Speaker 1: Hey, it's Delilah. Thank you for stopping by. I have
Speaker 1: put together some of my favorite radio moments here to
Speaker 1: share with you on our daily podcast through.
Speaker 2: Time.
Speaker 1: Time is something I've spoken about often, something songs are
Speaker 1: written about. Time is a gift no matter where you
Speaker 1: find yourself. We've been trained to think of time as
Speaker 1: a clock or a calendar. We look at our phones
Speaker 1: now to see what time it is. We're on a schedule,
Speaker 1: but it's not a clock, it's not a calendar. I
Speaker 1: think we all learn that during the COVID shutdown, time
Speaker 1: needs to be viewed through the lens of precious moments,
Speaker 1: of experiences of staying in the precious present with those
Speaker 1: that you love. Don't just count the days, don't just
Speaker 1: count the hours. Make the days, make the hours count
Speaker 1: by living fully.
Speaker 2: Hi, Jennifer, Hi, thank you for taking the time to write.
Speaker 2: How are you good?
Speaker 3: How are you?
Speaker 4: I'm wonderful you sent us a beautiful story that you
Speaker 4: wrote about some time with your grandpa. Yeah, could you
Speaker 4: share with our listeners what you wrote to me about?
Speaker 3: Sure? My grandparents were nearing their fiftieth anniversary and as
Speaker 3: a family, we decided to take a trip to Ireland.
Speaker 3: My grandfather had a heart condition and a really bad knee,
Speaker 3: and he decided that he wasn't going to have surgery
Speaker 3: until they could take care of both. So when we
Speaker 3: went to Ireland, it was kind of a real quest
Speaker 3: for all of us. He accidentally forgot to bring his
Speaker 3: nitro patches, though, so as we made our way around
Speaker 3: the country, he wasn't able to do a lot of
Speaker 3: the things that we were able to do. And when
Speaker 3: we got to Blarney Castle, we all got to go
Speaker 3: up inside the castle and kiss the stone because that's
Speaker 3: up on the top, and he just kind of wandered
Speaker 3: around taking video of the grounds, which is absolutely beautiful.
Speaker 3: And when we got done kissing the stone, we came
Speaker 3: down and started making our way towards the bus, and
Speaker 3: of course my grandfather wasn't keeping up, so I hung
Speaker 3: back and I told him that I loved him very
Speaker 3: much and that it would mean a lot to me
Speaker 3: if he would have the surgery, because I wanted him
Speaker 3: to be around when I got married and you know,
Speaker 3: when my sisters and I started having children, and he
Speaker 3: made a promise to me that he would do that.
Speaker 3: Unfortunately he didn't, and he died about six months before
Speaker 3: I get married. And now when I think of him,
Speaker 3: I just envisioned him on top of Blarney Castle, seeing
Speaker 3: all the sights that we were able to see in
Speaker 3: the beauty of the land, and I know that he's
Speaker 3: looking over me.
Speaker 2: Well, I know you're missing your grandpa terribly, but I'm
Speaker 2: so glad that God gave you that time with him.
Speaker 3: Yeah, it was amazing and I remember it always.
Speaker 2: Well, cherish that memory in your heart and let me
Speaker 2: find a song to honor Grandpa. Thank you God, bless
Speaker 2: you you, Delilah, Thank.
Speaker 5: You for calling. This is Delilah, who's with me on
Speaker 5: the phone line.
Speaker 6: Hi, Delilah, this is Lauren.
Speaker 2: Lauren, what can I do for you?
Speaker 6: I'd like to have you do a dedication to my son, Michael.
Speaker 6: He's seven years old. Sorry, I'm just a little choked
Speaker 6: up over thinking about him. We've been going through some
Speaker 6: rough times right now, trying to buy a new house
Speaker 6: and stuff, and he's been kind of forgotten about, not
Speaker 6: gotten much attention lately. And he made a comment to
Speaker 6: me today that just kind of, you know, MIDlet of
Speaker 6: rough deal with say that I don't play with him
Speaker 6: anymore and busy computers and trying to find the house
Speaker 6: and trying to fight finance, and he listened to see
Speaker 6: every night, even make comments before about say can you
Speaker 6: get a dedication to the Delilah you know, and said
Speaker 6: I'll try sometime, you know. So I thought, I'm trying
Speaker 6: to give him a call tonight, see if there's some
Speaker 6: way you can said something out to him.
Speaker 5: So you're feeling a little guilty, like maybe priorities weren't
Speaker 5: where they should have been.
