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As Seasons Change Find Acceptance But Not Defeat · Have A Little Faith with Delilah

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  Speaker 1: Hello, my friend. Welcome, welcome to Have a Little Faith
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  Speaker 1: with Delilah. I especially want to welcome all of our
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  Speaker 1: new friends who found us, especially if you are an
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  Speaker 1: old friend who saw me on TikTok or on Instagram,
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  Speaker 1: heard me talking about my podcast and came and found me.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you. Today we are going to be talking about
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  Speaker 1: the fact that it is never too late. never too
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  Speaker 1: late to move forward. A lot of folks are living
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  Speaker 1: in the past. They're living in yesteryear and expecting things
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  Speaker 1: to change, to be what they want it to be.
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  Speaker 1: They can't move forward because the present and the future
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  Speaker 1: are so overwhelming. And so their heart runs back to
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  Speaker 1: yesteryear and and tries to cling to something that no
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  Speaker 1: longer is. Living in the past, expecting things to be
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  Speaker 1: the way you want, a waste of time. We all
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  Speaker 1: go through things that are difficult. A lot of it
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  Speaker 1: brought on by our own bad decisions, at least for me.
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  Speaker 1: A lot of the difficulties I have faced in life,
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  Speaker 1: not all, some were visited upon me that I didn't choose,
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  Speaker 1: but a lot of problems, difficulties, rough times are because
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  Speaker 1: I made really bad choices. Today, I want to make
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  Speaker 1: it clear to you. It is never too late to
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  Speaker 1: do an honest inventory. Take an honest look at yourself
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  Speaker 1: and then turn things around. In order to do that,
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  Speaker 1: we need to let go of the past. When I
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  Speaker 1: say that, I don't mean let go of your sweet memories,
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  Speaker 1: let go of the wisdom you've learned through your experiences.
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  Speaker 1: That's not what I'm saying. But you do have to
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  Speaker 1: drop the attachment to things that used to be. Some
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  Speaker 1: of us are so attached to the past, we hang around,
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  Speaker 1: we drag around, I should say, we drag around emotional
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  Speaker 1: baggage that is killing us. emotional baggage like a backpack
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  Speaker 1: filled with rocks, like a suitcase filled with stench, with garbage,
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  Speaker 1: and we drag it around. We drag it with us
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  Speaker 1: and we're not free. We're not free to be who
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  Speaker 1: we're meant to be. We're not free to run and
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  Speaker 1: jump and explore because we're dragging around all this emotional baggage.
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  Speaker 1: The first story I'm going to share with you in
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  Speaker 1: today's podcast is is from a listener named Christian. He
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  Speaker 1: might be one of the sweetest young men I've ever
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  Speaker 1: had a chance to talk to. Christian recently had his
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  Speaker 1: heart broken, and he is having a very hard time
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  Speaker 1: moving forward. He is clinging to the memories of the past.
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  Speaker 1: Let's talk to Christian right now. Hello, good evening. You've
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  Speaker 1: called The Delilah Show.
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  Speaker 2: Who is this?
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  Speaker 3: Oh, My God, this is actually Delilah.
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  Speaker 1: I am. Who are you?
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  Speaker 4: Oh, my God.
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  Speaker 3: I'm Christian. I'm a first-time caller, long-time listener.
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  Speaker 5: I've been listening to you since I was five.
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  Speaker 1: Well, welcome aboard, Christian. Thank you for calling. How old
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  Speaker 1: are you?
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  Speaker 3: I'm 20 years old.
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  Speaker 1: So are you in college? Are you in the workforce?
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  Speaker 1: What are you doing?
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  Speaker 3: I'm in college and the workforce.
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  Speaker 1: You're doing both. So you're burning the candle at both ends.
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  Speaker 6: Yes, ma'am.
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  Speaker 1: Well, I'm glad I get to be a part of
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  Speaker 1: that routine. What can I do for you tonight?
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  Speaker 3: It's a long story.
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  Speaker 6: I got my heart broken about a year ago and
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  Speaker 6: it was the last of my life.
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  Speaker 3: And to this day, I still love her.
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  Speaker 6: Even though I don't talk to her and I miss
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  Speaker 6: her deeply and I would want to call her and
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  Speaker 6: I have her phone number, but I tell myself not to.
