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 --> 00:00:18,919 Speaker 1: team behind God Updates and God Too, and we hope 5 00:00:18,960 --> 00:00:22,520 Speaker 1: these weekly short stories will brighten your day. 6 00:00:26,880 --> 00:00:29,280 Speaker 2: Senior is able to have an early graduation after her 7 00:00:29,360 --> 00:00:32,800 Speaker 2: dad is diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Written by mikhaelig Go, 8 00:00:32,840 --> 00:00:36,840 Speaker 2: Jonni Ready, Duly Provost Huntingson Beach, California High School, senior 9 00:00:36,840 --> 00:00:39,680 Speaker 2: honors her dying father by holding an early graduation for herself. 10 00:00:40,080 --> 00:00:42,599 Speaker 2: Fulfilling both their wishes was a happy day for them 11 00:00:42,640 --> 00:00:45,320 Speaker 2: and all who attended. The senior Abby Kirwin, who was 12 00:00:45,360 --> 00:00:47,519 Speaker 2: able to look back at the event with fond memories. 13 00:00:48,040 --> 00:00:51,840 Speaker 2: Her father, Bill Caron, is in fourth stage of panreatic 14 00:00:51,920 --> 00:00:54,680 Speaker 2: cancer and has stopped all treatments. His one wish was 15 00:00:54,720 --> 00:00:58,280 Speaker 2: to his daughter graduate. Bill served as a youth sports coach. 16 00:00:58,640 --> 00:01:00,720 Speaker 2: Many people in the community showed up to support them 17 00:01:00,800 --> 00:01:03,880 Speaker 2: and attend the graduation. You're the best man I've ever met, 18 00:01:03,920 --> 00:01:06,000 Speaker 2: and I'm so proud to receive my diploma from you, 19 00:01:06,280 --> 00:01:08,760 Speaker 2: Abby told her father on stage after he handed her 20 00:01:08,800 --> 00:01:11,560 Speaker 2: the diploma. This was so meaningful to me. It really 21 00:01:11,680 --> 00:01:13,760 Speaker 2: just showed how emotional this journey has been for me, 22 00:01:14,200 --> 00:01:16,039 Speaker 2: and I felt like it made a big step, she said, 23 00:01:16,560 --> 00:01:18,679 Speaker 2: knowing all my life after this, any year, I can 24 00:01:18,760 --> 00:01:21,520 Speaker 2: just recount on my own high school graduation that I 25 00:01:21,600 --> 00:01:24,200 Speaker 2: got to get my diploma from my dad. Bill said, 26 00:01:24,240 --> 00:01:26,759 Speaker 2: it's a testament to her incredible drive and work ethic. 27 00:01:27,120 --> 00:01:29,680 Speaker 2: It was a special, heartfelt, deep and emotional experience. It 28 00:01:29,800 --> 00:01:32,199 Speaker 2: just made my heart, saying I couldn't be more proud 29 00:01:32,280 --> 00:01:34,640 Speaker 2: as a father, He said, I couldn't be more proud 30 00:01:34,720 --> 00:01:36,120 Speaker 2: just as a man to have a daughter like her. 31 00:01:36,240 --> 00:01:40,680 Speaker 2: She's driven and motivated. First day supervisor Janet Nuguan, a 32 00:01:40,760 --> 00:01:43,440 Speaker 2: friend of Bill's, said she had only learned Friday the 33 00:01:43,520 --> 00:01:46,840 Speaker 2: thirteenth how severe Bill's condition was. She and fifteen other 34 00:01:46,920 --> 00:01:49,280 Speaker 2: parents scrambled over the weekend to make the graduation happen. 35 00:01:49,760 --> 00:01:52,320 Speaker 2: He's a great man who contributed so much to this country, 36 00:01:52,440 --> 00:01:55,200 Speaker 2: to this community, Janet said. We wanted to make sure 37 00:01:55,240 --> 00:01:57,280 Speaker 2: he would be there for his daughter. Bill said it 38 00:01:57,360 --> 00:01:59,440 Speaker 2: was great seeing family and friends I haven't seen in 39 00:01:59,480 --> 00:02:01,760 Speaker 2: a while show up and say thank you. I didn't 40 00:02:01,800 --> 00:02:04,680 Speaker 2: expect it. It's overwhelming. After the ceremony. His friends and 41 00:02:04,760 --> 00:02:07,720 Speaker 2: family brought out a cake to celebrate his sixty second birthday. 