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 --> 00:00:22,520 Speaker 1: these weekly short stories will brighten your day. 6 00:00:27,280 --> 00:00:29,440 Speaker 2: These women are on a mission to help seniors feel 7 00:00:29,480 --> 00:00:33,239 Speaker 2: independent again, One Boutique at a Time, Written by MICHAELA. Bordoni, 8 00:00:33,240 --> 00:00:36,199 Speaker 2: read by Jully Provost. Two special women are on a 9 00:00:36,200 --> 00:00:39,400 Speaker 2: mission to give people in retirement homes a shopping experience 10 00:00:39,479 --> 00:00:42,199 Speaker 2: they miss. These women are helping seniors in a very 11 00:00:42,240 --> 00:00:45,800 Speaker 2: special way. It's an important service that only they thought 12 00:00:45,840 --> 00:00:50,279 Speaker 2: to provide. Danielle and Shawna founded Golden Boutique, a traveling 13 00:00:50,320 --> 00:00:54,920 Speaker 2: shopping experience that brings clothes directly to retirement facilities across Minnesota. 14 00:00:55,360 --> 00:00:58,200 Speaker 2: It gives residents the opportunity to browse, try on items, 15 00:00:58,200 --> 00:01:01,840 Speaker 2: and purchase them. Boom and Long Term Care. Before deciding 16 00:01:01,920 --> 00:01:05,720 Speaker 2: to open their traveling boutique, we saw firsthand how difficult 17 00:01:05,720 --> 00:01:08,280 Speaker 2: it can be for residents and their families to assess 18 00:01:08,319 --> 00:01:10,800 Speaker 2: clothing that is both practical and makes them feel good, 19 00:01:10,920 --> 00:01:14,600 Speaker 2: they said, adding that their mission is to inspire independence, dignity, 20 00:01:14,640 --> 00:01:17,440 Speaker 2: and joy. When Golden Boutique is on the scene, they 21 00:01:17,440 --> 00:01:21,080 Speaker 2: bring a full retail like experience with shopping racks and displays. 22 00:01:21,560 --> 00:01:23,440 Speaker 2: One of the most common things we hear is I 23 00:01:23,480 --> 00:01:26,280 Speaker 2: haven't been shopping in years, they shared. Some even said 24 00:01:26,760 --> 00:01:29,320 Speaker 2: I have been shopping in one hundred years. They carry 25 00:01:29,319 --> 00:01:32,000 Speaker 2: a wide range of sizes and even include adaptive clothing 26 00:01:32,040 --> 00:01:35,520 Speaker 2: for those with mobility or medical needs. Residents can ask 27 00:01:35,560 --> 00:01:38,600 Speaker 2: for specific requests, which the founders do their best to fulfill. 28 00:01:39,120 --> 00:01:42,200 Speaker 2: Seeing the confidence and joy it brings to residence is everything, 29 00:01:42,200 --> 00:01:44,479 Speaker 2: they said. One of their most special moments was when 30 00:01:44,480 --> 00:01:46,679 Speaker 2: a woman who was nearing the end of her life 31 00:01:46,920 --> 00:01:49,680 Speaker 2: was able to wear adaptive nightgowns that felt more like herself. 32 00:01:49,840 --> 00:01:52,560 Speaker 2: It's more than clothing, the founder said. It's about giving 33 00:01:52,560 --> 00:01:56,040 Speaker 2: people a sense of normalcy and independence. Again, the founders 34 00:01:56,040 --> 00:01:58,480 Speaker 2: go the extra mile to make everyone happy. They even 35 00:01:58,560 --> 00:02:01,560 Speaker 2: have a Golden Gift Fund, which helps cover purchases for 36 00:02:01,600 --> 00:02:05,040 Speaker 2: residents who may not have the financial means. They also 37 00:02:05,120 --> 00:02:08,680 Speaker 2: accept clothing donations. It's so wonderful that these women have 38 00:02:08,800 --> 00:02:26,480 Speaker 2: made time to help these seniors. Husband and wife act 39 00:02:26,480 --> 00:02:30,480 Speaker 2: as guardian angels during terrifying house fire rescue written by 40 00:02:30,480 --> 00:02:34,040 Speaker 2: Heather Wrigglemann read by Jully Provost. A husband and wife 41 00:02:34,080 --> 00:02:37,600 Speaker 2: act as guardian angels during a terrifying house fire. Sometimes 42 00:02:37,600 --> 00:02:39,840 Speaker 2: courage doesn't look like flashing lights or a loud applause. 43 00:02:40,040 --> 00:02:41,800 Speaker 2: Sometimes it looks like a husband and wife on an 44 00:02:41,880 --> 00:02:45,959 Speaker 2: ordinary drive home, windows up lined on Aaron's hearts, just 45 00:02:46,040 --> 00:02:49,160 Speaker 2: quietly beating through another day, and then smoke. Matt and 46 00:02:49,160 --> 00:02:53,320 Speaker 2: Aaron Woodsfield didn't plan to become heroes that afternoon in Greendale, Indiana. 