1 00:00:06,040 --> 00:00:09,360 S1: I saw something the other day. It tickled me, and 2 00:00:09,360 --> 00:00:12,840 S1: as I looked at my neighbour, I said that that 3 00:00:12,840 --> 00:00:16,400 S1: right there. That's what a dad does. Today at the 4 00:00:16,400 --> 00:00:19,480 S1: radio backyard fence. Tell me what a dad does. Tell 5 00:00:19,480 --> 00:00:22,239 S1: me what your dad did or what you, as a dad, 6 00:00:22,239 --> 00:00:26,000 S1: like to do to show delight with your children. It's 7 00:00:26,000 --> 00:00:28,840 S1: a radio celebration here on the Friday before Father's Day 8 00:00:28,840 --> 00:00:32,120 S1: on this Juneteenth celebration as well. Let's see what good 9 00:00:32,120 --> 00:00:34,800 S1: things might come from this conversation on Chris Fabry Live 10 00:00:34,840 --> 00:00:37,760 S1: the program from the heart to the heart for the heart. 11 00:00:38,080 --> 00:00:40,879 S1: And we thank our team. Trish is our producer. Lisa 12 00:00:40,880 --> 00:00:43,480 S1: is in the chair today. Chris Gardner is a dad. 13 00:00:43,479 --> 00:00:46,360 S1: He's filling in for Ryan. Ryan will return on Monday 14 00:00:46,920 --> 00:00:49,319 S1: and to Hiro will be taking your calls today. And 15 00:00:49,320 --> 00:00:52,600 S1: I want to hear your dad's story. But first, since 16 00:00:52,600 --> 00:00:56,000 S1: it's Friday. That's right. It's time for the fabulous favorite Friday. 17 00:00:56,040 --> 00:00:58,320 S1: Sigh what does it do Chris? I'll tell you one 18 00:00:58,320 --> 00:01:01,510 S1: we oxygenate your blood. to. We get your endorphins going. 19 00:01:01,670 --> 00:01:05,750 S1: Three we raise your serotonin. Level. Four, we promote lymphatic 20 00:01:05,750 --> 00:01:09,429 S1: drainage and. Five, we stimulate your parasympathetic system. That's why 21 00:01:09,430 --> 00:01:12,870 S1: we call it the five lung languages. We also stimulate 22 00:01:12,870 --> 00:01:15,790 S1: your vagus nerve. We help you release acetylcholine. And don't 23 00:01:15,790 --> 00:01:19,510 S1: you dare forget what it does to cortisol dissipation. Taking 24 00:01:19,510 --> 00:01:22,870 S1: four seconds of air through your nose. Hold it for seconds, 25 00:01:22,870 --> 00:01:25,069 S1: and then as you release that air through your mouth, 26 00:01:25,110 --> 00:01:26,950 S1: push on the left side of your rib cage to 27 00:01:26,950 --> 00:01:30,069 S1: get rid of all that bad carbon dioxide. Give a 28 00:01:30,069 --> 00:01:32,069 S1: sigh today for the dads who show love to their 29 00:01:32,069 --> 00:01:35,229 S1: children in unique ways, who toss their toddlers up in 30 00:01:35,230 --> 00:01:37,789 S1: the air and catch them as mom gasps and the 31 00:01:37,790 --> 00:01:41,230 S1: child giggles. That's what a dad does. Give a sigh 32 00:01:41,270 --> 00:01:43,310 S1: for the dad who plays tricks on his kids, who 33 00:01:43,310 --> 00:01:45,069 S1: tells them they're going to be late for the bus, 34 00:01:45,069 --> 00:01:47,510 S1: hurries them out the door, and the kids don't realize 35 00:01:47,510 --> 00:01:50,510 S1: it's Saturday. Or the dads who dress up in a 36 00:01:50,510 --> 00:01:53,270 S1: costume and embarrass their kids getting off the bus. That's 37 00:01:53,270 --> 00:01:55,990 S1: what a dad does. He has fun with his kids. 38 00:01:55,990 --> 00:01:58,660 S1: He delights to hear them laugh and giggle and squeal 39 00:01:58,660 --> 00:02:01,860 S1: when he tickles them. The fabulous favorite Friday Sigh is 40 00:02:01,860 --> 00:02:04,620 S1: brought to you by Dads of America, who do what 41 00:02:04,660 --> 00:02:09,900 S1: dads do. All rights reserved. Void where prohibited. So the 42 00:02:09,900 --> 00:02:12,580 S1: other day I was in our front yard and I 43 00:02:12,580 --> 00:02:16,820 S1: heard this sound. It's unmistakable sound. And I try not 44 00:02:16,820 --> 00:02:19,500 S1: to be a nosy neighbor. You know, when things are 45 00:02:19,500 --> 00:02:22,260 S1: going on. But this sound was just so infectious. It 46 00:02:22,260 --> 00:02:26,179 S1: just grabbed me. You could not escape it. And there's 47 00:02:26,220 --> 00:02:30,220 S1: a berm or a rise in the land between our 48 00:02:30,220 --> 00:02:34,340 S1: house and Joe's and his wife's and their two little daughters. 49 00:02:34,340 --> 00:02:36,260 S1: So I had to. I had to peek up and 50 00:02:36,260 --> 00:02:38,380 S1: I'd get a little high enough to see over there. 51 00:02:38,380 --> 00:02:41,420 S1: And this is what I saw. Joe had a garden 52 00:02:41,419 --> 00:02:45,060 S1: hose and he was washing his camper. They had just 53 00:02:45,060 --> 00:02:48,500 S1: gotten back from a camping trip, and he was cleaning 54 00:02:48,500 --> 00:02:51,620 S1: the dirt and the dust off the outside of the camper. 55 00:02:52,340 --> 00:02:56,820 S1: And the two girls as there's like five, seven somewhere 56 00:02:56,820 --> 00:03:00,530 S1: around in there. The two girls were in shorts and shirts. 57 00:03:00,570 --> 00:03:05,410 S1: Regular attire for an Arizona summer. Not swimwear, though, and the. 58 00:03:06,050 --> 00:03:09,049 S1: And the girls were running up to Joe and kind 59 00:03:09,050 --> 00:03:11,730 S1: of wagging their fingers in front of him and you 60 00:03:11,730 --> 00:03:13,610 S1: could just. I couldn't tell what they were saying. I said, 61 00:03:15,169 --> 00:03:17,609 S1: you can't do that. You can't do. And Joe would 62 00:03:17,610 --> 00:03:20,210 S1: turn the nozzle toward them and just soak them, and 63 00:03:20,210 --> 00:03:23,529 S1: they'd squeal and go laughing and running across the driveway, 64 00:03:24,050 --> 00:03:27,330 S1: and he'd turn back and he'd continue hosing down the camper. 65 00:03:27,330 --> 00:03:30,130 S1: And here they came again. You can't do that to us. 66 00:03:30,130 --> 00:03:33,130 S1: And here comes the water again. Here comes the squeals. 67 00:03:33,530 --> 00:03:37,530 S1: Here comes the laughter, the giggles. And I looked at 68 00:03:37,570 --> 00:03:41,290 S1: that and I thought, that's what a dad does, not 69 00:03:41,290 --> 00:03:43,610 S1: that moms can't do that same kind of thing. But 70 00:03:43,650 --> 00:03:47,290 S1: he's like, no, that's that's what a dad does. I 71 00:03:47,290 --> 00:03:49,250 S1: think I want to do a program on what a 72 00:03:49,250 --> 00:03:52,850 S1: dad does. So I want to hear from you today. 73 00:03:52,850 --> 00:03:56,120 S1: What did your dad do that showed you in his 74 00:03:56,120 --> 00:03:58,920 S1: quirky little way, that he loved you. How did he 75 00:03:58,920 --> 00:04:01,800 S1: get a kick out of you as a child? Did 76 00:04:01,800 --> 00:04:04,280 S1: he play a trick on you? Did he do something 77 00:04:04,280 --> 00:04:07,080 S1: that you look forward to and made you laugh and giggle? 78 00:04:07,320 --> 00:04:10,480 S1: And you told him, no, don't do that. Stop, stop, stop! 79 00:04:11,600 --> 00:04:15,120 S1: But he laughed as well. Tell me what your dad did. 80 00:04:15,120 --> 00:04:17,919 S1: Here's the number. Just you and me today. And your 81 00:04:17,920 --> 00:04:24,440 S1: story might help somebody else. Eight. Seven. Seven. Five. Four. Eight. Three. Six. Seven. Five. 82 00:04:24,720 --> 00:04:26,800 S1: Or maybe you're the dad today. And you want to 83 00:04:26,800 --> 00:04:29,320 S1: tell me the delight you have in making your kids 84 00:04:29,360 --> 00:04:33,479 S1: giggle or laugh? Or maybe you did that 50 years 85 00:04:33,480 --> 00:04:36,000 S1: ago and it's coming back to you today. Oh, we're 86 00:04:36,000 --> 00:04:43,159 S1: going to remember today. (877) 548-3675. The lines are totally open 87 00:04:43,160 --> 00:04:46,920 S1: for you and me today. Yesterday, David Thomas was on 88 00:04:46,920 --> 00:04:50,040 S1: the program and I told that story to him. The 89 00:04:50,040 --> 00:04:54,320 S1: story about my neighbor, Joe and David has been counseling 90 00:04:54,430 --> 00:04:58,150 S1: kids and their families for something like 30 years. Here's 91 00:04:58,190 --> 00:05:00,390 S1: how he responded to that story. 92 00:05:00,750 --> 00:05:03,030 S2: Oh my goodness, I love that story. And you know 93 00:05:03,029 --> 00:05:05,750 S2: what it makes me think of Chris. Sissy has this 94 00:05:05,750 --> 00:05:09,830 S2: statement in her book, Raising Girls. She says girls who 95 00:05:09,830 --> 00:05:13,950 S2: are delighted in feel more delightful in the world. And 96 00:05:13,950 --> 00:05:16,510 S2: that's exactly what I thought of when you said that 97 00:05:16,550 --> 00:05:19,230 S2: girls who are delighted and feel more delightful in the world, 98 00:05:19,230 --> 00:05:21,790 S2: and what a picture of it, and how he's taking 99 00:05:21,790 --> 00:05:24,430 S2: advantage of the opportunity to delight in them in the 100 00:05:24,510 --> 00:05:27,590 S2: every day of just spraying water after a camping trip, 101 00:05:27,589 --> 00:05:30,990 S2: how he's delighting in them and going camping and letting 102 00:05:30,990 --> 00:05:34,150 S2: them experience their capability. Like I think there is a 103 00:05:34,150 --> 00:05:38,110 S2: profound difference that dads make when they prioritize delight. And 104 00:05:38,110 --> 00:05:40,310 S2: I think it defines not just so much of who 105 00:05:40,350 --> 00:05:42,190 S2: a girl is, but I think it absolutely defines who 106 00:05:42,190 --> 00:05:43,270 S2: a boy is as well. 107 00:05:43,950 --> 00:05:44,510 S1: Amen. 108 00:05:44,550 --> 00:05:46,990 S2: But I think back to something you said earlier. We 109 00:05:46,990 --> 00:05:50,550 S2: can get so task oriented and so committed to problem 110 00:05:50,550 --> 00:05:53,500 S2: solving and fixing. Sometimes we forget the art of delight. 