Speaker 6: Yeah, at times, try to get him a kind of
Speaker 6: situation that we're in now. It's where he can't.
Speaker 5: I understand that, but it sounds like what he's saying
Speaker 5: is I appreciate Dad that you're doing all this for us,
Speaker 5: But right now I just need a hug.
Speaker 2: I just need to throw a ball. I just need
Speaker 2: to sit on your lap. I just need to play
Speaker 2: a game of cards. I just need your.
Speaker 6: Attention exactly exactly.
Speaker 2: So you go focus on that and I'll find a
Speaker 2: song for you.
Speaker 6: I just set it out to Michael, You're seven years old.
Speaker 6: She's just my whole life.
Speaker 2: I'll do that, honey.
Speaker 6: Thank you.
Speaker 7: Hi, you've called the Delilah Show.
Speaker 2: Who is this?
Speaker 8: My name is Lisa.
Speaker 2: Hi, Lisa thank you for listening to my show.
Speaker 8: Thank you. I just love your show, Delilah.
Speaker 2: What can I do for you tonight?
Speaker 8: I'm actually calling to see if you could play a
Speaker 8: song for my grandmothers. She just passed away last night,
Speaker 8: not totally unexpected. We knew it was coming, that she's
Speaker 8: been sick for a while and she was in the
Speaker 8: hospital for a few days here, so we knew it
Speaker 8: was coming. But we're sure going to miss her. She
Speaker 8: was in a really amazing lady.
Speaker 2: So how old was grandma?
Speaker 8: Grandma was eighty five.
Speaker 2: And what are some of your favorite memories?
Speaker 8: I have to say, probably one of my most favorite
Speaker 8: memories is baking with her. And we used to make
Speaker 8: something called monkey bread together and it was this delicious
Speaker 8: cinnamon sugar bread that was fun to make but also
Speaker 8: fun to eat, and that was just something we both
Speaker 8: really really enjoyed doing.
Speaker 2: What a wonderful treat.
Speaker 5: Yes, is there a song that brings Backgroundma's memories to
Speaker 5: your heart that you want to hear?
Speaker 8: Nothing really specific. I mean, she was just an amazing lady.
Speaker 8: She was you know, she was a very tough, toughly
Speaker 8: but she was also very warm hearted, loving, giving, cheering person.
Speaker 8: So nothing specific, but I know you always took perfect songs,
Speaker 8: So let.
Speaker 2: Me find a great song in her memory. God bless
Speaker 2: you perfect.
Speaker 8: Thank you so much.
Speaker 2: Julilah, Hi, good evening. This is Delilah Molly. How can
Speaker 2: I help you?
Speaker 9: I just want to tell you a little bit about
Speaker 9: my dad and why he's special to me.
Speaker 2: Tell me all about Daddy.
Speaker 10: He is this really unique guy who he can just
Speaker 10: pull anything happy out, anything sad. And we were looking
Speaker 10: for something that we could be together in. And he
Speaker 10: knows that I really love to sing and I really
Speaker 10: love to act.
Speaker 2: So how old are you? I'm eleven and you love
Speaker 2: to perform?
Speaker 9: Yes I do.
Speaker 2: God has given you the heart of an actress.
Speaker 9: Yes he has, and I'm thankful for it.
Speaker 4: That's great. So you love to sing, you love to perform.
Speaker 4: So what special thing did Dad pull off?
Speaker 9: He looked through the paper and he found a play
Speaker 9: that we could be in together. So he wasn't planning
Speaker 9: on being in and at first, but then they needed
Speaker 9: more actors, so he got involved in. That was our
Speaker 9: first play together and we were an Annie and now
Speaker 9: we have Jeff Been and another one together. And the
Speaker 9: reason why I really love being in The play with
Speaker 9: my dad is that every night when we go home,
Speaker 9: we listen to you, and we talk and we laugh,
Speaker 9: and we get to spend some quality time together. And
Speaker 9: I'm lucky that I have a special dad who can
Speaker 9: think of of things like that.
Speaker 2: You are very lucky.
Speaker 4: You're also very lucky to get to spend so much
Speaker 4: time with dad. I am so glad that you got
Speaker 4: such a wonderful family.
Speaker 2: Thank you, and good luck with your acting career, young lady.
Speaker 2: I hope to see the name Molly and Light someday.
Speaker 4: Me too, Okay, I so hope you will enjoyed these
Speaker 4: radio moments.
Speaker 2: As much as I enjoy bringing them to you.
Speaker 1: I'll share more with you each weekday on a It's
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