Share With Us
We are constantly looking ahead and trying to plan wonderful programs and stories for you to enjoy all year long. If you have a passion for writing, and have a moving story to share, we would love to hear from you.
Maybe you have an “I knew he was my soul mate the first time I looked into his eyes” encounter...or you want to thank an angel that helped you to change your life for the better...is your mother the inspiration in your life, and if she is, why? Speaking of mom, what are the life lessons she taught you that you are now trying to pass on to your own children? What's the one secret you STILL have not shared with her (like the night you snuck out with your friend and took off in her car...)? And what are the qualities you cherish the most that define your mother's heart?
To encourage your creativity, we have a list of thought starters below. The staff members of the Delilah show hear thousands of sappy stories every single week, so BE CREATIVE! And under no circumstances may you write “he is my rock” or “she is the wind beneath my wings” (no disrespect to Bette... WE LOVE BETTE)!
Gifts will be sent to those that send in the best stories (as determined by the Delilah crew).
We want your very best memories, your most heart-felt moments and, your silly stories... So write, write, write and send them to us by sending an e-mail directly to d@delilah.com.
Happy writing,
Delilah
| True Love | Tell us how your beloved has impacted your life. Perhaps how you met or what makes them different from every other person you have ever known. |
| Reunited | Have you reconnected with, a lover, a child, a birth parent, an old friend? How did you find them? What do they mean to you? |
| A Mother's Love | How has motherhood changed your life? What moments do you most cherish with your child? What gifts did your mother pass down to you that have enriched your life? |
| My Father's Heart | If you are a father, how do you impact the hearts of your children? What lessons, values or memories did your father impart upon you? |
| Friday Nite Girls | Tell us about your "sisterhood", your best friends, women that have loved you through thick and thin. |
| Angel of the Night | Has someone, a loved one or a complete stranger, helped you out when your world was dark? Given you resources, housing, or a hug when you were hurting? |
| Can't Cry Hard Enough" | If you are mourning the death of a loved one, tell us what made them so special and unique in your life. Do not mention medical details, instead, tell us details about their heart. |
| The Fitness Challenge | If you are getting in shape, giving up the nasty cigarette habit, losing weight, or changing your lifestyle for health's sake, tell us!! |
| Dog of the Day Award | If your lover deserves to eat kibbles and bits for being a lyin’, cheatin’, flee-infested dog, let us publicly humiliate them (no proper names for security sake)! |
| A New Day Has Come | Have you won an award, graduated from school, overcome huge obstacles in your path? Climbed a mountain, gotten into recovery, adopted a child, placed a child for adoption? Let us celebrate and rejoice with you! |
Wishes of the Heart
My thoughts on Debbie Macomber's inspiring new book, Twenty Wishes. A must-have on your list of books to read this summer.
For the last several weeks I've talked about Debbie Macomber's new book, Twenty Wishes on my radio show. I actually invited Debbie to come on the show and talk a bit about the book, and together we were able to grant three wishes for our listeners. We had originally decided on granting one wish, but after the dozens of amazing letters we received, we selected three and made some special wishes come true.
The book isn't a how-to book; it's a sweet story about a group of friends, all widows,
who jointly decide to make a list of 20 wishes that were deep in their hearts. Similar to the list of things Jamie Sullivan in the movie, "A Walk to Remember" wanted to accomplish before she passed on. Jamie declared she wanted to be in two places at one time, so her thoughtful boyfriend took her to a state line and had her stand with her feet on both sides of the line. Also similar to the goals determined by the elderly men in the more recent movie "The Bucket List."
I've never been a list maker. Debbie Macomber not only writes about the list with 20 wishes, she has one. She has lists of things to accomplish, tasks to attend to and more. She is a consummate list maker; I am a consummate list loser. Even when I bother to make a list, I lose it shortly thereafter. I can't hold onto a grocery list between my house and the store and often return home with pickled beets when I went for milk and bread and eggs!
But the sweet thing about this book that spoke to my heart, is how easy it is to put aside our wishes, our secret dreams and desires, while we are busy making other plans. I have been blessed in that most of the things I have dreamed or endeavored to do in my life, I have been able to do. Unlike many others I know, I have never let someone else's opinion of what I should be doing or how I should be living, get in my way of having fun! I took my uncomfortable shoes off when I was touring the White House many years ago, and walked around the great halls, barefoot. Later the same day I sat my weary bum down on a padded bench in front of a copy of the Declaration of Independence and nursed my infant daughter. Barefoot.
I've gone horseback riding in the rain, and skinny dipping more than once. I've slid down banisters and climbed up stairs that were marked "Closed to the Public" just to see where they led. I've eaten rodents sold on the roadside in Africa, and grown my own vegetables and fruit for years. I've met Bette Midler and interviewed Elton John, Barbra Streisand, Billy Joel, Paul McCartney and Sting. I've had dinner at my farm with Wynonna Judd and woken up to find Danny Bedingfield stepping out of my shower in a towel.
When I've had wishes in my heart I never considered them something I should push aside or forget about, rather quite the opposite. I have always raised my kids to believe in making wishes and then trying to make them come true. I love it when they want to catch a turtle or build a fort or camp under the stars. My friends and the babysitters I have hired over the years probably think I'm crazy when I rush outside to find a coffee can to hold the latest garden snake the kids caught, or to punch holes in a lid for the jar that holds a slew of frog eggs. My daughter, Angel, who joined our family just two months ago from a refugee camp in West Africa, has a deep wish to hold a wild squirrel. (She is fascinated that we don't hunt and roast wild creatures at my farm; in her village a squirrel would have been a lovely meal for a family.) She wants to care for wild creatures who are ill or harmed, and I know her wish will come true and God will allow her to nurture some wild creature back to health so it can return to the woods some day.
Daughter Shaylah has a wish to see the Broadway musical "Wicked." She knows the entire soundtrack by heart, not just the lyrics, but each note of each song. Zacky wants to dance on TV; TK's secret wish is to reconnect with his birthmother some day. Blessing's is to be a real princess!
I have been thinking a great deal about what I would put on a list of my heart's wishes; as I said, most of my life's wishes have already come true. Definitely a trip to the Grand Canyon-not to stand on the edge and look down-but an actual trip down into the Grand Canyon, to meet the native people that still live there and to see the beauty and the majesty of God's handiwork. To take a cruise thru the waters of Alaska and see the whales and porpoise frolicking in the icy waters, and to paint the pictures I have in my head of flowers and roosters and children playing on the farm.
Take out a piece of paper. Write down your heart's wishes. Not goals or desires, not something you just achieve, but a wish your heart makes. Then ask God to help them to come true! If you want to share your list with me or Debbie, send them to us and we will find a forum in which to post your list of 20 wishes! Delilah
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