111 00:05:53,500 --> 00:05:55,940 S2: And so I love how you spoke to that a 112 00:05:55,940 --> 00:05:57,820 S2: little bit earlier in our conversation today. 113 00:05:58,380 --> 00:06:03,540 S1: Girls who are delighted in feel more delightful in the world. 114 00:06:03,540 --> 00:06:06,260 S1: Is that true? Have you experienced that? And was your 115 00:06:06,260 --> 00:06:13,180 S1: dad a part of that? Tell me your story. (877) 548-3675. 116 00:06:13,260 --> 00:06:15,659 S1: The day after I saw Joe, I knew I was 117 00:06:15,660 --> 00:06:18,460 S1: on to something because I started to to slow down. 118 00:06:18,460 --> 00:06:21,820 S1: I started to notice things. I was at the big 119 00:06:21,860 --> 00:06:25,300 S1: box store. The colors are blue and yellow. And there 120 00:06:25,300 --> 00:06:28,299 S1: was this boy who was sitting in the main part 121 00:06:28,300 --> 00:06:31,420 S1: of the shopping cart, not in the, you know, where 122 00:06:31,420 --> 00:06:34,460 S1: you put the little kids. This was a little older boy, 123 00:06:34,820 --> 00:06:37,900 S1: and he was sitting in the shopping cart, holding on 124 00:06:37,940 --> 00:06:42,979 S1: to both sides, looking forward. And the dad was pushing 125 00:06:42,980 --> 00:06:47,219 S1: the cart and he would lift the ban, make me 126 00:06:47,220 --> 00:06:50,100 S1: laugh just thinking about it. He would lift the back 127 00:06:50,100 --> 00:06:53,250 S1: wheels of the cart and he would sway it kind 128 00:06:53,250 --> 00:06:56,050 S1: of back and jiggle it back and forth like the 129 00:06:56,050 --> 00:06:59,050 S1: kid was on a roller coaster, you know? And the 130 00:06:59,050 --> 00:07:04,250 S1: boy just could not stop smiling from ear to ear. 131 00:07:04,730 --> 00:07:06,770 S1: And the dad was being careful not to run into 132 00:07:06,810 --> 00:07:09,570 S1: me or anybody else, but you could tell he was 133 00:07:09,570 --> 00:07:12,770 S1: having fun. And I looked at that and I said, 134 00:07:12,850 --> 00:07:16,690 S1: that's what a dad does. Again, not that moms can't 135 00:07:16,690 --> 00:07:19,610 S1: do these things. They can. They can have fun in 136 00:07:19,610 --> 00:07:22,690 S1: different ways as well. But there is something about the 137 00:07:22,690 --> 00:07:29,450 S1: way a dad delights in his kids. April is in Indiana. April, 138 00:07:29,450 --> 00:07:35,610 S1: why'd you call today? And I don't hear April for 139 00:07:35,610 --> 00:07:39,850 S1: some reason. Chris. April. Well, it's June. We ought to 140 00:07:39,850 --> 00:07:43,410 S1: hear April. Or maybe it's the wrong month. Uh, okay. 141 00:07:43,690 --> 00:07:45,650 S1: Here's what here's what I'm going to do. I'm going 142 00:07:45,650 --> 00:07:48,010 S1: to take a break. I want to take your calls. 143 00:07:48,010 --> 00:07:55,040 S1: You tell me how your dad delighted in you. 877548. Three. Six. 144 00:07:55,080 --> 00:07:59,160 S1: Seven five. Tell me when you look at your dad, 145 00:07:59,200 --> 00:08:02,720 S1: you say. Here's what he did. That's what my dad 146 00:08:02,720 --> 00:08:05,800 S1: did and how he delighted. So the Dees are all 147 00:08:05,800 --> 00:08:12,400 S1: over the place. (877) 548-3675. Your calls coming up straight ahead 148 00:08:12,440 --> 00:08:28,360 S1: on Moody Radio. This is Chris Fabry live on Moody Radio. 149 00:08:28,400 --> 00:08:30,600 S1: It's just a fun day here at the Radio Backyard 150 00:08:30,600 --> 00:08:33,559 S1: Fence because Father's Day is coming. And I'm looking at 151 00:08:33,559 --> 00:08:37,000 S1: what dads do. And I'm seeing the response on Facebook. Oh, 152 00:08:37,000 --> 00:08:39,280 S1: there's some great stories and I've got some stories and 153 00:08:39,280 --> 00:08:44,160 S1: I think we're going to have some people, uh, Chris said, 154 00:08:44,200 --> 00:08:47,400 S1: I don't think your voice is being heard by our callers. 155 00:08:47,440 --> 00:08:50,470 S1: You know, I'm hearing you on the air, but, well, 156 00:08:50,470 --> 00:08:53,590 S1: let's try it. Let's try Denise in Vermont. Denise, can 157 00:08:53,590 --> 00:08:54,150 S1: you hear me? 158 00:08:54,910 --> 00:08:55,949 S3: Yes, I can. 159 00:08:55,990 --> 00:08:59,750 S1: Yay! It works. I'm so happy. Okay, tell me why 160 00:08:59,750 --> 00:09:00,670 S1: you called today. 161 00:09:01,550 --> 00:09:05,030 S3: Well, the memory that I have of my father now, 162 00:09:05,030 --> 00:09:08,870 S3: this was 60 years ago, okay? No, it was probably 163 00:09:08,870 --> 00:09:14,910 S3: 65 years ago. Um, we he insisted that we make 164 00:09:14,950 --> 00:09:19,030 S3: kites and then went out in the field and we, 165 00:09:19,190 --> 00:09:23,030 S3: we flew the kites and just ran around and had 166 00:09:23,030 --> 00:09:25,710 S3: lots of fun, laughed with him. And he was telling 167 00:09:25,710 --> 00:09:28,589 S3: us jokes about the kites and everything else. So we 168 00:09:28,590 --> 00:09:32,189 S3: just had a lot of fun. I remember that very clearly. 169 00:09:32,910 --> 00:09:35,230 S1: Why do you think you remember that? 170 00:09:37,950 --> 00:09:41,589 S3: Because there wasn't an awful lot that my father did 171 00:09:41,590 --> 00:09:42,350 S3: with us. 172 00:09:42,630 --> 00:09:43,030 S4: HMM. 173 00:09:43,150 --> 00:09:45,870 S3: So I try to remember only the good things that 174 00:09:45,870 --> 00:09:46,510 S3: he did. 175 00:09:46,830 --> 00:09:47,350 S4: Yes. 176 00:09:47,500 --> 00:09:51,620 S1: And. And in this he spent time with you. Some 177 00:09:51,620 --> 00:09:55,100 S1: of his personality came out. What did your dad do 178 00:09:55,100 --> 00:09:57,020 S1: for a living? What was his work? 179 00:09:58,700 --> 00:10:01,140 S3: Well, it'd be easier for me to tell you what 180 00:10:01,140 --> 00:10:03,780 S3: he didn't do. Because like I've said many times, he 181 00:10:03,780 --> 00:10:07,260 S3: was the he was he was a master of many 182 00:10:07,260 --> 00:10:10,220 S3: different things. He just he did all kinds of things. 183 00:10:10,220 --> 00:10:14,500 S3: He was he worked at the railroad. He worked at, um, 184 00:10:14,700 --> 00:10:17,380 S3: he was a chef. He was a carpenter. He was a. 185 00:10:17,860 --> 00:10:18,260 S4: MM. 186 00:10:18,580 --> 00:10:19,020 S3: Okay. 187 00:10:19,340 --> 00:10:21,860 S1: And so he was busy. He was busy. He was working. 188 00:10:21,860 --> 00:10:26,780 S1: He was providing. And, and so, so the harness racer to. 189 00:10:26,940 --> 00:10:30,380 S1: So him taking time in the field with you and 190 00:10:30,380 --> 00:10:34,740 S1: the kites that stuck because it was the quality time 191 00:10:34,740 --> 00:10:37,060 S1: that he had for you. And it was just you 192 00:10:37,059 --> 00:10:38,900 S1: and you know, the other kids, right? 193 00:10:39,300 --> 00:10:41,820 S3: Yeah, yeah. One of the other things that he did 194 00:10:41,820 --> 00:10:47,250 S3: just with me is I loved horses And I knew 195 00:10:47,290 --> 00:10:49,450 S3: he was going to go look at a horse for 196 00:10:49,450 --> 00:10:53,170 S3: horse racing. I had heard him speak of it the 197 00:10:53,170 --> 00:10:55,370 S3: night before, and the next day I got up real 198 00:10:55,370 --> 00:10:57,690 S3: early when I heard them get up and got dressed 199 00:10:58,290 --> 00:11:01,050 S3: and came downstairs and my mom's arguing that I got 200 00:11:01,050 --> 00:11:03,090 S3: to go to school and everything. My dad said, listen, 201 00:11:03,090 --> 00:11:05,610 S3: she's an A student. She can take one day off. 202 00:11:07,090 --> 00:11:10,689 S5: That's what a dad does. That's what a dad does 203 00:11:10,690 --> 00:11:11,530 S5: right there. 204 00:11:12,170 --> 00:11:15,929 S3: Yes, I went with him to go see the horses 205 00:11:15,929 --> 00:11:17,250 S3: and had so much fun. 206 00:11:17,690 --> 00:11:20,410 S1: Look at that. And that was 60 some years ago. 207 00:11:20,410 --> 00:11:23,650 S1: And you still. And you brought that here today, right? 208 00:11:24,090 --> 00:11:25,290 S3: Yes, yes. 209 00:11:26,370 --> 00:11:26,690 S1: Okay. 210 00:11:26,730 --> 00:11:27,530 S5: I want every. 