of 24 00:01:13,640 --> 00:01:18,320 Speaker 2: Wilson County, John Ridley Trice and Alice Moss Trice. They 25 00:01:18,319 --> 00:01:20,240 Speaker 2: had been married more than seventy years when they passed 26 00:01:20,240 --> 00:01:22,760 Speaker 2: away on the same day, just hours apart, inside the 27 00:01:22,760 --> 00:01:25,480 Speaker 2: home they built and shared for decades. John was ninety three, 28 00:01:25,600 --> 00:01:28,400 Speaker 2: Alice was ninety four. Their daughter, Angela Trice said it 29 00:01:28,400 --> 00:01:31,360 Speaker 2: best you never said one name and didn't think of 30 00:01:31,400 --> 00:01:34,160 Speaker 2: the other. Truly, one of them would not have wanted 31 00:01:34,200 --> 00:01:35,880 Speaker 2: to live without the other, and they didn't have to. 32 00:01:36,400 --> 00:01:38,960 Speaker 2: Isn't that what true love becomes, Not two separate names 33 00:01:38,959 --> 00:01:42,839 Speaker 2: but one story. John died around one pm on April second. 34 00:01:43,280 --> 00:01:46,039 Speaker 2: Alice followed nine hours later. What a tender mercy from 35 00:01:46,080 --> 00:01:48,240 Speaker 2: the Lord, and neither had to learn how to live 36 00:01:48,280 --> 00:01:50,480 Speaker 2: long without the other. The couple first met at a 37 00:01:50,520 --> 00:01:53,680 Speaker 2: square dance and married on November eleventh, nineteen fifty five. 38 00:01:54,040 --> 00:01:55,840 Speaker 2: They went on to raise two children, build a home, 39 00:01:55,880 --> 00:01:59,040 Speaker 2: and create a life marked by faithfulness. John farm the 40 00:01:59,120 --> 00:02:03,040 Speaker 2: land and later tractors and equipment. Alice carried kindness wherever 41 00:02:03,040 --> 00:02:05,480 Speaker 2: she went, and was a faithful member of College Hills 42 00:02:05,520 --> 00:02:08,280 Speaker 2: Church of Christ. But perhaps one of the sweetest details 43 00:02:08,320 --> 00:02:10,400 Speaker 2: on all of this is that they traveled the world together. 44 00:02:10,760 --> 00:02:14,080 Speaker 2: They visited all fifty states in many countries, making memories together. 45 00:02:14,560 --> 00:02:17,040 Speaker 2: Their journey mattered just as much as the destination. And 46 00:02:17,120 --> 00:02:20,000 Speaker 2: maybe that's a secret to love. After all. Angela shared 47 00:02:20,040 --> 00:02:22,519 Speaker 2: her father's wisdom for a lasting marriage. You know, Dad 48 00:02:22,600 --> 00:02:24,760 Speaker 2: used to say, put God first and then be there 49 00:02:24,800 --> 00:02:26,959 Speaker 2: for each other, she said of her father's simple rule, 50 00:02:27,480 --> 00:02:30,320 Speaker 2: simple words, sacred truth. Because when God is woven into 51 00:02:30,320 --> 00:02:33,240 Speaker 2: the fabric of love, it becomes stronger than time, stronger 52 00:02:33,240 --> 00:02:36,000 Speaker 2: than hardship, stronger even than death. This is the kind 53 00:02:36,040 --> 00:02:38,120 Speaker 2: of ending we all pray for, a small miracle, a 54 00:02:38,200 --> 00:02:40,480 Speaker 2: quiet mercy, and a love that walks each of us 55 00:02:40,520 --> 00:02:43,480 Speaker 2: all the way home. And if a man prevails against 56 00:02:43,560 --> 00:02:46,160 Speaker 2: him that is alone, two shell would stand him, and 57 00:02:46,240 --> 00:02:50,800 Speaker 2: a threefold chord is not quickly broken. Ecclesiastes four. Twelve. 58 00:03:06,280 --> 00:03:08,240 Speaker 2: Five year old is now a hero after he saves 59 00:03:08,280 --> 00:03:11,160 Speaker 2: family from house fire. Written may have the Riggleman read 60 00:03:11,200 --> 00:03:13,880 Speaker 2: by Julie Provost. A five year old is now a 61 00:03:13,919 --> 00:03:16,040 Speaker 2: hero after he saved his family from a house fire 62 00:03:16,680 --> 00:03:19,520 Speaker 2: heroes come in all shapes and sizes. They don't need capes, titles, 63 00:03:19,560 --> 00:03:22,600 Speaker 2: or years behind them. Sometimes they wear little pajamas, carry 64 00:03:22,600 --> 00:03:25,200 Speaker 2: a blanket, and speak with the brave voice of a child. 