There are a lot of renters in the Treasure Valley, including most of the LITE-FM on-air staff. Not many of us can say that we re personal friends with our landlords or rental companies, but that s not the case for Nic. His landlady, Sue, is also their neighbor and his family has been proud to consider her a friend for 10 years.
Sue s always been very kind to her tenants and they know that she s experienced some pretty scary health issues over the decade that Nic s lived next door. He know that her own home needs repairs, but she s on a fixed income after having to retire early from her job in healthcare. She lives alone with her two cats and Nic asked us to put together a Christmas Wish that would make her feel blessed and appreciated the same way he and his family does by her kindness.
A LITE-FM Christmas Wish for Craig
LITE-FM s Christmas Wish is back, thanks to our friends at Pioneer Federal Credit Union.
Throughout Christmas Wish season, we ve shared a few stories about single moms who went from just barely holding things together for their families to being in need of an extra hand up when the pandemic hit. This morning, we met a single dad with a similar story.
Emily introduced us to her brother-in-law, Craig, who s raising four teenagers on his own. As a single parent, the holidays always put a pinch on his finances but this year has been exceptionally hard. He ended up losing his car and was unemployed for a little while. He recently started a new job, but is walking to and from work every day.
LITE-FM s Christmas Wish is back, thanks to our friends at Pioneer Federal Credit Union.
A few days ago, we were reading through our newest Christmas Wish nominations when we stumbled across a story that felt really familiar. When we read Tyffani s children s names we knew exactly why! Earlier this spring while we were out on the birthday parade circuit, we got invited to Bella s sixth birthday parade. Her daddy had just been in a motorcycle accident and the only way she d been able to see him was over video chat.
The motorcycle community rallied together for one of the biggest parades we d been part of. Someone also mentioned that Bella happened to be a big fan of Harley Quinn. LITE-FM happens to be very good friends with Harley, so we got her to tag along too.
LITE-FM s Christmas Wish is back, thanks to our friends at Pioneer Federal Credit Union.
Welcoming a new baby is such an exciting time for the family, but when that little one arrives much earlier than expected it can be a really scary time as well. Angel was a born a micro preemie and after the first seven months of his life, he s now at home with his large family. He s the youngest of 11 children and seems to be fitting in well with his siblings.
While he s home, he s not totally out of the woods. He still requires multiple medical specialists and his mom, Wendy, hasn t been able to work because the last thing she wants is to be exposed to COVID-19 and bring it home to her medically fragile baby.
LITE-FM s Christmas Wish is back, thanks to our friends at Pioneer Federal Credit Union.
We met the recipient of our fourth Christmas Wish of Miracle Marathon Day through her mom. This elf told us that her daughter is a domestic violence survivor and earlier this year, things had escalated to a point where her life was in serious danger. Our Wish recipient went through some incredibly crazy things to keep herself and her children safe until her abuser was apprehended.
She s had to relocated and is having a hard time getting back on her feet as she starts over. Despite the fact that she s struggling with her own finances, she still went out of her way to find resources for another family who was also struggling this Christmas.