211 00:11:27,850 --> 00:11:30,250 S3: In the let's see. I was in the fourth grade 212 00:11:30,250 --> 00:11:33,209 S3: when that happened because it was after just after our 213 00:11:33,210 --> 00:11:35,770 S3: house burned and I was in the fourth grade when 214 00:11:35,770 --> 00:11:36,490 S3: a house burned. 215 00:11:37,010 --> 00:11:39,730 S1: Okay. I want every dad to listen to what Denise 216 00:11:39,730 --> 00:11:44,930 S1: just said right there. That that this makes an implant 217 00:11:44,929 --> 00:11:49,390 S1: in the brain of that child for her dad to spend. 218 00:11:49,429 --> 00:11:52,390 S1: First of all, spend time, make the kite, have. Tell 219 00:11:52,390 --> 00:11:55,590 S1: the jokes. But then for her dad to see her 220 00:11:55,590 --> 00:11:58,190 S1: and say she's a good student, she can take a 221 00:11:58,230 --> 00:12:01,750 S1: day off and go see the horse. Look at what 222 00:12:01,750 --> 00:12:05,230 S1: that did 60 some years later, or about 60, maybe 223 00:12:05,470 --> 00:12:09,750 S1: for Denise in Vermont, that's what a dad does. Uh, 224 00:12:09,790 --> 00:12:12,750 S1: Laurie says when tucking me into bed. Now listen to this. 225 00:12:13,190 --> 00:12:16,150 S1: He would lift the blanket in the air and let 226 00:12:16,150 --> 00:12:21,630 S1: it fall on us like a cloud falling down. So 227 00:12:21,910 --> 00:12:26,430 S1: just in that part of the story, it's bedtime. Dad 228 00:12:26,429 --> 00:12:30,030 S1: comes in, lifts up the blanket, and she said, on us. 229 00:12:30,030 --> 00:12:33,150 S1: So there must have been more either more than one 230 00:12:33,150 --> 00:12:36,870 S1: child to the bed or several children who needed to 231 00:12:36,870 --> 00:12:38,829 S1: have the blanket in the air. But this is what 232 00:12:38,830 --> 00:12:40,590 S1: he would do. He would lift it in the air, 233 00:12:40,630 --> 00:12:44,740 S1: let it fall, settle down like a cloud. and she 234 00:12:44,740 --> 00:12:49,020 S1: says the air would fan her face. He did it 235 00:12:49,020 --> 00:12:54,699 S1: several times. That's what a dad does. How about you? Uh, 236 00:12:54,820 --> 00:12:58,020 S1: now April is back in Indiana. April, now you can 237 00:12:58,020 --> 00:12:59,580 S1: hear me. Tell me why you called. 238 00:13:01,140 --> 00:13:06,820 S6: Uh. Hi, Chris. Um, I called my, uh, my dad. 239 00:13:06,820 --> 00:13:10,300 S6: He was, uh, not saved when we were growing up, 240 00:13:10,300 --> 00:13:13,540 S6: but he was, uh, my mom. She took us to 241 00:13:13,580 --> 00:13:18,020 S6: church all with her five kids, and she packed us 242 00:13:18,020 --> 00:13:25,099 S6: every Sunday, Wednesday night. And he, we. I mean, he 243 00:13:25,260 --> 00:13:29,020 S6: backed her up on everything. So we knew, you know, 244 00:13:29,059 --> 00:13:32,940 S6: but he was just he was funny. He, um, he 245 00:13:32,980 --> 00:13:37,020 S6: would take our cats and there was four girls and 246 00:13:37,020 --> 00:13:39,660 S6: one boy and we were all born within six and 247 00:13:39,660 --> 00:13:42,580 S6: a half years. So we were all really close and 248 00:13:42,580 --> 00:13:44,929 S6: he would grab our cats and tell us he was 249 00:13:44,929 --> 00:13:48,090 S6: taking them to the kitty cat dentist. And he would 250 00:13:48,410 --> 00:13:51,170 S6: hold their mouth open and act like he was going 251 00:13:51,210 --> 00:13:54,890 S6: to pull all their teeth, and we would just go, no, no, 252 00:13:54,929 --> 00:13:57,450 S6: let it, let them go. And, you know, and the 253 00:13:57,450 --> 00:14:00,490 S6: cat would squirm, but he wasn't really hurting it. But 254 00:14:00,490 --> 00:14:02,490 S6: then finally he'd let us have the cat and then 255 00:14:02,490 --> 00:14:04,690 S6: we'd bring it back and we'd be in there petting 256 00:14:04,690 --> 00:14:07,170 S6: the cat like we're trying to comfort it. And he'd 257 00:14:07,210 --> 00:14:09,730 S6: take the cat again and say, it's going to the 258 00:14:09,730 --> 00:14:13,130 S6: kitty cat dentist. And we would be like, you know, 259 00:14:13,170 --> 00:14:15,810 S6: don't don't pull their teeth. And he would just act 260 00:14:15,809 --> 00:14:17,530 S6: like he was going to do it. And we were 261 00:14:17,530 --> 00:14:20,610 S6: just sure he was going to, but we knew he wasn't. 262 00:14:20,610 --> 00:14:25,050 S6: And it was just really funny. I'll never forget him saying, 263 00:14:25,410 --> 00:14:27,970 S6: you know, not to the point where I'll pick up 264 00:14:27,970 --> 00:14:29,650 S6: one of the pets and say, oh, I need to 265 00:14:29,650 --> 00:14:31,930 S6: take him to the cat dentist. You know, just. 266 00:14:33,210 --> 00:14:35,729 S5: But see, now there's a thing, there's a thing that happens. 267 00:14:35,930 --> 00:14:41,170 S1: These these moments become these connecting things. And my guess 268 00:14:41,170 --> 00:14:44,160 S1: is that you can look at your siblings today and 269 00:14:44,160 --> 00:14:46,560 S1: talk about the kitty cat dentist, and they don't even 270 00:14:46,560 --> 00:14:49,360 S1: need to hear dentists. They just hear kitty cat and boom, 271 00:14:49,360 --> 00:14:50,440 S1: they're there, right? 272 00:14:51,520 --> 00:14:57,760 S6: Yes, yes. We laugh at his stuff all the time. 273 00:14:57,760 --> 00:15:00,720 S6: And he got saved before he passed. And it was 274 00:15:00,720 --> 00:15:06,160 S6: a beautiful thing. My mom died first, and she would. 275 00:15:06,440 --> 00:15:09,680 S6: The only way he could get Ahold of her like 276 00:15:10,120 --> 00:15:14,480 S6: is he would she had Bibles where she wrote things 277 00:15:14,480 --> 00:15:19,120 S6: in them. So he was like, I came over and 278 00:15:19,120 --> 00:15:21,320 S6: she would talk about different things. She would have dates 279 00:15:21,320 --> 00:15:24,920 S6: written in her Bible, and I'd say I was, you know, 280 00:15:24,960 --> 00:15:27,120 S6: he'd go, you think, mom, what do you think was 281 00:15:27,120 --> 00:15:31,480 S6: going on this date with mom? So it was like 282 00:15:31,480 --> 00:15:35,320 S6: the only way to reach back out to my mom 283 00:15:35,320 --> 00:15:38,680 S6: was to open her Bible and see what she was 284 00:15:38,680 --> 00:15:42,590 S6: thinking at that time in her life. And I thought, 285 00:15:42,630 --> 00:15:46,150 S6: I'm going to write in my Bible because I saw 286 00:15:46,150 --> 00:15:49,070 S6: what it did for my dad, because that was his 287 00:15:49,110 --> 00:15:53,350 S6: way of, you know, she had Bibles there and he 288 00:15:53,350 --> 00:15:58,670 S6: started watching Christian programming. And he just, you know, you 289 00:15:58,670 --> 00:16:01,270 S6: saw a change in him. We, we knew he got 290 00:16:01,270 --> 00:16:03,870 S6: saved before he actually said he was saved. You know, 291 00:16:03,910 --> 00:16:07,230 S6: you could see the difference in him. But I mean, 292 00:16:07,270 --> 00:16:11,870 S6: he was ornery and he was funny, but he did. Finally, 293 00:16:11,870 --> 00:16:15,270 S6: we were like, before, you know, when he was passing, 294 00:16:15,270 --> 00:16:18,470 S6: we were like, my son called him and he asked him. 295 00:16:18,470 --> 00:16:23,710 S6: He said, Dad or Grandpa, are you, uh, you know, ready? And, um, 296 00:16:24,070 --> 00:16:27,910 S6: then my sister was there and she said, we need I, 297 00:16:27,950 --> 00:16:30,590 S6: we know you, you're ready, but we need to hear 298 00:16:30,590 --> 00:16:34,550 S6: you say the prayer. And tears rolled down his face 299 00:16:34,550 --> 00:16:38,630 S6: as he asked for forgiveness. Because mom had said, you know, 300 00:16:38,670 --> 00:16:42,580 S6: pray for your dad all your life. All our lives. And, uh, 301 00:16:42,580 --> 00:16:45,380 S6: when we go to church and, you know, we just 302 00:16:45,420 --> 00:16:48,380 S6: and it was, it was beautiful. We were all there 303 00:16:48,380 --> 00:16:52,020 S6: when he passed. And it was so peaceful. And, um, 304 00:16:52,300 --> 00:16:54,220 S6: we just knew he was going home to be with 305 00:16:54,220 --> 00:16:56,660 S6: the Lord right there. And it was. 306 00:16:56,660 --> 00:17:00,500 S1: Just described it again. That's what a dad does to 307 00:17:00,780 --> 00:17:04,580 S1: the humility that he showed the tears. And my guess 308 00:17:04,580 --> 00:17:09,540 S1: is that your mom prayed for him unceasingly until she 309 00:17:09,540 --> 00:17:12,740 S1: passed away. And then she spoke to him through those 310 00:17:12,740 --> 00:17:16,139 S1: dates in, in the Bible as well. And there's something 311 00:17:16,140 --> 00:17:18,700 S1: instructive for all of us. And here's what I want 312 00:17:18,700 --> 00:17:21,340 S1: you to do as you listen to these stories here today, April. 