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 00:00:27,280 --> 00:00:30,040 Speaker 2: Her childhood penpal turned out to be the obgyn who 7 00:00:30,040 --> 00:00:33,559 Speaker 2: delivered her kids. Written by Heather Riggleman, read by Duly Provost. 8 00:00:34,360 --> 00:00:36,640 Speaker 2: Her childhood penpal turned out to be the obg an 9 00:00:36,640 --> 00:00:39,479 Speaker 2: who delivered her kids. There are stories that feel stitched 10 00:00:39,479 --> 00:00:42,440 Speaker 2: together by the steady, unseen hand of God, threats woven 11 00:00:42,440 --> 00:00:44,720 Speaker 2: long before we even notice the pattern. This is one 12 00:00:44,720 --> 00:00:47,360 Speaker 2: of them. Megan Lewis was home for the holiday sorting 13 00:00:47,400 --> 00:00:49,280 Speaker 2: through old boxes when she came across the letters she 14 00:00:49,280 --> 00:00:51,159 Speaker 2: had written as a little girl in the nineteen nineties. 15 00:00:51,200 --> 00:00:54,680 Speaker 2: Pen pal letters, the kind written carefully with rounded handwriting 16 00:00:54,720 --> 00:00:58,720 Speaker 2: and earnest questions, sent off to someone she barely remembered. Curious, 17 00:00:58,760 --> 00:01:01,920 Speaker 2: she searched the name, and that's when her world tilted. 18 00:01:02,400 --> 00:01:04,440 Speaker 2: My mouth dropped, Megan said, I could not believe that 19 00:01:04,480 --> 00:01:07,480 Speaker 2: my pen pal was doctor Peugh, who was my ogun 20 00:01:07,560 --> 00:01:10,560 Speaker 2: and delivered my kids, Carolyn and Jack. Only God could 21 00:01:10,600 --> 00:01:13,360 Speaker 2: orchestrate something like that. The pen pal was Suzanne, now 22 00:01:13,400 --> 00:01:16,400 Speaker 2: doctor Suzanne Pew, the very doctor who had walked Megan 23 00:01:16,440 --> 00:01:19,080 Speaker 2: through some of the most tender, vulnerable seasons of her life. 24 00:01:19,440 --> 00:01:22,200 Speaker 2: Megan began seeing doctor Peugh in twenty eighteen during a 25 00:01:22,200 --> 00:01:25,920 Speaker 2: difficult season before pregnancy. Doctor Peugh was really there for me, 26 00:01:25,920 --> 00:01:28,800 Speaker 2: Megan shared. She really supported me during my pregnancy, and 27 00:01:28,840 --> 00:01:31,160 Speaker 2: she made sure that she was the doctor for my deliveries. 28 00:01:31,640 --> 00:01:34,840 Speaker 2: Decades earlier. Suzanne had been an eleventh grader, Megan was 29 00:01:34,840 --> 00:01:37,400 Speaker 2: the second grader. They wrote letters between nineteen ninety four 30 00:01:37,400 --> 00:01:40,440 Speaker 2: and nineteen ninety five. Then life moved on, memories faded 31 00:01:40,480 --> 00:01:43,399 Speaker 2: until they didn't. When Megan reached out, Suzanne was stunned. 32 00:01:43,400 --> 00:01:45,760 Speaker 2: I had no recollection of this, she said, But when 33 00:01:45,760 --> 00:01:48,480 Speaker 2: Meghan said photos of the letters, Suzanne knew it was me. 34 00:01:48,600 --> 00:01:50,559 Speaker 2: It was such a crazy small world, and yet maybe 35 00:01:50,600 --> 00:01:53,240 Speaker 2: not so small after all. It really made us feel 36 00:01:53,280 --> 00:01:54,720 Speaker 2: like I was meant to take care of her and 37 00:01:54,720 --> 00:01:56,480 Speaker 2: we were meant to play a role in each other's lives. 38 00:01:56,560 --> 00:01:59,600 Speaker 2: Doctor Peugh said, It's just amazing that, for whatever reason, 39 00:01:59,600 --> 00:02:02,840 Speaker 2: are you versus collided again thirty years later. This isn't 40 00:02:02,880 --> 00:02:05,440 Speaker 2: a coincidence. This is God writing a longer story than 41 00:02:05,440 --> 00:02:08,280 Speaker 2: we can see, linking a child's penpal to a woman's 42 00:02:08,320 --> 00:02:11,880 Speaker 2: doctor to the hands that would one day help bring 43 00:02:11,880 --> 00:02:14,160 Speaker 2: her babies into the world. Isn't this the kind of 44 00:02:14,160 --> 00:02:16,640 Speaker 2: love and thought and detail we want from God Sometimes, 45 00:02:17,080 --> 00:02:19,480 Speaker 2: especially when it comes to big moments like having babies. 