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December 9, 2024 • 13 mins
Today we grant a wish for Shane, a single dad who lost his infant son just before Christmas.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
B believe in the magic of the Holidays. Dave Ryan's
Christmas Wish. Let's do another Christmas Wish live on KD
double Ub. Good morning, Margo, Good morning. You and I
talked on the phone extensively a week or so ago,
a few days ago. Yes, because we call up people
who are doing Christmas Wish and we take you eat

(00:20):
a little bit more information and Chad and things like that.
This is for your son Shane, Yes it is. And
we're gonna call Shane in a second. Here, marg You've
been listening to kat will be for a long time, Yes.

Speaker 2 (00:34):
Since I was about probably fourteen.

Speaker 1 (00:36):
Did you ever call in and request Backstreet Boys or
in set or anything like that?

Speaker 2 (00:40):
I won the Billie Eilish tickets? Oh did you?

Speaker 3 (00:43):
How did you win Billy Billy Eilish tickets by remembering
Jamie Jamison?

Speaker 4 (00:47):
Oh?

Speaker 3 (00:48):
Yes?

Speaker 1 (00:49):
What the ticket tack?

Speaker 2 (00:51):
I get ticket tag?

Speaker 1 (00:52):
Yeah, my gosh, look at you.

Speaker 3 (00:54):
Wow.

Speaker 1 (00:56):
Some memories with Katie w B. And now here you
are for Christmas Wish. Yes, we had branded on the
phone from College Muscle Movers and somehow we lost the
phone call dropped. But College Muscle Movers is delivering the
wish and we're gonna get started right now by calling
your son Shane, to put him on the radio and

(01:17):
let him know that we're granting Mom's Christmas wish.

Speaker 2 (01:21):
Thank you.

Speaker 1 (01:22):
Okay, so let's do this right now. I believe.

Speaker 4 (01:31):
So this is the point where it's like, well, how
do you know this person? But obviously this is your son.
You've known him his whole life. Yes, how old is
he now?

Speaker 2 (01:40):
Twenty seven? Twenty seven? Okay, got it? Good times? I
love being twenty seven good.

Speaker 1 (01:47):
Yeah, you can watch this on YouTube Dave Ryan's show
on YouTube. I heard a phone ring? Shane? Are you there?
I did hear a phone ring? You're gonna try it again, Shane?
Are you there? Let's try it again?

Speaker 2 (02:07):
Okay, this is how it goes when we call people live. Listen.

Speaker 4 (02:12):
If someone was calling me at seven twenty in the morning,
I'd probably be sleeping if I wasn't working. I'm definitely
not answering that because I don't.

Speaker 2 (02:20):
Know why they were automated.

Speaker 1 (02:23):
Okay, it looks like someone's calling back, Hello, Katie WB
is this Shane?

Speaker 2 (02:32):
Do you have the mo on? All your brands are on?

Speaker 1 (02:34):
Yeah, all the buttons are on? Yeah. Okay, I'm gonna
try him one more time and then we're gonna put
Brandon into action. Yes, your branding and can go to
the front.

Speaker 2 (02:46):
This is the suspense suspenses. Does Brandon live with you
or does he live on his own?

Speaker 3 (02:52):
Shane?

Speaker 2 (02:52):
I'm sorry, Yes, he lives on his own.

Speaker 1 (02:54):
Gotcha? Brandon's yes, I'm looking at its ringing again.

Speaker 2 (03:00):
Who some names involved in this? So this is the one.
Your call has been forwarded to us.

Speaker 1 (03:06):
He's probably now annoyed that some strange number is calling
him this early in the morning. Yo, Brandon, my hero.
Not all heroes wear capes. Welcome to the show, Brandon
from College Muscle Movers. Hi, Brandon's good morning, Brandon. You're
gonna have to get out of the nice, warm, cozy
truck and walk over to Shane's front door and ring
the doorbell and let him know that we need to
talk to him on Katie. Would be okay?

Speaker 4 (03:28):
Sounds good?

Speaker 1 (03:29):
This is the backup plan. By the way, I'll take
this moment while we're stalling here for a second to
say thank you to Holiday Station Stores for helping out
with wishes. And they're donating a portion of all of
all gasoline sales to Christmas wish. So if there's a
gas station over here and one over here one's a holiday,
pull into the holiday to fill up. Yeah, that helps
us out and we definitely want to help holiday. Also,

(03:52):
College muscle movers. If you're moving and you need somebody
to load all your stuff and you're going to carry
a refrigerator in your couch, don't do it yourself.

Speaker 2 (04:01):
They'll do it for you.

Speaker 1 (04:02):
Yep.