313 00:17:21,340 --> 00:17:24,859 S1: Thank you. What is the common denominator of this? What's 314 00:17:24,859 --> 00:17:29,220 S1: the common denominator of Denise and the kites and the 315 00:17:29,260 --> 00:17:32,580 S1: going to see the horses? What's the common denominator with 316 00:17:32,619 --> 00:17:35,859 S1: April and the kitty cat dentist and her dad's sense 317 00:17:35,859 --> 00:17:39,489 S1: of humor? And then And later on him coming to 318 00:17:39,530 --> 00:17:43,010 S1: Christ and. And the dates in the mom's Bible. What 319 00:17:43,050 --> 00:17:45,890 S1: are the common denominators of all these stories that we 320 00:17:45,890 --> 00:17:49,930 S1: can say? That's what a dad does. Here's the number 321 00:17:49,930 --> 00:17:56,810 S1: I've got. Let's see one, two, three, four lines for you. (877) 548-3675. 322 00:17:57,330 --> 00:17:59,570 S1: Joan says my daddy was a hard worker and didn't 323 00:17:59,570 --> 00:18:01,850 S1: have a lot of money, but at bedtime, all five 324 00:18:01,850 --> 00:18:05,210 S1: of his children climbed into his bed and made up stories. 325 00:18:05,210 --> 00:18:08,050 S1: He made up stories for us. He didn't read books 326 00:18:08,050 --> 00:18:11,570 S1: to us. He just made up exciting stories. One of 327 00:18:11,570 --> 00:18:14,810 S1: the wonderful memories of my dad, that's what a dad does. 328 00:18:15,090 --> 00:18:18,130 S1: Nicole's in Chicago. Nicole, why did you call today? 329 00:18:19,090 --> 00:18:21,450 S7: I called to share a great story about my dad 330 00:18:21,450 --> 00:18:24,610 S7: as well. He was the instigator of dance parties. 331 00:18:26,250 --> 00:18:28,690 S1: What kind of dance parties are you talking about? 332 00:18:29,090 --> 00:18:31,890 S7: So my dad was a Chicago police officer. He worked 333 00:18:31,890 --> 00:18:34,370 S7: all kind of crazy shifts, and oftentimes he would come 334 00:18:34,369 --> 00:18:37,280 S7: home early in the morning, early hours prior to waking, 335 00:18:37,680 --> 00:18:39,959 S7: and he would just come in and turn the radio 336 00:18:39,960 --> 00:18:42,920 S7: on in the living room really loud. And it was 337 00:18:42,920 --> 00:18:45,280 S7: hysterical because we would be sleeping. But, you know, we 338 00:18:45,280 --> 00:18:47,080 S7: would kind of, you know, look at each other and 339 00:18:47,080 --> 00:18:49,680 S7: roll our eyes. You know, it's dad. And he would say, up, up, up, 340 00:18:49,680 --> 00:18:52,680 S7: I'm up, everybody's up. And we would get up and 341 00:18:52,680 --> 00:18:54,800 S7: my mom and him would just be, you know, dancing 342 00:18:54,800 --> 00:18:56,600 S7: in the living room. And we would just come down 343 00:18:57,000 --> 00:18:59,440 S7: and dance. And it was like his way. I think 344 00:18:59,440 --> 00:19:02,880 S7: it was his way of kind of shaking the day off, 345 00:19:02,880 --> 00:19:06,840 S7: if you will, but also starting out our day. I mean, 346 00:19:06,880 --> 00:19:09,800 S7: what better note than that. And I will tell you 347 00:19:09,800 --> 00:19:11,960 S7: that that music and the love of dance stayed with 348 00:19:11,960 --> 00:19:14,360 S7: our family. And, you know, my brother and I are 349 00:19:14,359 --> 00:19:17,159 S7: still we love music. We love to dance. My parents 350 00:19:17,160 --> 00:19:20,080 S7: were great dancers. They were, you know, back in the day, jitterbug. 351 00:19:20,400 --> 00:19:22,960 S7: And they could both dance on skates. And we just 352 00:19:22,960 --> 00:19:26,280 S7: always would go and seek out live music and dance together. 353 00:19:26,560 --> 00:19:28,400 S7: So it has stayed with us for our whole life. 354 00:19:29,119 --> 00:19:29,720 S5: I bet your. 355 00:19:29,720 --> 00:19:32,360 S1: Dad saw some really hard stuff, didn't he? 356 00:19:32,920 --> 00:19:35,710 S7: He definitely did. When we were younger. He didn't share 357 00:19:35,710 --> 00:19:39,670 S7: very much. As we got older, oftentimes it would be 358 00:19:39,670 --> 00:19:43,430 S7: a lesson behind whatever he shared. But he definitely did 359 00:19:43,470 --> 00:19:46,230 S7: see a lot of things. And as he got older 360 00:19:46,230 --> 00:19:49,990 S7: and was aging, he shared more and more about, you know, 361 00:19:50,430 --> 00:19:52,190 S7: if he couldn't be the dad that he really hoped 362 00:19:52,190 --> 00:19:54,790 S7: to be, it was because of what he faced. 363 00:19:54,950 --> 00:19:58,429 S1: Yeah, the heaviness of that. But I can see where 364 00:19:58,430 --> 00:20:01,750 S1: him turning the the radio up and coming in and 365 00:20:01,750 --> 00:20:04,949 S1: getting you all up. How that would relieve some of 366 00:20:04,950 --> 00:20:07,390 S1: that stress and all that he'd been through. 367 00:20:08,030 --> 00:20:11,510 S7: Totally. Oh, and it made us have such a great 368 00:20:11,510 --> 00:20:12,630 S7: day after that too. 369 00:20:13,150 --> 00:20:13,630 S5: Yeah. 370 00:20:14,350 --> 00:20:16,030 S7: It was a great way to start the day. 371 00:20:16,270 --> 00:20:17,189 S5: Because your dad. 372 00:20:17,190 --> 00:20:20,590 S1: Saw you. So that's one of the common denominators is seeing. 373 00:20:21,190 --> 00:20:24,750 S1: Thank you, Nicole, for calling here today. There was another 374 00:20:24,750 --> 00:20:27,110 S1: message on Facebook. I got to get this in hopes 375 00:20:27,109 --> 00:20:29,550 S1: of this. It's hard for me to put this in writing. 376 00:20:29,550 --> 00:20:32,790 S1: It's better on audio. My dad used to make fun 377 00:20:32,790 --> 00:20:36,180 S1: of the music. I listened to the song was Wanna 378 00:20:36,180 --> 00:20:39,540 S1: Be Startin Somethin by Michael Jackson. That was one of 379 00:20:39,540 --> 00:20:42,660 S1: the funny ones. I think it was on the thriller album. 380 00:20:43,020 --> 00:20:47,020 S1: That music chant at the end. My dad changed the 381 00:20:47,020 --> 00:20:52,940 S1: words to Boom Boom Clutchy Clutchy. Yeah, yeah. Every time 382 00:20:52,940 --> 00:20:55,780 S1: Michael was on, he would say, is that boom boom. 383 00:20:56,420 --> 00:21:00,500 S1: Did the same with the innkeeper's song from Les Miserables. Uh, 384 00:21:00,500 --> 00:21:02,619 S1: da da da da da da da da da da da. 385 00:21:02,660 --> 00:21:05,820 S1: He called it the Rikki tikki song. And when the 386 00:21:05,820 --> 00:21:09,020 S1: show came near and we got tickets during that song, 387 00:21:09,020 --> 00:21:13,260 S1: he was, oh, I'm glad I wasn't here. He would 388 00:21:13,300 --> 00:21:15,980 S1: sing out in the theater. It's Rikki tikki, this, Rikki 389 00:21:15,980 --> 00:21:20,540 S1: tikki that. What is the common denominator of that? And 390 00:21:20,540 --> 00:21:24,060 S1: that the music there and the fun and the the 391 00:21:24,060 --> 00:21:27,740 S1: delight and the dad. Betsy is somewhere in the great 392 00:21:27,740 --> 00:21:30,380 S1: state of California. Betsy. Why did you call today? 393 00:21:31,619 --> 00:21:32,690 S8: Okay. Can you hear me? 394 00:21:32,850 --> 00:21:33,690 S1: I sure can. 395 00:21:34,330 --> 00:21:37,250 S8: Oh, good. Okay. I called because I had such a 396 00:21:37,250 --> 00:21:39,290 S8: I don't want to. I'm trying to make sure I 397 00:21:39,290 --> 00:21:41,770 S8: don't cry, but, um. My dad was such a daddy. 398 00:21:41,810 --> 00:21:44,690 S8: He was so paternal, but he was so fun and sweet. 399 00:21:44,890 --> 00:21:47,970 S8: So he had eight kids. My dad's from South Carolina, 400 00:21:47,970 --> 00:21:50,730 S8: but he was career military, so we moved around. But 401 00:21:50,890 --> 00:21:54,369 S8: he had the southern thing where all of us had nicknames. 402 00:21:54,369 --> 00:21:57,409 S8: They hardly ever called us our first name, you know? Um, 403 00:21:57,810 --> 00:22:00,770 S8: so my name was powder and the long version is 404 00:22:00,810 --> 00:22:04,409 S8: hyper there. Like so it's because when he was stationed 405 00:22:04,450 --> 00:22:06,929 S8: off the coast of California, he would come home on 406 00:22:06,930 --> 00:22:10,170 S8: the weekends. I was under one years old that I 407 00:22:10,170 --> 00:22:12,649 S8: would say, hi there, you know, trying to say hi there. 408 00:22:12,930 --> 00:22:14,690 S8: So he would say it back to me and he said, 409 00:22:14,690 --> 00:22:17,050 S8: sometimes I'd have spaghetti in my mouth and it would 410 00:22:17,050 --> 00:22:21,370 S8: fly everywhere, you know? So throughout my life, he, he 411 00:22:21,410 --> 00:22:25,890 S8: sometimes told me PDR for short PADERE um, and in 412 00:22:25,890 --> 00:22:29,250 S8: my birthday card to put PDR and then sometimes hyper there. 