65 00:03:25,360 --> 00:03:28,240 Speaker 2: And this week, boy named Jayden from Texas proved exactly that. 66 00:03:28,680 --> 00:03:31,080 Speaker 2: Early Friday morning and long View, six family members were 67 00:03:31,120 --> 00:03:33,800 Speaker 2: sleeping peacefully in their home when flames begin to spread 68 00:03:33,840 --> 00:03:36,200 Speaker 2: quietly while the rest of the house slept. Five year 69 00:03:36,200 --> 00:03:38,880 Speaker 2: old Jayden woke to a loud, popping sound. What he 70 00:03:38,880 --> 00:03:42,600 Speaker 2: saw next could have terrified anyone fire near the front door. 71 00:03:43,040 --> 00:03:45,720 Speaker 2: Still wrapped to his blanket, Jaden didn't freeze, he didn't hide. 72 00:03:45,760 --> 00:03:48,080 Speaker 2: He moved toward the people he loved, going straight to 73 00:03:48,120 --> 00:03:51,280 Speaker 2: his aunt, Lula Craven and said the words that changed everything. 74 00:03:51,440 --> 00:03:54,360 Speaker 2: It's a fire, Lula said. He came to my room 75 00:03:54,520 --> 00:03:56,280 Speaker 2: with his little blanket and told me it's a fire. 76 00:03:56,360 --> 00:03:58,800 Speaker 2: I said, oh my God. And by that time the 77 00:03:58,840 --> 00:04:01,880 Speaker 2: smoke alarm went off. Because the Jaden's quick thinking, all 78 00:04:01,920 --> 00:04:04,720 Speaker 2: six people inside made it out safely. One person was 79 00:04:04,800 --> 00:04:07,800 Speaker 2: checked for smoke inhalation, but no one suffered serious injuries. 80 00:04:08,120 --> 00:04:10,680 Speaker 2: But that's the kind of miracle that arrives in small footsteps. 81 00:04:10,960 --> 00:04:13,040 Speaker 2: When asked if he was scared, Jaden simply said, I 82 00:04:13,120 --> 00:04:16,840 Speaker 2: wasn't scared. Sometimes courage doesn't roar. Sometimes it whispers through 83 00:04:16,880 --> 00:04:19,560 Speaker 2: the missing front teeth and sleepy eyes. Sometimes bravery looks 84 00:04:19,560 --> 00:04:21,440 Speaker 2: like a five year old doing the next right thing, 85 00:04:21,560 --> 00:04:24,239 Speaker 2: even if he carries his blanket with him. His aunt 86 00:04:24,240 --> 00:04:26,320 Speaker 2: calls him exactly what he is. We call him our 87 00:04:26,440 --> 00:04:28,960 Speaker 2: angel and our hero. She said. The angel sent him 88 00:04:28,960 --> 00:04:31,520 Speaker 2: to wake me up, she said, because I don't know. 89 00:04:31,640 --> 00:04:33,919 Speaker 2: We were just lucky. We all got out. As the 90 00:04:33,920 --> 00:04:37,359 Speaker 2: family escaped, help came from next door through Jana Herrera, 91 00:04:37,680 --> 00:04:40,880 Speaker 2: a contracted EMT and volunteer firefighter who happened to take 92 00:04:40,880 --> 00:04:43,520 Speaker 2: a different route to work that morning. She saw the flames, 93 00:04:43,600 --> 00:04:46,320 Speaker 2: rush to help and stayed with the family until firefighters arrived. 94 00:04:46,760 --> 00:04:49,240 Speaker 2: She later said, everything just kind of happened so perfectly. 95 00:04:49,640 --> 00:04:51,960 Speaker 2: Maybe that's how grace works. Sometimes a little boy wakes 96 00:04:52,000 --> 00:04:54,680 Speaker 2: at the right moment, a neighbor turns down a different street, 97 00:04:55,000 --> 00:04:57,960 Speaker 2: help arrives in time, lives are spared. Investigators say the 98 00:04:58,000 --> 00:05:00,719 Speaker 2: fire began because of an electrical issue an outlet on 99 00:05:00,720 --> 00:05:03,039 Speaker 2: the front porch, but what could have ended in tragedy 100 00:05:03,080 --> 00:05:06,640 Speaker 2: became a story of rescue, courage, and gratitude. Jaden may 101 00:05:06,640 --> 00:05:09,039 Speaker 2: only be five years old, but he reminded the world 102 00:05:09,120 --> 00:05:11,120 Speaker 2: that heroism has nothing to do with age. It has 103 00:05:11,160 --> 00:05:14,280 Speaker 2: everything to do with love. The Angel of the Lord 104 00:05:14,360 --> 00:05:16,640 Speaker 2: is watching over those who have fear of him to 105 00:05:16,720 --> 00:05:19,800 Speaker 2: keep them safe, Psalm thirty four seven. 106 00:05:28,000 --> 00:05:31,160 Speaker 1: Thank you so much for listening to Story Behind podcast. 107 00:05:31,680 --> 00:05:33,960 Speaker 1: We're really glad you joined us for this week's story. 108 00:05:34,720 --> 00:05:37,160 Speaker 1: To see photos and videos that may have been referenced 109 00:05:37,200 --> 00:05:40,080 Speaker 1: in this episode, check out the links and the show notes, 110 00:05:40,560 --> 00:05:43,520 Speaker 1: and if you enjoyed what you heard today, subscribe to 111 00:05:43,560 --> 00:05:47,120 Speaker 1: our podcast and please tell a friend about us. We'd 112 00:05:47,120 --> 00:05:49,160 Speaker 1: also love it if you'd rate us and leave us 113 00:05:49,160 --> 00:05:52,120 Speaker 1: a review. 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