Speaker 4 (04:02):
They also provide fifteen free muscle boxes, which that's what
they call them, muscle boxes, their boxes, and they also
have an on time guarantee with every move.

Speaker 2 (04:12):
I'm a kb Okwbye.

Speaker 1 (04:16):
Hello, Hello, is this Shane. Listen, Hey Shane, It's said
Dave Ryan on the radio. I'm with your mom Margo
over at KDWB. Say Hi, Margo, Margo, say hi, Hi.

Speaker 4 (04:30):
Hello.

Speaker 1 (04:32):
You probably have no idea why we're calling you, but
I can explain it to you. We do something on KTWB.
Your mom nominated you and your boys for a KDWB
Christmas wish. He really, yeah, And so we're on the
radio right now on KTWB. That was us calling you
a minute ago because your mom is going to read
a letter that she wrote to us. To nominate you

(04:55):
to make your Christmas a little bit brighter. Okay really okay, okay,
So Mom Margo, when you ready read the letter that
you wrote.

Speaker 2 (05:03):
Who want to seven?

Speaker 1 (05:05):
Okay?

Speaker 2 (05:06):
Thanks?

Speaker 3 (05:07):
This year I felt so helpless as a parent to
my son Shane. Christmas time has been extremely depressing and
hard for him since losing his son, who was born
in just six days before Christmas in twenty eighteen. I
remember the phone call from Shane. It was December eighteenth
and it was his birthday. He was so excited that
his son might share the same birthday as him.

Speaker 2 (05:28):
It was close.

Speaker 3 (05:29):
Baby James was born about four hours into the next day.
What a great birthday and Christmas gift for Shane. Unfortunately,
baby James had gotten sick with meningitis and passed away
a few short days of seven months old. Shane had
some pretty bad months after his passing, and especially each
December when it's his birthday and then Christmas. It's a

(05:49):
constant reminder of the loss of his son, and it
takes everything Shane has to bring the Christmas spirit to
his boys, Jerome aged seven, and Lucas who's three and
a half. Shane do is a and go father in
raising Jerome and Lucas by himself and the only parent
who has provided financially for the boys. Shane lost his
job this year rate before Thanksgiving and did not know
how he was going to pay rent or.

Speaker 2 (06:11):
Give his boys Christmas.

Speaker 3 (06:13):
He has been applying for jobs and has had limited options.
The challenges to begin a single parent is finding a
job with the schedule that will work with the kids'
schedule and the special services Lucas will need, as he
was recently diagnosed with some special needs and has cognitive
delays and will require therapy and special schooling.

Speaker 2 (06:33):
This is a lot to handle for.

Speaker 3 (06:34):
One person, and the stress of providing for your children
and the memories of your child who pass before their time.
The pressure to show up and be excited about the
holidays because everyone else loves Christmas wears on Shane. This year,
Katie w b will help take away some of the
stress of being able to give the kids amazing Christmas,
being able to be present and excited during the holiday season.

Speaker 2 (06:57):
I love you, Shane. You are my firstborn son.

Speaker 3 (07:00):
You're resilient and I want you to know I'm proud
of you and you will find your way and be
a role model to your son's Merry Christmas.

Speaker 2 (07:07):
Thank you, You're welcome.

Speaker 1 (07:09):
Shane. I'm so sorry to hear about little baby James
who was only seven months old when he passed away. Yeah,
and he was born on December. I want to say
nineteenth was his birthday, one day after your birthday and
you were so excited. Yes, I was. And this time

(07:30):
of the year, when that birthday rolls around, it's kind
of a reminder, a little nudge that you know that
painful memory. I'm sure, yeah it is. And you've got
two boys that are at some they're a fun age,
they can be a challenging age. Seven years old and
that's Jerome, and then three and a half years old

(07:53):
is Lucas. Where are the boys right now?

Speaker 2 (07:56):
Lucas is in my bedroom sleep and then Jerome's out.
You're on the college watching TV.

Speaker 1 (08:02):
Hi, Jerome, he's watching Time for us right now. So
moms wish for you and this I can definitely feel
the mother's love during this wish because we don't often
get mom's nominating sons or children's it's usually like their children.
It's usually you know, a coworker or somebody to go

(08:24):
to church with her. A friend or something like that.
But we want to help out your family and take
some of the financial pressure off here. We know that.
You know, we're not gonna spend a lot of time
talking about it, but you're not getting any financial support
from the mother's right, No, sir, no, So let's help
this family out. Let's start off with Jerome and he's
gonna be very excited. You don't have to You can

(08:44):
tell him now, or you can save it for later,
whatever you want. We got a bunch of stuff for him.
We got everything from We got a Nike soccer ball.
We got a Miami jersey, a messy Miami jersey. What
does that even mean? What does that mean?