413 00:22:29,690 --> 00:22:31,250 S8: And then when I call him on the phone, when 414 00:22:31,320 --> 00:22:33,480 S8: he heard my voice and say, hi over there. You know, 415 00:22:33,720 --> 00:22:37,080 S8: so he always baby talked us all the kids, all 416 00:22:37,080 --> 00:22:40,119 S8: the kids had their nickname. And then he'd say, I'm 417 00:22:40,119 --> 00:22:42,239 S8: seeing our whole life. He did this. He died in 418 00:22:42,240 --> 00:22:45,439 S8: his 80s. Um, and he got dementia. But before it 419 00:22:45,440 --> 00:22:48,120 S8: really got bad, he was still baby talking us. And 420 00:22:48,119 --> 00:22:50,480 S8: the way he did that, when he'd see us, he'd 421 00:22:50,480 --> 00:22:53,400 S8: say that, you know, the nickname. And then he'd say, well, 422 00:22:53,400 --> 00:22:55,919 S8: you take today. What do you think? You know, he. 423 00:22:55,960 --> 00:22:58,080 S8: I'll have I see baby talk to us, you know, 424 00:22:58,320 --> 00:23:01,600 S8: and then he was, um, he taught me how to 425 00:23:01,640 --> 00:23:03,880 S8: I was outside trying to troll at the time when 426 00:23:03,880 --> 00:23:05,679 S8: I was a little kid and he, I guess he 427 00:23:05,680 --> 00:23:07,399 S8: saw me out the window. So he came out and 428 00:23:07,400 --> 00:23:10,360 S8: he taught me how to do that. Um, he taught 429 00:23:10,359 --> 00:23:12,800 S8: me how to do the stick shift sitting next to him. 430 00:23:12,840 --> 00:23:16,240 S8: I mean, he also, he somehow he introduced me to 431 00:23:17,440 --> 00:23:20,720 S8: Waldorf salad. Like he's like, have you heard about this salad? 432 00:23:20,720 --> 00:23:23,439 S8: And anyways, I still ate that like a lot. 433 00:23:23,720 --> 00:23:25,600 S9: And when you eat it, you think of. 434 00:23:25,600 --> 00:23:26,920 S1: Him every time, right? 435 00:23:27,680 --> 00:23:33,030 S8: Yeah. I, I So many things nowadays past, I think, 436 00:23:33,070 --> 00:23:36,510 S8: and my mom, they've both passed. I think of him more. 437 00:23:36,550 --> 00:23:39,469 S8: I mean, I and I see different characteristics, like the 438 00:23:39,470 --> 00:23:41,310 S8: way I drive. I drive a lot like him. He 439 00:23:41,310 --> 00:23:45,030 S8: was a very calm driver and he he never got 440 00:23:45,030 --> 00:23:48,430 S8: a ticket. I mean, except when he pulled a, um, a, 441 00:23:48,470 --> 00:23:50,550 S8: he pulled something and he was supposed to go 20 442 00:23:50,550 --> 00:23:52,910 S8: miles under. Um, he never got in a car wreck. 443 00:23:52,910 --> 00:23:56,230 S8: Like he was a super calm person like that, but 444 00:23:56,230 --> 00:24:00,590 S8: he was really fun animal lover, kid lover. He always 445 00:24:00,590 --> 00:24:03,669 S8: played with kids, even, um, whenever kids were around, he 446 00:24:03,670 --> 00:24:06,669 S8: was making faces and having fun. And yeah, he was 447 00:24:06,670 --> 00:24:10,070 S8: really sweet and fun and a daddy like any, but 448 00:24:10,070 --> 00:24:12,630 S8: he had authority. He had an authority where he could 449 00:24:12,630 --> 00:24:15,270 S8: just say something to us. He didn't have to raise 450 00:24:15,270 --> 00:24:18,590 S8: his voice or he wasn't, you know, he, he just 451 00:24:18,590 --> 00:24:21,510 S8: had that kind of healthy authority when he talked to us, 452 00:24:21,830 --> 00:24:24,790 S8: you know, to put us in place, you know, whatever. 453 00:24:24,830 --> 00:24:25,510 S9: But to have a. 454 00:24:25,510 --> 00:24:29,139 S1: Nickname for you that you brought out here today, even 455 00:24:29,140 --> 00:24:32,580 S1: though he's no longer with us today. I can just 456 00:24:32,580 --> 00:24:36,580 S1: hear him and hear see his smile when he's in. 457 00:24:36,580 --> 00:24:39,460 S1: What do you think about that? You know, and the 458 00:24:39,500 --> 00:24:43,699 S1: Waldorf salad. I am so glad you got through today, Betsy, 459 00:24:43,700 --> 00:24:47,699 S1: because there's somebody who needed all of these memories when 460 00:24:47,700 --> 00:24:50,820 S1: when you share a memory, it's like priming a pump. 461 00:24:50,859 --> 00:24:54,820 S1: You sharing your memory is going to prime somebody else's memory. 462 00:24:54,820 --> 00:24:56,980 S1: So I'm going to keep the lines open. We're just 463 00:24:56,980 --> 00:25:00,500 S1: talking about dads. That's what a dad does. And maybe 464 00:25:00,500 --> 00:25:03,020 S1: you want to give us the nickname that your dad 465 00:25:03,060 --> 00:25:06,340 S1: had for you, and how that just warms your heart 466 00:25:06,380 --> 00:25:12,900 S1: even as you say it. (877) 548-3675. Growing up, I thought 467 00:25:12,900 --> 00:25:15,940 S1: my dad's flashlight holder and tool assistant was the most 468 00:25:15,940 --> 00:25:19,420 S1: annoying job in the world. Looking back, those are some 469 00:25:19,420 --> 00:25:23,340 S1: of my sweetest memories. Now, whenever my husband is fixing something, 470 00:25:23,340 --> 00:25:26,020 S1: I send the kids over to ask how they can help. 471 00:25:26,260 --> 00:25:29,490 S1: He loves it and it melts my heart seeing them 472 00:25:29,490 --> 00:25:33,450 S1: learn alongside him. And the funniest thing every time I 473 00:25:33,490 --> 00:25:39,370 S1: smell sawdust, I instantly think of my dad. Some memories 474 00:25:39,369 --> 00:25:48,570 S1: never leave us. How about you? That's what a dad does. Eight. Seven. Seven. Five. Four. Eight. Three. Six. Seven. Five. 475 00:25:48,850 --> 00:25:51,290 S1: Have your Waldorf salad and come on back for more. 476 00:25:51,290 --> 00:26:07,010 S1: Straight ahead on Moody Radio. Karen says my dad made 477 00:26:07,010 --> 00:26:10,130 S1: everything fun, but when we were little, he played a 478 00:26:10,130 --> 00:26:14,130 S1: wrestling game with us called Ding Ding. He sat in 479 00:26:14,130 --> 00:26:17,490 S1: the middle of the room. The three of us went 480 00:26:17,490 --> 00:26:21,690 S1: to corners of the room. Dad would yell, ding, ding! 481 00:26:22,010 --> 00:26:24,770 S1: We ran from our corners to all jump on him 482 00:26:24,770 --> 00:26:27,520 S1: at once, Wrestling a bit, and then dad would yell 483 00:26:27,560 --> 00:26:31,000 S1: ding ding again, and we'd run back to our corners. 484 00:26:31,119 --> 00:26:35,760 S1: So fun for us. After several times, dad was worn 485 00:26:35,760 --> 00:26:39,080 S1: out and the game was over. Ding ding. That's what 486 00:26:39,119 --> 00:26:43,600 S1: a dad does. Play. Ding ding. Shelly is on the line. Shelly, 487 00:26:43,600 --> 00:26:44,760 S1: tell me about your dad. 488 00:26:46,280 --> 00:26:50,920 S10: Well, um, Monday nights, my mother goes on a bowling league. 489 00:26:50,920 --> 00:26:52,600 S10: And so it was just my dad and I. It 490 00:26:52,600 --> 00:26:55,720 S10: was our night. And she would always say before she left. 491 00:26:55,760 --> 00:26:59,040 S10: Now you have her in bed by 8:00. So she 492 00:26:59,040 --> 00:27:01,280 S10: would let me sit up and watch TV. We would 493 00:27:01,280 --> 00:27:05,560 S10: watch TV together and until we heard her car in 494 00:27:05,560 --> 00:27:08,680 S10: the driveway, and then we would make a mad dash 495 00:27:08,720 --> 00:27:11,560 S10: to the bedroom and hop into bed and try to 496 00:27:11,560 --> 00:27:13,080 S10: pretend like I was asleep. 497 00:27:13,440 --> 00:27:14,160 S9: Yes. 498 00:27:14,520 --> 00:27:18,719 S1: Okay. I'm gonna. I'm gonna put you on the spot now. Shelly. What? 499 00:27:18,760 --> 00:27:23,560 S1: On Monday nights, when you were a little girl at 8:00. 500 00:27:23,560 --> 00:27:24,800 S1: What was on TV? 501 00:27:26,190 --> 00:27:31,270 S10: I love Lucy. Yes, and I Love Lucy. And like 502 00:27:31,270 --> 00:27:33,830 S10: The Andy Griffith Show. I believe those. 503 00:27:34,590 --> 00:27:39,149 S1: And didn't Gunsmoke. Gunsmoke came on at, like 9:00, right? 504 00:27:39,470 --> 00:27:41,109 S10: Yeah. Yes. Huh. 505 00:27:41,230 --> 00:27:43,910 S1: Did you get to stay up and watch James Arness 506 00:27:43,910 --> 00:27:50,669 S1: as Matt Dillon? Maybe not. Uh, Shelley. God bless you, friend. 507 00:27:50,670 --> 00:27:55,430 S1: Thank you. That's it. Uh, letting her stay up a 508 00:27:55,430 --> 00:28:00,869 S1: little bit later on. Uh, Sherry is in Fort Lauderdale. Hey, Sherry. 509 00:28:00,910 --> 00:28:01,910 S1: How you doing today? 510 00:28:02,710 --> 00:28:06,190 S6: Hi, Chris. How are you today? God bless you. 511 00:28:06,310 --> 00:28:08,670 S1: I'm doing great. Tell me about your dad. 512 00:28:09,670 --> 00:28:12,470 S11: Good. And happy Father's Day to you as well. My dad, 513 00:28:12,470 --> 00:28:15,230 S11: it was me and my brother. We grew up in Lima, Ohio, 514 00:28:15,230 --> 00:28:18,110 S11: until we moved to Kentucky. But he worked a lot 515 00:28:18,109 --> 00:28:21,750 S11: and so I. My one of my favorite memories is 516 00:28:21,869 --> 00:28:26,139 S11: him coming home from What? And, um, he would play 517 00:28:26,140 --> 00:28:29,220 S11: with us. He would make us. He would pin us down. Uh, 518 00:28:29,260 --> 00:28:32,139 S11: back then Tony Atlas, I think, was the big wrestler. 519 00:28:32,140 --> 00:28:34,820 S11: He would pin us down like one of the wrestlers 520 00:28:34,820 --> 00:28:37,580 S11: and make us smell his armpit. And we would try 521 00:28:37,580 --> 00:28:40,180 S11: to hold our breath so we wouldn't have to smell it, 522 00:28:40,180 --> 00:28:43,380 S11: but he would pin us down until we had to breathe, 523 00:28:43,380 --> 00:28:46,020 S11: and we had to breathe in his stinking heart. 