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  Speaker 6: And it's just, it's hard to move on, like date
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  Speaker 6: other people. Every time I just want to get back
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  Speaker 6: in a relationship, I just think about her. and how
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  Speaker 6: she made me feel, and if I'll ever feel that
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  Speaker 6: way again.
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  Speaker 1: You will never feel that way again. Let me just
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  Speaker 1: say that because she was your first true love and
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  Speaker 1: you gave her a part of yourself that you cannot
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  Speaker 1: give to someone else. It's a once in a lifetime thing.
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  Speaker 1: So don't try to duplicate those feelings or don't think
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  Speaker 1: that you have to feel that way again, okay? Give
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  Speaker 1: yourself permission and just say, you know what, God, that
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  Speaker 1: was a gift. It was a once in a lifetime experience.
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  Speaker 1: But you will love again. You can love again and
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  Speaker 1: you can love again entirely and completely, but it won't
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  Speaker 1: be the same. But that's okay. You can love again
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  Speaker 1: and you will love again. You're young. You will love again.
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  Speaker 1: But don't think that it's going to be like your
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  Speaker 1: first true love because it won't be.
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  Speaker 6: Thank you, Delilah. I very much appreciate it. And you
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  Speaker 6: don't even know how excited I am to have finally
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  Speaker 6: talked to you.
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  Speaker 3: After 15 years of calling.
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  Speaker 1: Well, I predict that the next time you make it through,
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  Speaker 1: you're going to make it through telling me, Delilah, do
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  Speaker 1: you remember when we had that conversation and I didn't
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  Speaker 1: think I would ever love again? Guess what? And you
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  Speaker 1: are going to tell me about somebody that won your
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  Speaker 1: heart and adores you completely.
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  Speaker 3: Oh, my God.
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  Speaker 6: Thank you, Delilah. I love you so much. You're incredible.
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  Speaker 6: And I listen to you every day. And I'm going
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  Speaker 6: to listen to you for the rest of my life.
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  Speaker 1: God bless you. Bye-bye, honey. Up next, we have Denise.
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  Speaker 1: She is dealing with a son that is refusing to
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  Speaker 1: have contact with her. This is a thing now. This
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  Speaker 1: is a huge thing now. It's become a trend, I
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  Speaker 1: kid you not, where adult children are saying... I don't
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  Speaker 1: want to talk to you. I don't want to see you.
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  Speaker 1: I don't want to know you. I am excluding you
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  Speaker 1: from my life. You are toxic. And a lot of
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  Speaker 1: times parents are toxic. There are parents who did heinous
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  Speaker 1: things to their children. I know that. It's going on
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  Speaker 1: right now. I have adopted 12 children. None of them
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  Speaker 1: were healthy, happy little babies that were placed for adoption
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  Speaker 1: by a teenage mama. They were all available because of
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  Speaker 1: abuse and neglect. There are some people who should never
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  Speaker 1: have been parents. I get so many notes and messages
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  Speaker 1: from young adults who say, you were the only kind
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  Speaker 1: voice I heard in my house because their parents were
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  Speaker 1: so abusive. But most of us as parents did the
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  Speaker 1: best we could. Did we screw up? Yes, we did.
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  Speaker 1: Did we make horrific mistakes? Yes, we did. But we
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  Speaker 1: didn't do it out of cruelty. At least I didn't.
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  Speaker 1: We made mistakes because we're human and we make mistakes.
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  Speaker 1: So if you are one of those young adults who
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  Speaker 1: are saying, no contact, I don't want to know you, mom.
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  Speaker 1: My kids are not going to come over and be
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  Speaker 1: with you because I don't want you to do to
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  Speaker 1: them what you did to me. If what was done
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  Speaker 1: to you was purposeful, I am sorry. And yes, please
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  Speaker 1: protect your children and protect yourself. But if your parent
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  Speaker 1: screwed up because they're human and they were not purposing
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  Speaker 1: in their heart to abuse you, maybe, maybe show a
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  Speaker 1: little grace. Hi, Denise, what can I do for you tonight?
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  Speaker 7: I have been listening to you for probably over 35 years.
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  Speaker 7: I first want to tell you, your heart is powerful.