46 00:02:19,720 --> 00:02:22,200 Speaker 2: We may not get these big significant science, but it's 47 00:02:22,320 --> 00:02:23,959 Speaker 2: enough to note that He is with us and always 48 00:02:23,960 --> 00:02:26,639 Speaker 2: watching out for us, and this sweet story is another 49 00:02:26,680 --> 00:02:30,560 Speaker 2: reminder that he does. The Lord will fulfill his purpose 50 00:02:30,639 --> 00:02:48,600 Speaker 2: for me. Psalm one hundred and thirty eight. Eight nine 51 00:02:48,639 --> 00:02:51,280 Speaker 2: year old Navy veteran goes parasailing and brings his doctor 52 00:02:51,320 --> 00:02:54,600 Speaker 2: along to fulfill a promise written by MICHAELA. Gordoni read 53 00:02:54,600 --> 00:02:58,320 Speaker 2: by Jui Promost. A nine year old goes parasailing after 54 00:02:58,360 --> 00:03:00,400 Speaker 2: making a ten year promise to his granddaughter and his 55 00:03:00,480 --> 00:03:04,240 Speaker 2: doctor that he would The senior Arnold Sonny Logan is 56 00:03:04,240 --> 00:03:06,400 Speaker 2: on a mission to stay active, and his family and 57 00:03:06,440 --> 00:03:09,040 Speaker 2: health team are fully supporting that. The trio had a 58 00:03:09,040 --> 00:03:12,440 Speaker 2: blast last month out on Fort Myers Beach in Florida. 59 00:03:12,960 --> 00:03:16,200 Speaker 2: Sonny wanted to ParaSail to celebrate his ninetieth birthday. He's 60 00:03:16,200 --> 00:03:20,240 Speaker 2: been doctor Amy Hide Phillip's patient for two decades. At 61 00:03:20,280 --> 00:03:22,480 Speaker 2: one appointment, he told her, if you get me to ninety, 62 00:03:22,480 --> 00:03:25,160 Speaker 2: you're coming with me, and she did. Sonny's family arranged 63 00:03:25,160 --> 00:03:27,520 Speaker 2: for Amy to travel with them from Minnesota to Florida 64 00:03:27,560 --> 00:03:31,040 Speaker 2: to celebrate. People asked me, like, what is making you go? 65 00:03:31,200 --> 00:03:33,200 Speaker 2: Amy said, and I'm like, I made a promise to 66 00:03:33,280 --> 00:03:36,200 Speaker 2: a very special man. He has previously parasailed with his 67 00:03:36,200 --> 00:03:38,720 Speaker 2: granddaughter Kaylee on his eightieth birthday, and she was the 68 00:03:38,720 --> 00:03:41,840 Speaker 2: one who suggested parasailing for his ninetieth birthday. I have 69 00:03:41,920 --> 00:03:44,480 Speaker 2: to talk to Amy and see can keep me running 70 00:03:44,560 --> 00:03:46,720 Speaker 2: till I'm ninety, and if I make it, you go 71 00:03:46,840 --> 00:03:49,440 Speaker 2: with me, he said. At the time, Kaylee said, We've 72 00:03:49,440 --> 00:03:51,720 Speaker 2: been talking about it and thinking about it and planning it, 73 00:03:51,760 --> 00:03:54,000 Speaker 2: and it was just fun that it got to happen. 74 00:03:54,080 --> 00:03:56,560 Speaker 2: It was super cool to celebrate the smilestone for him. 75 00:03:57,000 --> 00:03:59,000 Speaker 2: In my age, if they're still alive, they're sitting in 76 00:03:59,040 --> 00:04:01,520 Speaker 2: a lazy boy rocking. What fun is that? Said Sonny, 77 00:04:01,520 --> 00:04:04,080 Speaker 2: who's a US Navy veteran. They need to get out 78 00:04:04,080 --> 00:04:06,640 Speaker 2: there and get up in the air. His only wish 79 00:04:06,680 --> 00:04:08,280 Speaker 2: is that he had more time in the air while 80 00:04:08,280 --> 00:04:10,600 Speaker 2: the boat was pulling them across the ocean to go 81 00:04:10,640 --> 00:04:13,360 Speaker 2: sailing with Kaylee and Amy. What could be better than that? 82 00:04:13,480 --> 00:04:17,200 Speaker 2: He said? There is nothing any better than that. Amy 83 00:04:17,240 --> 00:04:19,640 Speaker 2: noted that a positive attitude makes all the difference when 84 00:04:19,680 --> 00:04:24,040 Speaker 2: it comes along givity. No poor me, huh, Sonny said, yeah, no, 85 00:04:24,200 --> 00:04:27,200 Speaker 2: woe is me, Sonny. Amy added, what a wonderful thing 86 00:04:27,200 --> 00:04:29,479 Speaker 2: that Sonny wanted to celebrate his birthday like this. It's 87 00:04:29,480 --> 00:04:31,400 Speaker 2: amazing that his doctor would go along with him and 88 00:04:31,440 --> 00:04:34,599 Speaker 2: support him like that too. 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