524 00:28:46,620 --> 00:28:49,620 S1: That's what a dad does right there. I'm sorry folks, 525 00:28:49,620 --> 00:28:53,020 S1: if that if that hurts your sensibilities. But that's what 526 00:28:53,020 --> 00:28:56,180 S1: a dad does. Okay, Sherry, what did your dad do then? 527 00:28:56,340 --> 00:28:58,460 S1: For a living? What was his work? Did he work 528 00:28:58,460 --> 00:29:00,340 S1: at like, a plant or something? 529 00:29:00,380 --> 00:29:03,380 S11: He was well, he was a janitor. He was like, 530 00:29:03,420 --> 00:29:06,740 S11: actually our school janitor. Was he really like until I 531 00:29:06,740 --> 00:29:09,020 S11: was in the fourth grade. Yeah. So he, I saw 532 00:29:09,020 --> 00:29:12,620 S11: him every morning at school. And then he did become the, um, 533 00:29:12,660 --> 00:29:14,900 S11: the city where he worked for the city for the 534 00:29:15,300 --> 00:29:16,340 S11: meter readers. 535 00:29:16,380 --> 00:29:16,940 S4: Okay. 536 00:29:17,220 --> 00:29:19,700 S1: Okay. So what was it like having your dad as 537 00:29:19,700 --> 00:29:21,900 S1: the janitor in your school? Did you like that? 538 00:29:23,610 --> 00:29:27,370 S11: I did. At first it was like, dad is always here. 539 00:29:27,370 --> 00:29:30,170 S11: But I'll never forget one time because my mom was 540 00:29:30,170 --> 00:29:33,050 S11: a nurse and worked nights. And so sometimes we stayed 541 00:29:33,050 --> 00:29:35,970 S11: with him. And I remember one time some music came 542 00:29:35,970 --> 00:29:38,250 S11: on in the school and I just, he and I 543 00:29:38,250 --> 00:29:41,290 S11: just started spinning like a ballerina. And he was like, oh, 544 00:29:41,330 --> 00:29:44,770 S11: you're my beautiful ballerina. You should be a ballerina. You 545 00:29:44,770 --> 00:29:46,890 S11: could be anything you want to be. I ended up 546 00:29:46,890 --> 00:29:50,290 S11: being a ballerina, but just, you know, his encouragement in 547 00:29:50,290 --> 00:29:52,290 S11: front of me that I could do anything I wanted 548 00:29:52,290 --> 00:29:55,850 S11: to be. And I always love my dad. He's passed 549 00:29:55,850 --> 00:29:58,130 S11: away now, but I always love him. 550 00:29:58,970 --> 00:30:03,130 S1: You know, I have memories of janitors at the schools 551 00:30:03,130 --> 00:30:06,450 S1: where I went and some of the greatest. And they 552 00:30:06,450 --> 00:30:09,690 S1: were mostly men, but some of the some of the 553 00:30:09,690 --> 00:30:14,010 S1: best men were janitors who just kind of, you know, 554 00:30:14,050 --> 00:30:17,730 S1: did everything that they were, was asked of them and 555 00:30:17,730 --> 00:30:23,200 S1: then some and communicated well. Not every janitor is like that, 556 00:30:23,480 --> 00:30:25,840 S1: but that's what I experienced. And, Sherry, I'm glad we 557 00:30:25,880 --> 00:30:29,640 S1: got to honor your dad here today. I got to 558 00:30:29,640 --> 00:30:33,360 S1: get Debbie, Mary, and Jim in here to tell the. Oh, 559 00:30:33,400 --> 00:30:37,360 S1: it's Corey and Debbie and Mary Corey. He would always 560 00:30:37,360 --> 00:30:42,480 S1: tickle me with his beard. Good thing I'm not even ticklish. Debbie. 561 00:30:42,520 --> 00:30:45,560 S1: On my dad's day off, he wouldn't shave and had 562 00:30:45,560 --> 00:30:48,400 S1: what I called prickles. He would hug me and gently 563 00:30:48,400 --> 00:30:51,720 S1: rub his chin on my cheeks while I squealed for 564 00:30:51,720 --> 00:30:54,760 S1: him to stop. And Mary said the same thing. He 565 00:30:54,760 --> 00:30:57,480 S1: would chase us around, around the house after he got 566 00:30:57,480 --> 00:31:00,120 S1: home from work and try to rub his scratchy 5:00 567 00:31:00,120 --> 00:31:04,880 S1: shadow stubble against our faces. We all screamed and laughed. 568 00:31:04,880 --> 00:31:08,280 S1: That's what a dad does. Now there's one more I 569 00:31:08,320 --> 00:31:13,560 S1: gotta say. Jim and Karen, 1971, California. We had a 570 00:31:13,560 --> 00:31:18,160 S1: big earthquake after that. The way he woke us up 571 00:31:18,160 --> 00:31:22,670 S1: every day was to shake the bed and we hated it. 572 00:31:22,710 --> 00:31:27,710 S1: We loved him. We lost him nine years later. Thank you. Yeah, 573 00:31:27,710 --> 00:31:30,670 S1: I could see that. That's what a dad does right there. 574 00:31:30,710 --> 00:31:34,070 S1: Sarah is in Ohio. Hi, Sarah. Go right ahead. 575 00:31:35,270 --> 00:31:38,630 S12: Hi, Chris. Um, so my favorite memory about my dad 576 00:31:38,910 --> 00:31:42,470 S12: is actually one that started out very badly and turned good. Um, 577 00:31:42,510 --> 00:31:45,030 S12: he came home from work one day and he was tired, 578 00:31:45,030 --> 00:31:47,590 S12: and he pulled his truck in the driveway and saw 579 00:31:47,590 --> 00:31:50,830 S12: all of his tools strong all over the back yard. 580 00:31:51,150 --> 00:31:53,990 S12: And he saw that we had dug holes in his 581 00:31:53,990 --> 00:31:56,950 S12: grass and stuck giant like limbs and trees in the holes. 582 00:31:57,190 --> 00:31:59,430 S12: And we had pulled out all of the shingles from 583 00:31:59,430 --> 00:32:01,070 S12: behind the garage that he was going to use to 584 00:32:01,070 --> 00:32:03,590 S12: make a new roof. And they were strewn all over 585 00:32:03,590 --> 00:32:07,230 S12: the yard. And he was so upset and so angry, 586 00:32:07,230 --> 00:32:09,910 S12: and he yelled at us, get this cleaned up. And 587 00:32:10,150 --> 00:32:12,950 S12: we're crying, pulling all the shingles back into piles. And 588 00:32:12,950 --> 00:32:14,830 S12: we got it all cleaned up. And he asked, and 589 00:32:14,830 --> 00:32:17,630 S12: he's like, what in the world were you thinking? And 590 00:32:17,630 --> 00:32:20,020 S12: we told him that we were trying to make Christmas 591 00:32:20,020 --> 00:32:22,620 S12: in July for him, and that the trees in the 592 00:32:22,620 --> 00:32:26,100 S12: holes were Christmas trees, and his tools were. The presents 593 00:32:26,100 --> 00:32:28,460 S12: and the shingles. All over the grass were the paths. 594 00:32:28,980 --> 00:32:31,900 S12: And I've heard my dad tell this story many times 595 00:32:32,180 --> 00:32:34,420 S12: since being a small child. But he said that that 596 00:32:34,420 --> 00:32:37,580 S12: stopped him right in his tracks and he felt so bad. 597 00:32:37,620 --> 00:32:39,420 S12: He said his heart just dropped out of his chest 598 00:32:39,420 --> 00:32:42,100 S12: and he, you know, gave us big hugs. And, and 599 00:32:42,100 --> 00:32:44,340 S12: even to this day though, like when I, I, I 600 00:32:44,460 --> 00:32:47,020 S12: just got married and my husband is going to celebrate 601 00:32:47,020 --> 00:32:50,140 S12: his first Father's Day this year. And I picked someone 602 00:32:50,140 --> 00:32:52,459 S12: just like my dad. I, I was really important for 603 00:32:52,460 --> 00:32:56,340 S12: me to find someone who wasn't afraid to apologize and 604 00:32:56,340 --> 00:32:59,500 S12: was very wanted to make sure that we knew that 605 00:32:59,500 --> 00:33:01,460 S12: he felt bad when he messed up. It was very, 606 00:33:01,660 --> 00:33:02,180 S12: very cool. 607 00:33:02,660 --> 00:33:05,620 S1: What a story. Sarah, you got to write that down. 608 00:33:05,740 --> 00:33:09,740 S1: That's that's, that's a really, really good story because it 609 00:33:09,740 --> 00:33:13,300 S1: shows one of the common denominators here is that not 610 00:33:13,300 --> 00:33:16,780 S1: only does your dad see you, but even if he's 611 00:33:16,930 --> 00:33:20,410 S1: angry and upset and has reason to be. He listens. 612 00:33:20,410 --> 00:33:23,130 S1: He hears. He hears your heart, right? 613 00:33:23,610 --> 00:33:25,170 S12: Yes. Absolutely. 614 00:33:25,570 --> 00:33:26,090 S4: Yeah. 615 00:33:26,370 --> 00:33:30,290 S1: Okay. So is this the Sarah that I've known for 616 00:33:30,370 --> 00:33:34,370 S1: so long? For you? Like 25 years or so. Okay. 617 00:33:34,410 --> 00:33:37,490 S1: All right. So Sarah called up when you were home 618 00:33:37,530 --> 00:33:40,090 S1: schooled and all through home school. Then you went to 619 00:33:40,130 --> 00:33:44,410 S1: college and, and, you know, moving away from home, and 620 00:33:44,410 --> 00:33:47,170 S1: then you got married and now you've got a baby. 621 00:33:47,170 --> 00:33:47,930 S1: Is that right? 