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Speaker 1: Hello, friends, Welcome to Story Behind podcast. This is the

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Speaker 1: show for people who love hearing a good story and

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Speaker 1: who believe the world could use more positivity. We're the

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Speaker 1: team behind God Updates and God Too, and we hope

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Speaker 1: these weekly short stories will brighten your day.

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Speaker 2: Two hundred Hamburgers and the Smiles Shelter Dogs get a

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Speaker 2: feast They'll never forget. Written by Heather Wrigglemann, read by

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Speaker 2: Ley Provost. Two hundred Hamburgers and the Smiles Shelter Dogs

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Speaker 2: get a feast they never forget. Okay, friend, if you're

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Speaker 2: a dog lover, even a tiny little bit like I am,

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Speaker 2: this story is about to fetch your heart and refuse

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Speaker 2: to give it back. Picture this Christmas Eve with shelter

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Speaker 2: for all Dogs, and then more than two hundred Hamburgers arrive, Yes,

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Speaker 2: two hundred hamburgers. The lucky pops at Casey Pet Project

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Speaker 2: in Kansas City, Missouri, were treated to a surprise feast

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Speaker 2: when local animal advocate Scott Poor showed up with a

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Speaker 2: platter stacked high with McDonald's hamburgers, and according to the

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Speaker 2: people who witnessed it, it was basically a kennel wide

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Speaker 2: joy explosion. There's nothing quite like seeing a shelter dog's

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Speaker 2: face light up over something as simple and delicious as

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Speaker 2: a surprise hamburger on Christmas Eve, said Kate Minay, the

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Speaker 2: shelter CEO. I mean, can you even imagine the tail wagging?

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Speaker 2: Kate said, The happiness was contagious. She said, pure joy

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Speaker 2: ripped through the kennels, tails wagging, noses, working overtime, all

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Speaker 2: thanks to the generosity of Scott Poor, who shares our

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Speaker 2: dedication to giving shelter props as much comfort and joy

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Speaker 2: as we can until they find their forever homes. Be

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Speaker 2: still my dogloading heart. The shelter posts about it on Facebook,

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Speaker 2: calling it the most amazing surprise for our dogs. Hundreds

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Speaker 2: of plane hamburgers were delivered as an early Christmas treat,

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Speaker 2: and it brought so much joy to our shelter. The

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Speaker 2: post said watching our dogs and joy such as special

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Speaker 2: and tasty snack was truly something special. Scott, by the way,

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Speaker 2: isn'tnew to this kind of kindness. This was actually his

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Speaker 2: tenth Christmas Eve during which he surprised shelter animals with

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Speaker 2: the holiday treat. He's the founder of On a Mission Case,

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Speaker 2: a nonprofit that advocates for long term shelter pets, basically

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Speaker 2: a real life Santa Pause. The shelter also thanked a

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Speaker 2: look groomer sundown for helping spread the cheer and wrapped

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Speaker 2: up this beautiful line. Moments like this reminds us how

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Speaker 2: powerful community support can be, and our dogs felt every

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Speaker 2: bit of that love, honestly same because this wasn't just

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Speaker 2: about burgers, as about dignity delight, a reminder that even

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Speaker 2: waiting hearts and wagging tales deserves celebration. And somewhere in

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Speaker 2: Kansas City, a whole lot of very good dogs went

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Speaker 2: to bed on Christmas Eve with full bellies, happy hearts,

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Speaker 2: and probably dreams of cheeseburgers dancing in their heads Hebrews

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Speaker 2: thirteen sixteen. And do not forget to do good and

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Speaker 2: share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased.

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Speaker 2: After years of waiting and loss, This couple's path to

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Speaker 2: parenthood took a beautiful turn. Written by michae La Gardoni

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Speaker 2: read by Jully Provost. This couple's path to parenthood isn't

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Speaker 2: anything like what they imagined. They were expecting two babies

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Speaker 2: at once, and they aren't twins. But for thirty one

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Speaker 2: year old Mia Kashner and thirty two year old Chad Karshner.

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Speaker 2: They wouldn't change a thing. The couple had tried for

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Speaker 2: years to get pregnant and were unsuccessful, so they chose

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Speaker 2: to have a baby through surrogacy. Our finding of a

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Speaker 2: surrogate was incredibly serendipitous and unique, Mia said. When we

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Speaker 2: first started looking into it, we were told it was

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Speaker 2: about a two year process and takes many many months,

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Speaker 2: even a year plus to match with a surrogate. We

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Speaker 2: decided to get introduced with an agency, but it was

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Speaker 2: not but two days later that a miracle happened and

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Speaker 2: our surrogate was matched with us. She had already completed

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Speaker 2: all the necessary screenings, which take much time, and was

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Speaker 2: supposed to travel to where we are from to have

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Speaker 2: a transfer with another family, she explains, But they got

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Speaker 2: pregnant naturally, and so she was prepared to go through

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Speaker 2: with everything with us if we met and decided we

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Speaker 2: were a good fit. They soon found out they had

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Speaker 2: a baby on the way through the surrogate, but then

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Speaker 2: something crazy happened against all odds, pregnant too. Given all

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Speaker 2: that I had gone through and learned, it seemed impossible,

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Speaker 2: She said, I did not find out I was pregnant

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Speaker 2: until almost sixteen weeks, as it was the last thing

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Speaker 2: I considered when I did not feel like myself. My

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Speaker 2: doctors was shocked when the test was positive. My husband

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Speaker 2: and I chuckled and did not think it could be true.

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Speaker 2: I went to get a blood test to confirm, and

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Speaker 2: on the way there my husband said, I hope it's true.

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Speaker 2: What a blessing it would be, she recalls, and well

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Speaker 2: it was. We laughed, cried tears of joy, and planned

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Speaker 2: the unique story we would get to tell forever. Their children,

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Speaker 2: a son Woods, and daughter Cohen, were born six weeks apart.

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Speaker 2: Our son is never not smiling. He just turned three

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Speaker 2: and a half months, so he really notices his sister

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Speaker 2: and always stares at her lovingly, says Mia, who calls

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Speaker 2: them twibblings. Our daughter is just eight weeks so just

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Speaker 2: now starting to notice him. They do bathtime together and

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Speaker 2: spend all day right next to each other, getting to

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Speaker 2: bond from day one, she said. They also share a nursery,

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Speaker 2: which is just the best. Being a mom to our

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Speaker 2: two babies is the ultimate dream come true. She tells people,

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Speaker 2: I feel like I found my purpose and have never

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Speaker 2: been happier. It truly feels meant to be that it

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Speaker 2: happened in this way for us. She adds, transitioning to

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Speaker 2: parenthood has been seamless and natural, especially with my husband,

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Speaker 2: who is the greatest partner and dad I could ever

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Speaker 2: dream of. This couple has a very unique double blessing.

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Speaker 2: Those kiddos are going to grow up very close and

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Speaker 2: we'll share a special bond that very few people get

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Speaker 2: to experience. What a blessing.

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