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  Speaker 7: just really gold. So I wanted to first thank you
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  Speaker 7: for that. So my husband and I have been married
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  Speaker 7: 50 years. The problem I'm having right now is with
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  Speaker 7: my oldest son and his wife. And I don't know
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  Speaker 7: how we got to this point, but it's really very
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  Speaker 7: sad because we're not speaking. I just want you to
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  Speaker 7: pick a song for me. My kids, all of them
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  Speaker 7: know how much I care about them. no matter how
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  Speaker 7: old they get. And life is so short, and it's
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  Speaker 7: such a stupid situation.
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  Speaker 1: So, wait a second. If you've been married 50 years,
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  Speaker 1: your son is not a kid. He's a middle-aged man.
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  Speaker 7: He will be 50 in December.
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  Speaker 1: And why are they choosing not to have a relationship
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  Speaker 1: with mom and dad?
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  Speaker 7: I really don't know what I did or we did
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  Speaker 7: to cause it, because they won't talk to us anymore.
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  Speaker 1: I will never understand. I understand setting healthy boundaries. I
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  Speaker 1: understand saying, hey, we don't see eye to eye politically
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  Speaker 1: or spiritually, or hey, we have different parenting styles. And
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  Speaker 1: so let's not talk about that topic that that drives
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  Speaker 1: me nuts or let's just agree to disagree but at
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  Speaker 1: this stage in life when life is so precious I
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  Speaker 1: think one of the greatest betrayals in the world is
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  Speaker 1: when somebody doesn't even give you an opportunity to say
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  Speaker 1: I was wrong I'm sorry if you don't even know
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  Speaker 1: what you what what the problem.
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  Speaker 7: Is right thank you for saying that it's just too
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  Speaker 7: late for me with them, too.
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  Speaker 1: It's never too late. Never too late. God can do miracles.
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  Speaker 7: I know, and that's who I keep counting on.
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  Speaker 1: Here's the thing, Denise. You are living in the past
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  Speaker 1: trying to fix something on your own. You are trying
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  Speaker 1: to force a relationship that you can't fix. Your son
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  Speaker 1: is choosing to not have contact. You cannot change that.
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  Speaker 1: Perhaps God can fix it. But you, my friend, have
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  Speaker 1: to move forward, have to rejoice in the love and
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  Speaker 1: the relationships you do have in your life, and you
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  Speaker 1: have to pray. The Lord can fix anything. He can
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  Speaker 1: do miracles. He really can. But you have to let Him.
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  Speaker 1: You have to give Him control. And you have to realize,
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  Speaker 1: that no amount of longing on your part is going
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  Speaker 1: to bring your son and his family back into your arms.
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  Speaker 1: The only thing that will is a miracle from God,
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  Speaker 1: and that's where you should be putting your focus. It
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  Speaker 1: is never too late to heal hearts.
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  Speaker 3: Thank you so much, Delilah.
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  Speaker 8: I so much appreciate you. God bless you, and you
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  Speaker 8: will always be in my prayers.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you. The next story I want to share is
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  Speaker 1: from Ethan. Ethan is ready to move forward with a
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  Speaker 1: relationship he's wanted for a long time. The good news
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  Speaker 1: is that he is doing this with the Lord. Here
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  Speaker 1: is Ethan's story. Ethan, welcome to The Delilah Show. What
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  Speaker 1: can I do for you?
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  Speaker 3: Next Delilah, I just wanted to call.
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  Speaker 2: There is a woman who just came back into my
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  Speaker 2: life after about 15 years. And I just wanted to
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  Speaker 2: call and let her know that I think she's awesome.
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  Speaker 2: I think she's an amazing mom, amazing woman. And I've
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  Speaker 2: just really enjoyed talking to her again after so long.
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  Speaker 1: So you're catching the feels and there's little conversations going on.
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  Speaker 1: There's a little flirting.
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  Speaker 2: You know, I had a huge crush on her back
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  Speaker 2: in school. And, you know, we were friends and I
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  Speaker 2: was always too shy to tell her. And we get
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  Speaker 2: out of high school, and she kind of does her thing,
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  Speaker 2: and I do mine. And through a series of events,
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  Speaker 2: we sort of rekindled, I guess.