42 00:02:07,760 --> 00:02:10,400 Speaker 2: On March twenty six, There is symmetry to my life, 43 00:02:10,480 --> 00:02:13,639 Speaker 2: Bill joked. Huntington Beach Council members announced that they will 44 00:02:13,639 --> 00:02:17,240 Speaker 2: be dedicating a bench at Boulda View Park in Kirwin's memory. 45 00:02:17,760 --> 00:02:19,720 Speaker 2: Abby will tend college in the fall and plans to 46 00:02:19,760 --> 00:02:22,280 Speaker 2: become a nurse. What a beautiful moment that this family 47 00:02:22,360 --> 00:02:24,800 Speaker 2: got to share with everyone. It's amazing how people can 48 00:02:24,840 --> 00:02:26,800 Speaker 2: come together at the last minute to support a family 49 00:02:26,880 --> 00:02:30,000 Speaker 2: and a good cause. The father can rest happily knowing 50 00:02:30,040 --> 00:02:31,800 Speaker 2: that he got to see his daughter complete a major 51 00:02:31,880 --> 00:02:49,560 Speaker 2: milestone After tragic bust crash. Church community steps up for 52 00:02:49,720 --> 00:02:52,680 Speaker 2: injured student in a big way. Written by Julli Provosts 53 00:02:52,720 --> 00:02:56,240 Speaker 2: Riad by Jully Provosts. Tragedy hit my own Tennessee community 54 00:02:56,320 --> 00:02:58,360 Speaker 2: on March twenty seven, twenty twenty six, when a middle 55 00:02:58,360 --> 00:03:00,679 Speaker 2: school bus on a field trip got into anxiident. The 56 00:03:00,760 --> 00:03:03,320 Speaker 2: bus was headed from Clarksville, Tennessee, to Jackson, Tennessee for 57 00:03:03,360 --> 00:03:06,880 Speaker 2: a Grand Fury event. Through this dune program, Hartborokingly, two 58 00:03:06,880 --> 00:03:09,840 Speaker 2: students died and over twenty other students went to the hospital, 59 00:03:09,880 --> 00:03:12,079 Speaker 2: as well as four teachers and the bus driver. But 60 00:03:12,160 --> 00:03:14,519 Speaker 2: in the midst of this horrific accident, a church stepped 61 00:03:14,560 --> 00:03:16,359 Speaker 2: in to help the community and one of the eighth 62 00:03:16,400 --> 00:03:18,880 Speaker 2: graders who was injured in the crash. Bryce and Reagan, 63 00:03:18,960 --> 00:03:22,240 Speaker 2: a student at Kenwood Middle School in Clarksville, was one 64 00:03:22,280 --> 00:03:24,440 Speaker 2: of the students on the bus that day. He was 65 00:03:24,480 --> 00:03:26,760 Speaker 2: severely injured and will need to be in a wheelchair 66 00:03:26,840 --> 00:03:29,320 Speaker 2: for a while while he hails. The fourteen year old 67 00:03:29,320 --> 00:03:32,080 Speaker 2: would need a ramp at his home. That's when Chris Lanaire, 68 00:03:32,240 --> 00:03:34,040 Speaker 2: who was a member of the school district, received a 69 00:03:34,120 --> 00:03:36,119 Speaker 2: call from the superintendent about the need for the ramp. 70 00:03:36,520 --> 00:03:38,080 Speaker 2: We are all trying to put the pieces together and 71 00:03:38,120 --> 00:03:41,360 Speaker 2: trying to help anyone we can, Chris shares. Chris contacted 72 00:03:41,440 --> 00:03:44,880 Speaker 2: David Schmidzu. David runs a ramp ministry at the Church 73 00:03:44,920 --> 00:03:47,680 Speaker 2: of Christ had Trenton Crossing in Clarksville. He has operated 74 00:03:47,760 --> 00:03:50,520 Speaker 2: this ministry for over fifteen years now. Even though there 75 00:03:50,560 --> 00:03:52,520 Speaker 2: are people ahead of Bryson on the waiting list, they 76 00:03:52,600 --> 00:03:55,200 Speaker 2: moved the teenager to the top. He was ultimately put 77 00:03:55,240 --> 00:03:57,240 Speaker 2: to the top because that is the only way he 78 00:03:57,320 --> 00:03:59,160 Speaker 2: can get in and out of his house, David chairs. 