Name: Elders React to Brenda Schmitz's Christmas Wish
Uploaded: 2014-05-16T05:14:47.000Z
Duration: 10 min 17 s
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Gerund

David, thanks for coming down. We've got a very special Christmas wish for you.

Past simple

You lost your wife, Brenda,  a couple years ago to cancer.

In January of 2011, she found out  she had stage four ovarian cancer.

- Yeah she has two kids. -I know this story.

I mean, I basically, you know, have four boys.

Had four boys, I mean, you know,  a step son and three of my own.

We told you we've got  a very special Christmas wish.

Recently, we received a letter from one  of Brenda, your first wife's friends.

And so, Colene has that letter and she's going  to read you this letter from your wife Brenda.

When you are in receipt of this letter, I will  have already lost my battle to ovarian cancer.

Once my loving husband David  has moved on in his life

And has met someone  to share his life with again,

-Oh, bless her. Bless her. - to mail this letter to all of you at the station.

We have four boys:  Carter, Josh, Justin, and my little Max.

-No child as young as Max should lose his mother..." -Ugh, it's just painful.

..and the woman and her family if she has kids also.

First for David's new lifelong partner.  A weekend of pampering in all aspects of her life.

Make her smile and know her efforts  are truly appreciated from me."

- "For the family, a magical trip... -Hard to watch.

.. where they can all enjoy their company

And companionship as a family and create  those memories that will be with them forever.

Finally, the cancer doctors at Mercy  Hospital and nurses of Eighth South.

-A night out full of drinks, food and fun... -God. God.

..for all they do everyday for the cancer  patients they encounter.

-What do you think? - Yeah, what do you think? God.

the last year and a half she saw  so many signs that she's there.

We are going to send you and your family  on a magical vacation for eight to Disney World.

And just as Brenda wished, Jane will  be pampered with a relaxing massage.

Three coordinated food drops  will be made on behalf

of Brenda for all the care, comforting  and hard work over at Mercy.

Makes me, makes me wish I had known this woman.

-All the best moving forward.  -Thank you, I'm in shock.

One little letter can change how you look at the whole world.

You know, when I first read about this,  it made me cry. This is worse, seeing it.

All the things that we go around saying, that we don't mean to say,

And then there's somebody like this, Brenda,

that comes along and reminds  us who we really should be.

(Finebros) So how does it make you feel after you watch something like that?

Overall and ultimately, it makes me feel very very good about people.

It's sad, but at the same time it makes me feel warm and fuzzy inside.

It makes me wonder if I could be that big.

For me, it brought back certain loses in my life.

When I was 15, I lost my own mother to cancer.

I know what it's like to lose  a mom when you're fifteen years old.

Because my mom was the kind of mom that  we were not just mother/daughter, but good pals.

She was wonderfully outgoing and I think a lot of my personality comes from her.

(Finebros) What do you think of Brenda,  the wife and mother who passed away

just deciding to do this years later for her husband and family?

She had to really be something to write that letter.

This is a holy woman.  This is a woman with an unique soul.

I think that just shows such love for the family.

What amazes me the most is that she could be so aware of, you know, down the road.

That's pretty extraordinary.  That's a lot of forethought.

Even the girl reading it had a hard time reading it, because who would not be touched

By that kind of emotion, and that kind of, you know, circumstance.

(Finebros) How do you think David's new wife, Jane,

feels getting these words  of encouragement from the previous wife?

Well that's a tough one because  women could either be like,

Everybody's going to be happier to have another person involved.

It's hard to be a single parent and be  dealing with kids and all, you know?

It's hard to have two parents  and be dealing with kids.

(Finebros) So, this story has gone viral  and has been on television news even.

(Finebros) What do you think it is that is connecting with people

so universally that this is being shared so much?

I think the humanity of it all, you know,  of a radio doing this for a stranger.

The bottom line is there's  plenty of love in this world.