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  Speaker 1: How long has it been since this rekindling started? How
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  Speaker 1: long have we been talking?
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  Speaker 3: Oh, gosh. It's just been a few weeks, but it's
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  Speaker 3: been awesome, Delilah.
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  Speaker 1: And have you met face-to-face yet, or is this all
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  Speaker 1: on FaceTime and telephone?
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  Speaker 2: We met once, and then another time, and this is
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  Speaker 2: true story, I was like... All right, Lord, if you
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  Speaker 2: want this to work out, I want to work out.
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  Speaker 3: If not, I don't. And I run into her at
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  Speaker 3: the grocery store, which was kind of hilarious.
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  Speaker 1: And what's her name, Ethan?
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  Speaker 3: Her name is Morgan.
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  Speaker 1: And Morgan is not involved with anyone. She's free. She's
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  Speaker 1: able to connect. And so are you.
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  Speaker 3: She's free and I'm free.
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  Speaker 2: And, you know, I'm just kind of hanging out here like,
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  Speaker 2: you know, you just tell me.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: All right. Well, keep me updated. Keep me abreast of
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  Speaker 1: the situation. I want to know if it's a yes,
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  Speaker 1: if it's a no, if it's, you know. I heard
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  Speaker 1: somebody say one time that some people come into your
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  Speaker 1: life and they're like a limb on the tree of
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  Speaker 1: your life. They're there forever. Some people are just a
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  Speaker 1: leaf and they fall off when the season passes. I'm like, oh,
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  Speaker 1: that's good.
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  Speaker 2: Well, let's see. I'm hoping it's forever, but you know what?
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  Speaker 2: Whatever God's will is, that's all we want.
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  Speaker 1: Well, I will play a song for you, too, and
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  Speaker 1: I will wish you luck, and I will wait to
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  Speaker 1: hear from you.
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  Speaker 3: Thank you, Mr.
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  Speaker 7: Lala.
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  Speaker 1: Next up in this podcast, we have Jeremy. Jeremy, who
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  Speaker 1: is literally cruising forward with the help of some very
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  Speaker 1: supportive friends. Hi, Jeremy. How are you tonight?
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  Speaker 3: I'm wonderful.
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  Speaker 5: I love listening to your show and inspired all the time.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you, thank you.
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  Speaker 5: The reason I'm calling tonight is I've got five wonderful friends,
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  Speaker 5: and they've been friends of mine for a long time.
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  Speaker 5: One of them, I've even been friends for 27 years,
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  Speaker 5: and he's been a friend to me even when I
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  Speaker 5: went through a tough marriage of her taking my money.
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  Speaker 5: And they felt like he mentioned I needed to get
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  Speaker 5: rid of her because she was not good for me.
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  Speaker 5: And I just have a band of friends. They're so amazing.
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  Speaker 1: Get rid of her or divorce her?
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  Speaker 3: Divorced her, sorry.
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  Speaker 1: Because when you say get rid of her, I'm like,
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  Speaker 1: wait a minute, what are we talking about here? Okay,
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  Speaker 1: so you went through a divorce and your friends have
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  Speaker 1: been there for you. And what can I do for
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  Speaker 1: these five friends?
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  Speaker 5: I just want to say how amazing all of my
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  Speaker 5: friends have been and how thankful I am that God
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  Speaker 5: brought everyone into my life. I've got such an amazing
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  Speaker 5: faith and such an amazing God that takes care of me.
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  Speaker 3: All the time.
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  Speaker 1: Amen. When your friends saw that you were struggling, when
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  Speaker 1: your friends saw that you were being taken advantage of,
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  Speaker 1: they shared their observations honestly enough that you could see it? Yeah.
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  Speaker 5: I put up with it for over 12 years. They
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  Speaker 5: said that I just needed to get out of it
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  Speaker 5: and that God would forgive me because of the way
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  Speaker 5: she's been treating me and everything.
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  Speaker 1: Isn't that so hard, though, when... When you believe, like
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  Speaker 1: I believe and you believe, that divorce is not an option,
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  Speaker 1: and we try so hard to make it work until
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  Speaker 1: we hit that wall. For you, it was feeling like
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  Speaker 1: you couldn't continue living. For me, it was feeling like
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  Speaker 1: I couldn't take it. And a lot of people in
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  Speaker 1: the church turned against me when I went through a divorce.