622 00:33:47,970 --> 00:33:50,850 S12: Yes, yes. Ezra just turned eight months old. And so 623 00:33:50,850 --> 00:33:54,010 S12: my husband will celebrate his first Father's Day. And we 624 00:33:54,010 --> 00:33:56,210 S12: just made him a little card. I traced our hands 625 00:33:56,210 --> 00:33:59,010 S12: on paper, and it's very hard to get an eight 626 00:33:59,010 --> 00:34:01,050 S12: month old to hold still long enough to trace their 627 00:34:01,050 --> 00:34:03,090 S12: hand for a card. But we did it, and I'm 628 00:34:03,090 --> 00:34:04,170 S12: very proud of that. 629 00:34:04,450 --> 00:34:05,370 S4: Love it. 630 00:34:05,410 --> 00:34:08,090 S1: Sarah. God bless you, Fred. Thank you. And stay away 631 00:34:08,090 --> 00:34:12,569 S1: from the shingles. Now take my advice. But thank you 632 00:34:12,570 --> 00:34:15,489 S1: for telling that story. There's some dad who needed to 633 00:34:15,530 --> 00:34:19,880 S1: hear that today. And maybe that brings up some guilt 634 00:34:19,880 --> 00:34:23,800 S1: and some shame and some, you know, looking back over 635 00:34:23,800 --> 00:34:25,960 S1: your shoulder. I wish I'd done it. I wish I 636 00:34:25,960 --> 00:34:31,000 S1: had listened. It's it's not too late. If you're the 637 00:34:31,000 --> 00:34:35,480 S1: dad who didn't listen back then to say, I heard 638 00:34:35,480 --> 00:34:39,480 S1: Sarah tell this story on this program, this, this fellow, 639 00:34:39,520 --> 00:34:42,560 S1: this program. But that's what a dad does. And and 640 00:34:42,560 --> 00:34:44,840 S1: she and you tell the story. Did I ever do 641 00:34:44,840 --> 00:34:47,759 S1: anything like that? Did you ever do anything? And and 642 00:34:47,760 --> 00:34:50,839 S1: you had some motivation. That was good. But I got 643 00:34:50,840 --> 00:34:54,040 S1: mad at you. You enter into the life of your 644 00:34:54,080 --> 00:34:59,520 S1: child or an adult, your adult child like that, and 645 00:34:59,560 --> 00:35:03,319 S1: walls might start to come down that have been built 646 00:35:03,320 --> 00:35:07,400 S1: up for a long time. I don't guarantee it, but 647 00:35:07,400 --> 00:35:10,560 S1: if you tell it as well as Sarah did, um, 648 00:35:11,040 --> 00:35:16,430 S1: Beth says he changed the key on my skates multiple times, 649 00:35:16,469 --> 00:35:21,630 S1: always with a smile. I'm aging myself here, she says. 650 00:35:21,910 --> 00:35:24,549 S1: I didn't. I could never stay on skates. But I 651 00:35:24,550 --> 00:35:27,670 S1: remember the keys and how important those were. And if 652 00:35:27,670 --> 00:35:32,750 S1: you didn't have them, there's problems. Carrie is in Tampa, Florida. Carrie, 653 00:35:32,790 --> 00:35:33,910 S1: tell me about your dad. 654 00:35:34,710 --> 00:35:36,230 S13: Hi. How are you today, Chris? 655 00:35:36,350 --> 00:35:36,830 S4: I'm doing. 656 00:35:36,830 --> 00:35:37,910 S1: Great. Thank you. 657 00:35:38,590 --> 00:35:42,109 S13: I want to share that everyone's story is tremendous in 658 00:35:42,110 --> 00:35:46,630 S13: my heart. Thank you for sharing it. Um, you you. Sarah, 659 00:35:46,670 --> 00:35:51,710 S13: that was incredible. Thank you. My daddy, we we were 660 00:35:51,790 --> 00:35:54,390 S13: we were born in Buffalo. I have a twin brother 661 00:35:54,390 --> 00:36:00,229 S13: and older sister and a younger brother. And my mom 662 00:36:00,230 --> 00:36:03,590 S13: and dad owned a bar in our home was above it. 663 00:36:04,110 --> 00:36:04,430 S4: MM. 664 00:36:04,469 --> 00:36:07,910 S13: And I remember the year of the blizzard. He took 665 00:36:07,910 --> 00:36:13,650 S13: every body in the town into our home. Into the bar. 666 00:36:13,690 --> 00:36:16,450 S13: They were sleeping on the pool tables. The boots my 667 00:36:16,450 --> 00:36:24,690 S13: mom had. Um, the Formica catering tables. Uh. Cafeteria style tables. 668 00:36:24,690 --> 00:36:27,450 S13: They drop them all in the basement. And people were 669 00:36:27,450 --> 00:36:29,730 S13: sleeping on those. We had a couple people living in 670 00:36:29,730 --> 00:36:33,529 S13: our house during the blizzard. My mom, my mom and dad. 671 00:36:33,969 --> 00:36:38,770 S13: I always include my mother, too. They they did snowball 672 00:36:38,770 --> 00:36:43,810 S13: fights with us. They took us sledding. They built snowmen. 673 00:36:43,850 --> 00:36:47,450 S13: We did my daddy. I remember my daddy in the 674 00:36:47,450 --> 00:36:54,890 S13: backyard building an igloo with us. We were really young and. 675 00:36:57,010 --> 00:36:58,850 S13: It was just wonderful. 676 00:36:59,650 --> 00:37:03,730 S1: And everything you've just described there didn't take a whole lot. 677 00:37:03,770 --> 00:37:07,129 S1: Didn't take a whole lot of of money might not 678 00:37:07,130 --> 00:37:10,009 S1: have taken. It took mostly it took time. It just 679 00:37:10,010 --> 00:37:14,640 S1: took spending time with you and kind of investing in 680 00:37:14,680 --> 00:37:19,040 S1: you and, and being present with you. Right. 681 00:37:19,120 --> 00:37:23,799 S13: Well, so my mom would tend bar and he would 682 00:37:23,800 --> 00:37:26,800 S13: take care of us or my dad would tend bar 683 00:37:26,800 --> 00:37:29,960 S13: and mama would take care of us. Or they both 684 00:37:29,960 --> 00:37:32,440 S13: tended bar and Elaine would take care of us. Or 685 00:37:33,200 --> 00:37:36,000 S13: we had a nanny because Elaine was, you know, six 686 00:37:36,000 --> 00:37:38,359 S13: years older and she had other things in her life 687 00:37:38,360 --> 00:37:43,240 S13: going on. So Herb and Carl and I, my dad 688 00:37:43,239 --> 00:37:46,799 S13: would lay on the floor and bounce Carl on his belly, 689 00:37:46,800 --> 00:37:50,399 S13: and we'd be climbing all over daddy. Matter of fact, 690 00:37:50,400 --> 00:37:54,200 S13: that was when he passed away. Um, New Year's Day, 691 00:37:55,480 --> 00:37:57,640 S13: we were climbing all over daddy and he got up 692 00:37:57,640 --> 00:38:01,000 S13: off the floor, put Carl down and got up in 693 00:38:01,000 --> 00:38:05,759 S13: the bed and died. And it's sad, but it's reality. 694 00:38:05,800 --> 00:38:08,480 S13: And I think back on it, but I remember I 695 00:38:08,520 --> 00:38:12,390 S13: remember him taking us out of the bubble bath and 696 00:38:12,390 --> 00:38:15,990 S13: double fisting us on the ironing table. Changing our diapers 697 00:38:15,989 --> 00:38:16,950 S13: and clothing us. 698 00:38:19,310 --> 00:38:22,790 S1: And listen, you hear the laugh right there. Carrie. Just 699 00:38:22,790 --> 00:38:24,230 S1: the laugh that you had. And I bet there are 700 00:38:24,230 --> 00:38:26,470 S1: more stories about, you know, when you grew up. But 701 00:38:26,469 --> 00:38:29,630 S1: the fact that your dad died and you remember that 702 00:38:29,630 --> 00:38:34,070 S1: day and you were with him, he was present there 703 00:38:34,070 --> 00:38:37,430 S1: with you. I think that's one of the common denominators 704 00:38:37,430 --> 00:38:41,470 S1: that I'm seeing throughout all of these different stories is 705 00:38:41,469 --> 00:38:44,750 S1: how the how much of a difference it makes when 706 00:38:44,750 --> 00:38:48,630 S1: you are present with that child, that son, that daughter, 707 00:38:48,630 --> 00:38:51,629 S1: when you see that son or daughter, when you hear 708 00:38:51,630 --> 00:38:55,830 S1: their heart, when you listen well to them and you 709 00:38:55,830 --> 00:38:58,950 S1: laugh as well. Oh, there's so many good stories here. 710 00:38:58,950 --> 00:39:01,270 S1: Thank you for calling today this Chris Fabry live on 711 00:39:01,270 --> 00:39:04,750 S1: Moody Radio. If you go to the website Chris Fabry live.org, 712 00:39:04,790 --> 00:39:07,430 S1: you can see how you can support us with a 713 00:39:07,469 --> 00:39:09,540 S1: gift of any size. I got a gift for you? 714 00:39:09,580 --> 00:39:12,260 S1: I'll tell you about that. And one of the reasons 715 00:39:12,260 --> 00:39:15,140 S1: why I wanted to have this conversation. I'll tell you 716 00:39:15,140 --> 00:39:30,180 S1: about that straight ahead on Moody Radio. In March, Doctor 717 00:39:30,180 --> 00:39:33,260 S1: John Perkins passed away. And I remember when we did 718 00:39:33,260 --> 00:39:38,180 S1: a tribute program for him about his life, his daughters 719 00:39:38,180 --> 00:39:40,620 S1: came on here and told some of the same kinds 720 00:39:40,620 --> 00:39:44,260 S1: of stories, because Doctor Perkins, you know, civil rights movement, 721 00:39:44,260 --> 00:39:48,100 S1: racial reconciliation, he was a big deal. And he knew 722 00:39:48,140 --> 00:39:50,260 S1: a lot of people, and he spoke a lot of places. 