Speaker 2 (09:00):
One of his favorite soccer players?

Speaker 1 (09:03):
Acha, okay, gotcha. We got a car Lego set, Pokemon
trading cards. We got a PlayStation five soccer game, sweatshirts, sneakers,
Nike hat and mittens. And we got a twenty dollars
gift card to Great Clips to cover your next haircut.
Thanks everybody, get Great Clips for that donation. So Jerome's
going to get his haircut where I get my haircut

(09:23):
over a Great Clips's very cool. Lucas is still in bed,
but we got some stuff for Lucas as well, just
a bunch of toys and this will kind of take
some pressure off of you, dad, so you don't have
to do all the toy shopping. We had everything from
a bunch of Matchbox cars, a Spider Man remote control car, Legos,
Shwin training wheels, bike jeans, khakis, clothes, a Dinosaur sweater,

(09:46):
snow boots and mittens, and we got to again another
twenty dollars gift card to Great Clips. And we also
heard that Lucas needs a big boy bed. Is he still?
Is he sleeping with you because he needs a big
boy bed? Right?

Speaker 2 (09:58):
Yes?

Speaker 1 (10:00):
Oh, we got them a big boy bed. We ordered
a twin mattress and frame set. It'll be delivered to
your home, so Margo, you're gonna have to go over
and help load that, yeah, exactly, yes. And then for you, dad,
we got some things just to say thanks for being
a great dad and doing your best under the circumstances.
Let's start off with Columbia work boots, a Target winter

(10:21):
coat and snowpants, Carhart beanie and gloves, some jeans and joggers,
and then one hundred and one dollar gas card from
Holiday Station Stores The Christmas Wish is presented by Holiday
Station Source for every fuel purchase now through December seventeenth,
which is what next Monday, I want to say, Holiday
Station Stores donating a portion to Christmas Wish one hundred

(10:43):
dollars gift card to Broadway Pizza. Take the family out
to Broadway Pizza. You gotta feed these kids, So we're
gonna give you a three hundred dollars cub Foods gift
card that should help stock the fridge for a little while.
What a kids did age love to eat? SpongeBob mac
and cheese.

Speaker 2 (10:58):
Yeah, free snacks and pizza, petables and lunchibles.

Speaker 1 (11:03):
Good. And then to get things around the house, whatever
you need that we might have missed. We've got a
one thousand dollars for you, one thousand dollars Visa gift
card that spends like cash. Yeah, I think how about that.
Didn't expect that this morning when you woke up, did ye? No?

Speaker 3 (11:19):
Whoa?

Speaker 1 (11:20):
But there's one more because we wanted to do something
with the family that you can enjoy some time together
and uh and uh and make those memories with the boys.
So we get a one year family membership to the
YMCA and we'll find the one closest to you. You
go down there, you do whatever activities they have, and
the y is so awesome create some memories with the boys.

(11:41):
Thanks to Jen and everybody at the YMCA for this
very generous donation, give the gift that truly keeps on given.
Clark considers spending a little extra cheer, spreading a little
extra cheer and generosity this holiday season with a donation
to the y community that matters most of you. That
is YMC, a YMC A north dot org. So all

(12:02):
that is for you. And the guy that came to
your door is Brandon from College Muscle Movers, and he's
going to give you all of these things that your
mom and the rest of us wanted to get for
you and the boys for Christmas.

Speaker 2 (12:12):
Okay, thank you so much. This means a lot.

Speaker 1 (12:17):
Well, I'm glad we finally got you on the phone.
I know that we were a little hesitant at first,
like who's calling this early? But you know, from the
bottom of our heart, we're so sorry about little baby James.
And I can't imagine that is, you know, just something
that you just never really quite get over over the years.
But hopefully this will take some of the you know,
take some of that pain and make you all a

(12:37):
little bit more happy during Christmas. That truly means a lot.

Speaker 2 (12:42):
He went bove and beyond. Thank you so much.

Speaker 1 (12:45):
We're happy to do it, and thank you. Margo. Welcome
and I'll let you say goodbye to to Shane right now.

Speaker 2 (12:54):
Goodbye, Shane, love you. I hope this helps.

Speaker 1 (12:58):
And there is Christmas Wish on one on one point
three k d WB again thanks to Treasure Island Resort
and Casino for all their help. Youth Link your gift
Your wish donations are tax deductible thanks to youth Link
Choice Bank where we store all of our money, College
muscle movers, Holiday station stores and everybody who donated, including
Jen and everybody at the YMCA. Thank you so much.

(13:22):
It's Christmas Wish on ADWB
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