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Big Christmas Wish - Randy Smith · Podcast - Big 98.7

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  Speaker 1: This is Randy.
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  Speaker 2: Well, Hello, Randy, this is Gabe and Amanda on Big
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  Speaker 2: ninety eight point seven. How are you doing today?
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  Speaker 1: I'm doing okay. How are you?
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  Speaker 2: You know what we're doing all right? And is it
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  Speaker 2: okay if we chat with you really quick on the radio?
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  Speaker 1: Randy?
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  Speaker 2: Absolutely, Well, Randy, there are a couple of people who
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  Speaker 2: have reached out to us. One in particular is Ashley Krogan,
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  Speaker 2: and she is telling us that you have really been
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  Speaker 2: going through through a hard time, but you're being so
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  Speaker 2: optimistic about it. Do you mind sharing what happened to
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  Speaker 2: you starting back in August with us?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I can do that. I thought I had COVID,
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  Speaker 1: and I went into the er and found out that
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  Speaker 1: it was way more serious, man, that I have a
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  Speaker 1: rare diroid cancer And went in for thinking, you know
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  Speaker 1: that I have and COVID and ended up in the
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  Speaker 1: er and in surgery within a few days. I've been
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  Speaker 1: through a high dose of radiation and my cancer has
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  Speaker 1: spread to my lungs and so we're dealing with a
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  Speaker 1: stage four diagnosis of cancer.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, Randy, I am so sorry to hear this news.
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  Speaker 2: I can't imagine that news and what it did for you.
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  Speaker 2: And your family.
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  Speaker 1: It's been really hard, but we definitely have been through
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  Speaker 1: a lot before, so we're strong people. My wife is
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  Speaker 1: a double transplant patient, emergency, open heart surgery, pulmonary and bosom.
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  Speaker 1: We've been through a lot medically, and so we're very
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  Speaker 1: strong with our faith and a very strong individual. So
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  Speaker 1: we're getting through it, but it definitely is very hard.
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  Speaker 1: I go in tomorrow for a seat to find out
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  Speaker 1: where we're at as far as the cancer spread more.
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  Speaker 1: But we're still being.
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  Speaker 2: Optimistic and I think that that is the most important
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  Speaker 2: thing you can do. And I think people listening right
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  Speaker 2: now are feeling the way I am. You can just
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  Speaker 2: hear it. You're you have a faith based, you have
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  Speaker 2: the support around you, and it's these moments you just
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  Speaker 2: you probably feel like you're being tested. And I just
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  Speaker 2: have to tell you, after reading a couple of these
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  Speaker 2: nominations and people sharing your story, what you're doing through this,
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  Speaker 2: because you can just hear I mean, you're fighting right now,
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  Speaker 2: you are fighting so hard, but you are also doing
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  Speaker 2: something that is phenomenal. You are writing your journey and
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  Speaker 2: you're trying to share this with other people so that
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  Speaker 2: they can go through this with the same optimism as
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  Speaker 2: you are.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I really feel that God has come through me
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  Speaker 1: to put these words down because they are coming from
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  Speaker 1: it somewhere. They are flowing without any issues to be
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  Speaker 1: able to put this book out. We're healing for myself,
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  Speaker 1: but hopefully we'll help other people too.
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  Speaker 2: You are a light, you are an earth angel, and
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  Speaker 2: you have a lot of people that are rallying around you,
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  Speaker 2: and we are some of those people. Thanks to our
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  Speaker 2: friends at Big ninety eight point seven's Christmas Wish Program,
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  Speaker 2: Gateway Chevrolet and Heartland Chevy Dealers, we want to give
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  Speaker 2: you a check for one thousand dollars just to ease
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  Speaker 2: a little bit of the burden of the bills, whatever
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  Speaker 2: it may be, and just bring a little bit more
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  Speaker 2: light this holiday season to you and your family.
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  Speaker 1: Wow. That is incredible. Thank you so much.
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  Speaker 2: You are so welcome, and I really truly hope you
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  Speaker 2: know the impact you're making in not only our community
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  Speaker 2: but the world with your words and this book. What
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  Speaker 2: is the name of the book that you've written with poems.
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  Speaker 1: The Road Unknown? What about definitely my journey and impact
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  Speaker 1: that the care providers that have taken care of me
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  Speaker 1: have actually reflected in my life. They are definitely angels
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  Speaker 1: that have come down to support the people that are
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  Speaker 1: going through this. I'm sorry, I just had the trick
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  Speaker 1: removed from my neck and so I'm still struggling with
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  Speaker 1: my boys.
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  Speaker 3: And Randy Can I asked you a question as well.
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  Speaker 3: I was just wondering when did you get into poetry?
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  Speaker 3: When did you realize you had a knack for it
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  Speaker 3: and it was something you enjoyed doing.
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  Speaker 1: It started in the sixth to seventh grade. I used
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  Speaker 1: it as a way to deal with actually anger issues,
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  Speaker 1: to be able to relate everything that I was going through.
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  Speaker 1: So I've been writing since the summer of the between
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  Speaker 1: the sixth and seventh grade.
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  Speaker 3: That sounds like an incredible outlet for, you know, anger problems.
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  Speaker 3: As you had mentioned, some people might turn towards other
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  Speaker 3: outlets for anger problems, and I think it's amazing you,
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  Speaker 3: you know, took a pen to some paper or a typewriter,
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  Speaker 3: however you wrote it. So I think that's just a
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  Speaker 3: great outlet a really cool story behind that.
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  Speaker 1: It's definitely something that I that I do every day.
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  Speaker 1: I write every day and I will continue to do
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  Speaker 1: it for the rest of my life. And I hopefully
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  Speaker 1: with this impact be you know, being that you know
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  Speaker 1: I was told that my cancer is life ending, that
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  Speaker 1: I can write the end of the story up to
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  Speaker 1: that point and still be able to reflect this on
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  Speaker 1: a positive note all the way through and tell them
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  Speaker 1: able to go home. You know, there are gifts that
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  Speaker 1: come with everything, and the gifts that I got for
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  Speaker 1: part of this was as I wasn't able to speak
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  Speaker 1: for a while and for the first time in my life,
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  Speaker 1: I was able to listen and truly listen. And so
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  Speaker 1: the gifts that I got from this is that I
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  Speaker 1: got to listen to people for the first time probably
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  Speaker 1: in my life, and I don't have to respond. I
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  Speaker 1: can just hear what they have to say and understand.
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  Speaker 1: And that is the gift that I got from this cancer,
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  Speaker 1: and I'll take that with me for the rest of
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  Speaker 1: my life too.
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  Speaker 2: Well, Randy, I can tell you right now that everybody
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  Speaker 2: listening things that you're a gift, and you have gifted
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  Speaker 2: us with so much not only inspiration, but also things
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  Speaker 2: that people need to remember through the holiday season how
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  Speaker 2: important life is and just all I think at this
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  Speaker 2: point all we can say is thank you so much
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  Speaker 2: for doing what you're doing. And I'd love to say
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  Speaker 2: stay strong, but you already know that you are. You're
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  Speaker 2: doing everything you should be doing.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you, thank you. Agreesate to to lout