723 00:39:50,260 --> 00:39:53,219 S1: And he had this fire in his belly. But he 724 00:39:53,219 --> 00:39:58,100 S1: was a dad, and I wanted to honor him this 725 00:39:58,100 --> 00:40:02,259 S1: month by sending his book One Blood Parting Words to 726 00:40:02,300 --> 00:40:06,020 S1: the Church on Race and Love. It's our thank you 727 00:40:06,020 --> 00:40:10,050 S1: this month. And if you go to kris.org and scroll 728 00:40:10,050 --> 00:40:14,450 S1: down or call 866953, give a gift of any size 729 00:40:14,450 --> 00:40:16,130 S1: before the end of the month and we'll send it 730 00:40:16,130 --> 00:40:18,170 S1: to you. I'd love to put this in your hands 731 00:40:18,170 --> 00:40:21,089 S1: as just as a thank you for your support and 732 00:40:21,090 --> 00:40:24,810 S1: what you're doing here for us at the Radio Backyard Fence. Again, 733 00:40:24,810 --> 00:40:33,529 S1: go to Chris Fabry live.org or call (866) 953-2279. I want 734 00:40:33,570 --> 00:40:36,330 S1: to hear Randy's story in Colorado. Randy, go. 735 00:40:37,770 --> 00:40:41,649 S14: Hi. Um, so I live in Montrose, Colorado now, but 736 00:40:41,650 --> 00:40:45,810 S14: this story happened in, um, central Maine back in the 737 00:40:45,810 --> 00:40:50,130 S14: late 60s and 69. We had I was 13 years old. 738 00:40:50,410 --> 00:40:52,890 S14: We had a, uh, one of those old real type 739 00:40:52,930 --> 00:40:56,650 S14: push mowers. And that was hard. And one day dad 740 00:40:56,930 --> 00:40:59,290 S14: took me with him. We went to a Western auto store, 741 00:40:59,290 --> 00:41:04,010 S14: and he paid $179 for a brand new lawnmower push mower, 742 00:41:04,050 --> 00:41:09,480 S14: gasoline powered one, which for us was pretty big. And that, 743 00:41:09,480 --> 00:41:12,730 S14: by the way, that $179 would be like probably 5 744 00:41:12,730 --> 00:41:17,440 S14: or 600 today. Um, we lost dad in the early 745 00:41:17,440 --> 00:41:23,520 S14: 90s around 92. And, um, but when this happened, basically 746 00:41:23,920 --> 00:41:27,799 S14: he took that lawn mower home. I used it, I 747 00:41:27,840 --> 00:41:30,640 S14: mowed the lawn one day. Dad took went to work. 748 00:41:30,640 --> 00:41:32,720 S14: He had a light blue Ford pickup and went to work. 749 00:41:33,400 --> 00:41:36,160 S14: And I took that lawn mower all apart. I mean, 750 00:41:36,200 --> 00:41:38,880 S14: all apart. I had a four by eight sheet of plywood, 751 00:41:38,920 --> 00:41:41,560 S14: put it on the grass, and every part that would 752 00:41:41,560 --> 00:41:44,360 S14: come off from that lawn mower was off that lawn mower. 753 00:41:44,880 --> 00:41:47,960 S14: Much to my shock. I looked down the driveway and 754 00:41:47,960 --> 00:41:51,479 S14: up comes this light blue Ford and I knew I 755 00:41:51,480 --> 00:41:55,839 S14: was in deep, deep trouble. Dad pulled up, got out 756 00:41:55,880 --> 00:41:58,319 S14: of the truck, looked down at me. He looked at that. 757 00:41:58,320 --> 00:42:02,800 S14: All those parts on that piece of plywood, he says, Randy, 758 00:42:02,840 --> 00:42:06,230 S14: can you put that back together? What was I going 759 00:42:06,230 --> 00:42:11,790 S14: to say? Uh. Yes, sir. Um, and I did. He 760 00:42:11,790 --> 00:42:14,030 S14: went in the house and I put it back together. 761 00:42:14,070 --> 00:42:15,989 S14: Put the oil in it, put gas in it, and 762 00:42:15,989 --> 00:42:18,750 S14: got it started. And as soon as he heard it run, 763 00:42:18,750 --> 00:42:21,590 S14: he came. He came out of the house. No smile, 764 00:42:21,590 --> 00:42:23,710 S14: no nothing. Just looked at me and said, now you 765 00:42:23,750 --> 00:42:28,910 S14: come with me. And he loaded me in that truck. 766 00:42:28,910 --> 00:42:31,350 S14: And away we went. We went to this place and 767 00:42:31,350 --> 00:42:34,830 S14: I knew the fellow. Um, it was a junk dealer. 768 00:42:34,830 --> 00:42:38,790 S14: His name was Willie. And all I could think of is, oh, no, oh, no, 769 00:42:39,270 --> 00:42:44,430 S14: I'm going to be living with Willie. Um, but no, 770 00:42:45,270 --> 00:42:49,190 S14: he went out back with Willie. They came back and 771 00:42:49,630 --> 00:42:53,109 S14: dad gave him. Gave Willie some money and gave me 772 00:42:53,110 --> 00:42:57,109 S14: an old, uh, outboard motor. And then and they put 773 00:42:57,110 --> 00:42:59,629 S14: it in the truck and dad says, now this, you 774 00:42:59,630 --> 00:43:06,260 S14: play with this. This is yours. Leave my lawn mower alone. And, um, 775 00:43:06,940 --> 00:43:09,860 S14: back then we would have called it a licking. I 776 00:43:10,020 --> 00:43:13,900 S14: expected to get a licking and I never did. Um. 777 00:43:14,420 --> 00:43:17,900 S1: Because he saw you, he saw anybody could put that 778 00:43:17,900 --> 00:43:20,779 S1: lawnmower together. There's something. So what did you wind up 779 00:43:20,780 --> 00:43:21,820 S1: doing with that. 780 00:43:22,860 --> 00:43:26,700 S14: Well, um put it together. We used it for many years. 781 00:43:26,700 --> 00:43:27,660 S14: Many years. 782 00:43:27,820 --> 00:43:30,460 S1: I mean, the gift, the gift of being able to 783 00:43:30,500 --> 00:43:31,940 S1: be a mechanic like that. 784 00:43:33,100 --> 00:43:35,739 S14: My first job, when I got married and I got 785 00:43:35,739 --> 00:43:40,340 S14: married young, I became a small engines mechanic. I actually 786 00:43:40,340 --> 00:43:43,740 S14: became a professional chainsaw mechanic up in the state of Maine. 787 00:43:44,140 --> 00:43:47,980 S14: My father at the time that I took that machine 788 00:43:47,980 --> 00:43:52,580 S14: apart was a mechanic. And what he did was he 789 00:43:52,580 --> 00:44:00,780 S14: recognized in me what he needed to nurture. I'm sorry, 790 00:44:00,820 --> 00:44:06,330 S14: I'm getting emotional here, but, uh, he recognized that. And 791 00:44:07,810 --> 00:44:12,170 S14: I never forgot that. Uh, he always had my back, 792 00:44:12,810 --> 00:44:15,690 S14: and he was always willing to help that way. 793 00:44:15,930 --> 00:44:19,370 S1: He called it from the. He called it from your 794 00:44:19,410 --> 00:44:22,850 S1: inside you is what he did. He called it out. Randy. 795 00:44:22,969 --> 00:44:26,529 S1: And allowed you to become who? Who he knew you 796 00:44:26,530 --> 00:44:31,050 S1: could be, you know. Um, yeah, I'm thinking about that. 797 00:44:31,050 --> 00:44:35,170 S1: I'm thinking about that story and that story that Sarah told. Uh, 798 00:44:35,290 --> 00:44:40,410 S1: because there's just something about your dad seeing you and 799 00:44:40,410 --> 00:44:44,489 S1: being able to affirm you, being able to tickle you 800 00:44:44,489 --> 00:44:47,970 S1: as well. And, you know, with the beard and everything, 801 00:44:48,370 --> 00:44:54,250 S1: but being able to not yell at you, but to say, hey, 802 00:44:54,290 --> 00:44:57,649 S1: there's something here. You shouldn't have done that. Stay away 803 00:44:57,650 --> 00:45:01,010 S1: from my lawnmower, but you've got something going on down 804 00:45:01,010 --> 00:45:05,000 S1: there And I feel the same way about the prodigal son. 805 00:45:05,400 --> 00:45:09,839 S1: What the dad do. He waited, he watched. He got 806 00:45:09,840 --> 00:45:13,360 S1: that calf fat. That took some time. He had a 807 00:45:13,360 --> 00:45:17,360 S1: robe and a ring ready. And when the son returned. 808 00:45:17,520 --> 00:45:19,279 S1: What did he do? Did he wait to come and 809 00:45:19,280 --> 00:45:23,200 S1: say he ran? He hugged his neck. My sons, come home. 810 00:45:23,200 --> 00:45:28,080 S1: Oh the delight. Psalm 18. He brought me out into 811 00:45:28,080 --> 00:45:33,200 S1: a broad place. He rescued me because he delighted in me. 812 00:45:34,000 --> 00:45:37,239 S1: Psalm 147 but the Lord takes pleasure in those who 813 00:45:37,239 --> 00:45:40,359 S1: fear him, and those who hope in his steadfast love. 814 00:45:41,560 --> 00:45:44,200 S1: Remember the voice that came from heaven. This is my 815 00:45:44,200 --> 00:45:49,240 S1: beloved son, in whom I am well pleased, or in 816 00:45:49,280 --> 00:45:52,920 S1: whom I delight. Do you believe that God delights in you? 817 00:45:53,920 --> 00:45:55,680 S1: I mean, we could say that all day long. You 818 00:45:55,680 --> 00:45:59,040 S1: know God loves us. For God so loved the world. 819 00:45:59,360 --> 00:46:02,350 S1: But do you feel that? What kind of love is it? 820 00:46:02,390 --> 00:46:04,790 S1: Is it conditional? Is it? Well, if I do this, 821 00:46:04,790 --> 00:46:07,229 S1: then God will love me. If I do the things 822 00:46:07,230 --> 00:46:09,950 S1: that make him happy, he's happy with me. If I don't, 823 00:46:09,989 --> 00:46:15,310 S1: there's no delight. If you're in Christ, there is no condemnation. 824 00:46:15,830 --> 00:46:18,510 S1: You and I may be disciplined to help us mature, 825 00:46:18,550 --> 00:46:21,150 S1: to help us become who he wants us to be. 826 00:46:21,150 --> 00:46:23,950 S1: But that's him acting out of his love, out of 827 00:46:23,950 --> 00:46:30,190 S1: his delight in the process. So today, take a Friday. Psych. 828 00:46:30,230 --> 00:46:32,150 S1: Take a deep lung full of air and know that 829 00:46:32,150 --> 00:46:35,750 S1: your heavenly father delights in you. You are the apple 830 00:46:35,989 --> 00:46:39,950 S1: of his eye and I hope that encouraged you today. 831 00:46:39,950 --> 00:46:42,630 S1: Come on back Monday. If you have some soul chains, 832 00:46:42,630 --> 00:46:45,430 S1: they can be broken. We'll talk about it on Chris 833 00:46:45,430 --> 00:46:48,910 S1: Fabry live production of Moody Radio, a Ministry of Moody 834 00:46:48,910 --> 00:46:50,270 S1: Bible Institute.