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  Speaker 5: I added to the church I was going to, even
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  Speaker 5: though they They went through all the steps of getting
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  Speaker 5: her removed from the church. They even said that because
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  Speaker 5: of the divorce, I was not allowed at that church anymore.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, that's crazy. I'm glad that you've got people that
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  Speaker 1: are in your corner and love you enough to say,
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  Speaker 1: I see this is killing you. You've got to find
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  Speaker 1: a way out of this.
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  Speaker 5: Right, and I've been divorced a year now, and I
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  Speaker 5: went to them so much more.
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  Speaker 3: Happier than I was when I was married.
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  Speaker 1: And what does your heart say?
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  Speaker 3: I know that I'm so much more happier.
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  Speaker 5: I'm getting ready to go on a cruise with four
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  Speaker 5: of us all going on the cruise here in about
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  Speaker 5: 12 days.
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  Speaker 3: It's so amazing.
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  Speaker 1: Well, be safe, have fun, be blessed, and I'm glad
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  Speaker 1: your heart is healing.
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  Speaker 3: Thank you, Delilah. It was really good speaking with you.
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  Speaker 1: You have a great night. The last call I want
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  Speaker 1: to share with you today is from Christina. It took
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  Speaker 1: her a while, but she's moving forward in love. And
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  Speaker 1: I do mean in love. The best part of this
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  Speaker 1: story is that her Italian daddy approves. She's got the
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  Speaker 1: seal of approval from daddy. I'm going to share Christina's
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  Speaker 1: happy story right now.
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  Speaker 5: Hi there, Delilah.
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  Speaker 8: My name is Christina.
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  Speaker 6: Hi, Christina.
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  Speaker 1: Welcome. What can I do for you tonight?
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  Speaker 4: Well, I have been listening to your show for many,
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  Speaker 4: many years since I was growing up. In your words,
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  Speaker 4: I've always just held true to my heart spiritually and
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  Speaker 4: guided me through a lot of things growing up. But
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  Speaker 4: about a year ago, I ended a relationship, which yesterday
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  Speaker 4: would have been for 11 years, and I recently found love.
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  Speaker 4: in the most unexpected times. And I'm so forever grateful
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  Speaker 4: for him. And words cannot just express how happy I am.
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  Speaker 1: So you were in a situation that you kept thinking, well,
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  Speaker 1: if I do this, it'll get better. If I say this,
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  Speaker 1: it'll get better. If I try this, maybe it'll get better.
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  Speaker 1: And it never got better.
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  Speaker 4: It never got better. After 10 years, I said, you
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  Speaker 4: know what? It's time for me. And I did not
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  Speaker 4: know that me at that point. anymore for so long.
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  Speaker 1: And is it just you or were there children in
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  Speaker 1: this too?
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  Speaker 4: It was just me. I lost that chance to have
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  Speaker 4: a family, unfortunately, but by the grace of God, I
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  Speaker 4: found someone new in my life who is accepting that
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  Speaker 4: and making me feel like I'm still worthy, which is
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  Speaker 4: a blessing in itself.
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  Speaker 1: Well, I don't even know you and I can tell
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  Speaker 1: you're an awesome person.
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  Speaker 8: Thank you.
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  Speaker 1: And if your heart's desire is to build a family,
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  Speaker 1: you know there's a lot of ways to do that, right?
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  Speaker 3: There is.
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  Speaker 4: And he and the person who has gracefully landed into
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  Speaker 4: my lap somehow has.
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  Speaker 5: Also mentioned that as well. And he's awesome.
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  Speaker 1: You say you didn't mean to find love. Like, how
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  Speaker 1: did he come waltzing into your life?
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  Speaker 8: After my last relationship ended, of course, my girlfriends convinced
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  Speaker 8: me to go online and try the not-so-normal route of
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  Speaker 8: meeting people. But nowadays, because of work and life.
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  Speaker 1: That's the only route nowadays. I don't know anybody who
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  Speaker 1: meets anybody in real life. It's all online.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, that's true.