79 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:02,000 Speaker 2: It was only a few days notice, but David was 80 00:04:02,000 --> 00:04:03,640 Speaker 2: able to find a ramp at someone's home who no 81 00:04:03,760 --> 00:04:06,720 Speaker 2: longer needed it, and it fit Bryson's home. I call 82 00:04:06,760 --> 00:04:09,520 Speaker 2: it a godwink. His hand was in it for sure 83 00:04:09,680 --> 00:04:12,040 Speaker 2: from the get go, he says about how everything worked out, 84 00:04:12,600 --> 00:04:15,080 Speaker 2: and a godwink it certainly was. The ramp was able 85 00:04:15,120 --> 00:04:17,600 Speaker 2: to be completed before Bryson got home from the hospital. 86 00:04:18,120 --> 00:04:20,040 Speaker 2: I said, Hey, there's a new thing that's going to 87 00:04:20,080 --> 00:04:22,000 Speaker 2: be at your house when you get home. And they said, 88 00:04:22,040 --> 00:04:23,920 Speaker 2: what is it? And I said, well, your rap is done. 89 00:04:23,960 --> 00:04:26,200 Speaker 2: And they said, we are actually twenty six minutes out 90 00:04:26,200 --> 00:04:28,800 Speaker 2: from the house. We're in the ambulance. Writing back from Memphis. 91 00:04:28,880 --> 00:04:31,840 Speaker 2: It was perfect timing. Christ shares it's so heart warming 92 00:04:31,880 --> 00:04:33,880 Speaker 2: to see the love of the church and the ministry 93 00:04:34,160 --> 00:04:37,440 Speaker 2: reach out after the bust tragedy. Tragedies such as these 94 00:04:37,480 --> 00:04:40,040 Speaker 2: are so difficult to wrap our minds around. We might 95 00:04:40,080 --> 00:04:42,400 Speaker 2: never truly understand why they have to happen in our world. 96 00:04:42,720 --> 00:04:44,600 Speaker 2: Mister Rogers once said, when I was a boy and 97 00:04:44,680 --> 00:04:46,760 Speaker 2: I would see scary things in the news, my mother 98 00:04:46,800 --> 00:04:48,640 Speaker 2: would say to me, look for the helpers. He will 99 00:04:48,640 --> 00:04:51,080 Speaker 2: always find people who are helping. This is just one 100 00:04:51,120 --> 00:04:53,600 Speaker 2: example of helpers stepping in during a time of tragedy 101 00:04:53,640 --> 00:04:55,560 Speaker 2: in a community and making things a little better for 102 00:04:55,640 --> 00:04:58,480 Speaker 2: those who experienced it. It's a good example of showing 103 00:04:58,520 --> 00:05:01,640 Speaker 2: the love of Jesus in the most tangib ways. And 104 00:05:01,760 --> 00:05:04,080 Speaker 2: do not forget to do good and share with others, 105 00:05:04,480 --> 00:05:09,520 Speaker 2: for with such sacrifices God is pleased Hebrews thirteen sixteen. 106 00:05:19,240 --> 00:05:22,320 Speaker 1: Thank you so much for listening to Story Behind podcast. 107 00:05:22,880 --> 00:05:25,119 Speaker 1: We're really glad you joined us for this week's story. 108 00:05:25,960 --> 00:05:28,400 Speaker 1: To see photos and videos that may have been referenced 109 00:05:28,400 --> 00:05:31,200 Speaker 1: in this episode, check out the links in the show notes, 110 00:05:31,800 --> 00:05:34,680 Speaker 1: and if you enjoyed what you heard today, subscribe to 111 00:05:34,760 --> 00:05:38,320 Speaker 1: our podcast and please tell a friend about us. We'd 112 00:05:38,360 --> 00:05:40,359 Speaker 1: also love it if you'd rate us and leave us 113 00:05:40,400 --> 00:05:43,320 Speaker 1: a review. 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