47 00:02:53,720 --> 00:02:56,200 Speaker 2: They were simply hitting home from Lowe's, probably thinking about 48 00:02:56,200 --> 00:02:58,560 Speaker 2: dinner or the next thing on their list. But love 49 00:02:58,600 --> 00:03:00,959 Speaker 2: has a way of interrupting the ordinary and asking will 50 00:03:00,960 --> 00:03:03,959 Speaker 2: you step in? They both smelled at first, that faint, 51 00:03:04,040 --> 00:03:07,080 Speaker 2: wrong scent that makes your spirit pause. Then they saw it, 52 00:03:07,160 --> 00:03:09,480 Speaker 2: flames curling up from beneath a window of a white 53 00:03:09,520 --> 00:03:13,000 Speaker 2: two story home, and without hesitation, Matt turned the car around. 54 00:03:13,400 --> 00:03:16,200 Speaker 2: Because when something inside you whispers the smatters, you don't 55 00:03:16,280 --> 00:03:19,200 Speaker 2: keep driving. He ran to the door, knocked urgently, but 56 00:03:19,240 --> 00:03:21,600 Speaker 2: staid calm and setdy. A young mother answered with a 57 00:03:21,600 --> 00:03:24,200 Speaker 2: baby in her arms, life still wrapped in the softness 58 00:03:24,240 --> 00:03:26,280 Speaker 2: of a nap. She just woke in from seconds before, 59 00:03:26,680 --> 00:03:28,840 Speaker 2: she had no idea her home was already a blaze. 60 00:03:29,000 --> 00:03:31,280 Speaker 2: Can you imagine that moment, the shift from ordinary to 61 00:03:31,360 --> 00:03:34,720 Speaker 2: everything changing in a single breath. Mad didn't hesitate. He 62 00:03:34,760 --> 00:03:37,640 Speaker 2: got her in, the baby out, safe, alive, held. But 63 00:03:37,680 --> 00:03:41,480 Speaker 2: love didn't stop there, because sometimes bravery isn't just the rescue, 64 00:03:41,600 --> 00:03:44,520 Speaker 2: it's the return. He went back in, through smoke, through risk, 65 00:03:44,680 --> 00:03:46,720 Speaker 2: through the kind of fear most of us would understand 66 00:03:46,760 --> 00:03:49,520 Speaker 2: if we stayed outside. He grabbed her keys, her purse, 67 00:03:49,720 --> 00:03:52,640 Speaker 2: her baby carrier, even a bottle, small things that suddenly 68 00:03:52,720 --> 00:03:55,880 Speaker 2: met everything. He made sure her car was moved, He 69 00:03:56,000 --> 00:03:59,600 Speaker 2: checked the hydrants. He stayed until help arrived, all while 70 00:03:59,680 --> 00:04:02,320 Speaker 2: Eron's did their present study. Part of the quiet strength 71 00:04:02,360 --> 00:04:05,240 Speaker 2: that held the moment together, these people who needed help 72 00:04:05,280 --> 00:04:07,600 Speaker 2: and who were right there ready to help. Matt said, 73 00:04:08,040 --> 00:04:10,160 Speaker 2: And maybe that's what feels so sacred about the story, 74 00:04:10,560 --> 00:04:13,000 Speaker 2: because they were there at the bright moment, not ten 75 00:04:13,000 --> 00:04:15,720 Speaker 2: minutes earlier, not ten minutes later. Write when a mother 76 00:04:15,760 --> 00:04:17,720 Speaker 2: and her baby needed someone to knock on the door 77 00:04:17,760 --> 00:04:20,080 Speaker 2: and say you need to get out now. We call 78 00:04:20,120 --> 00:04:23,039 Speaker 2: them guardian angels, but they are also something beautifully human, 79 00:04:23,480 --> 00:04:26,599 Speaker 2: people who listen when God nudges, people who don't look away, 80 00:04:26,880 --> 00:04:29,279 Speaker 2: people who run toward the fire when everything in the 81 00:04:29,279 --> 00:04:32,480 Speaker 2: world says to run away. The home was lost, everything 82 00:04:32,520 --> 00:04:35,000 Speaker 2: inside it is gone, but a mother still gets to 83 00:04:35,000 --> 00:04:37,160 Speaker 2: hold her baby tonight, and that that is the kind 84 00:04:37,200 --> 00:04:40,640 Speaker 2: of love that changes everything. The Lord will watch over you, 85 00:04:40,800 --> 00:04:44,840 Speaker 2: coming and going, both now and forevermore, Psalm one hundred 86 00:04:44,880 --> 00:04:45,640 Speaker 2: and twenty one to eight. 87 00:04:54,279 --> 00:04:57,479 Speaker 1: Thank you so much for listening to Story Behind podcast. 88 00:04:57,960 --> 00:04:59,880 Speaker 1: We're really glad you joined us for this week's st 89 00:05:01,040 --> 00:05:03,480 Speaker 1: To see photos and videos that may have been referenced 90 00:05:03,480 --> 00:05:06,320 Speaker 1: in this episode, check out the links in the show notes, 91 00:05:06,880 --> 00:05:09,800 Speaker 1: and if you enjoyed what you heard today, subscribe to 92 00:05:09,839 --> 00:05:13,400 Speaker 1: our podcast and please tell a friend about us. We'd 93 00:05:13,440 --> 00:05:15,440 Speaker 1: also love it if you'd rate us and leave us 94 00:05:15,480 --> 00:05:18,440 Speaker 1: a review. 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