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  Speaker 4: Because I don't want to meet anyone at a bar because,
• 19:41
  Speaker 4: you know, I don't... It's just not my scene. but
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  Speaker 4: so I did meet him online his name's Dominic and
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  Speaker 4: he he has just been amazing and he's just turned
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  Speaker 4: my world upside down just showing me hope love faith
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  Speaker 4: and just a future.
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  Speaker 1: And have have your best friends met Dominic because I
• 20:07
  Speaker 1: tell women now If you've been in an unhealthy relationship,
• 20:13
  Speaker 1: chances are you may repeat that pattern. So have your
• 20:17
  Speaker 1: best friends vet him before you're all in. Have your
• 20:21
  Speaker 1: best friends met him and given the stamp of approval?
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  Speaker 4: My family has met him and given their stamp of approval.
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  Speaker 4: So the next step is my best friend.
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  Speaker 7: All right.
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  Speaker 1: So once he's best friend approved, once they say yes, Yes,
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  Speaker 1: we don't see any red flags. Then, you know, he's
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  Speaker 1: Delilah worthy. Well, he's Delilah worthy now because he made
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  Speaker 1: you smile. So I'm going to go ahead and play
• 20:50
  Speaker 1: a song for you. But, you know, the best friends
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  Speaker 1: have got to give the stamp of approval the thumbs up.
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  Speaker 4: My Italian father gave the stamp of approval.
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  Speaker 3: So that was my biggest fear.
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  Speaker 1: And now, did Italian Dad like the last one, or
• 21:07
  Speaker 1: did he see right through his nonsense?
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  Speaker 8: He saw right through.
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  Speaker 5: And I, of course, that's his daughter.
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  Speaker 3: He's like, whatever you like, sweetheart.
• 21:16
  Speaker 1: Whatever you like, but I really don't care for him.
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  Speaker 8: Correct.
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  Speaker 4: But he really does enjoy this guy, and he sees
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  Speaker 4: a smile on my face. He hears it in my voice,
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  Speaker 4: and that's what really matters to me.
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  Speaker 1: I will play a great song for you. Thank you
• 21:32
  Speaker 1: for calling.
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  Speaker 6: Thank you, Delilah.
• 21:36
  Speaker 1: In closing, there are many ways that we end up
• 21:39
  Speaker 1: staying stuck, mostly trying to recreate what will never be again.
• 21:45
  Speaker 1: The inability to get back to a time when things
• 21:49
  Speaker 1: felt right is something we all go through. We got
• 21:53
  Speaker 1: to try instead to accept what is and move forward
• 21:58
  Speaker 1: with God. The secret is asking where is is the
• 22:04
  Speaker 1: blessing in this. When I am looking back on yesteryear,
• 22:08
  Speaker 1: when I am longing for yesterday, and trust me, when
• 22:12
  Speaker 1: you lose children, you spend a lot of time longing
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  Speaker 1: for yesterday. But when I stop and say, where is
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  Speaker 1: the blessing in this? And what now, God, would you
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  Speaker 1: have me to do? What now, God, would you have
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  Speaker 1: me to do? I cannot go backwards. I cannot bring
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  Speaker 1: my boys back. I cannot go backwards and fix mistakes
• 22:37
  Speaker 1: I made and marriages that ended in divorce. I can't.
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  Speaker 1: I wish I could.
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  Speaker 7: I can't.
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  Speaker 1: What now, Lord, would you have me to do? When
• 22:46
  Speaker 1: I ask that question and when I look for the
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  Speaker 1: blessings that exist in my life, I can move forward
• 22:54
  Speaker 1: with anticipation. Thank you for joining me today on Have
• 23:00
  Speaker 1: a Little Faith. If you've got a story, you would
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  Speaker 1: like to share, if you need a prayer, if you
• 23:07
  Speaker 1: have an area of faith you're struggling with or something
• 23:12
  Speaker 1: you don't understand, if I can help, if I can
• 23:15
  Speaker 1: shed a little light, if I can illuminate the path
• 23:18
  Speaker 1: for you, please call me every night. I'm in the studio.
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  Speaker 8: 1-888-633-5452.
• 23:22
  Speaker 1: Do me a favor in the days ahead, slow down
• 23:25
  Speaker 1: and and love someone.