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Heartfelt celebrations and serious conversations collide in this candid episode where we start by toasting Michael's first colonoscopy (yes, really!) and the clean bill of health that followed. It's a perfect reminder that sometimes the most uncomfortable moments become our greatest gifts to those we love - as Michael puts it, "I want to live longer for my family."
The energy shifts as we unveil our passion project: the Stucco Squad. This initiative for special needs children has consumed our hearts completely, with carefully crafted items from superhero bracelets that can be worn through medical procedures to "pocket hugs" for comfort during difficult moments. Drawing from Victoria's personal journey as both a special needs person and parent, every detail has been considered with extraordinary care. "Normal, ordinary - that's who wants it? Nobody does," Victoria shares, capturing the spirit behind this movement to celebrate what makes these children exceptional.
Our conversation takes a more serious turn as we discuss California legislation allowing minors to pursue gender reassignment surgery without parental consent - even permitting legal action against objecting parents. We wrestle with difficult questions about children's capacity for life-altering decisions, sharing perspectives that challenge conventional thinking while maintaining respect for everyone's journey.
Throughout it all runs a thread about genuine human connection in our increasingly digital world. We share how our family dinners remain sacred spaces without phones, where eye contact and conversation remind us what truly matters. "It's the happiness that I crave, it's the longing, it's the belonging," Michael reflects about these precious moments.
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Welcome and Colonoscopy Celebration
Speaker 1howdy y'all. Welcome to another episode of contagious smile unstoppable with your lovely and sexy vixen over here that's so nice that you talk about yourself that way victoria curé, who is a outstanding published author of 41 books.
Speaker 2If y'all didn't know that, okay, they're not all on amazon I didn't say they were on amazon she.
Speaker 1She said howdy y'all. So this is Unstoppable, it's unfiltered and we just jaw jack and take the mic.
Speaker 2No, you can scoot a little bit. I did take the mic. It took me, you know, decades, but I have my mic. Nuts, hi everyone. So I just want to take a moment and go over a couple little things. And so I just want to take a moment and go over a couple little things. First, we're celebrating that my husband was. He experienced his first colonoscopy today.
Speaker 2That's not called for celebration it is because you got a great report and I am so happy. Oh my God, it was hilarious because even it was Okay First Faith and I went back and we, we had to like put one thing at ease and everyone told him this was a non-surgical, minor procedure.
Speaker 1Huge surgery.
Speaker 2No, if there's no cutting, no stitching, no. So all of the doctors and nurses reminded him that it wasn't a surgical procedure. So everybody was having fun at his expense and laughing and cutting up. It was a riot. So Faith, of course, had a field day, not to mention, before we even go any further, I am beyond thrilled. And he did this for his family, which is so honoring. So, men, put the excuse boat down and do it, because he did it for us, for his family. Because why? What was your reason? You said you wanted.
Speaker 1I want to live longer for my family.
Celebrity Shoutouts and Special Messages
Speaker 2See. So that means the world to us. But, faith, I have to give a little side note got a very special treat from a new friend of a contagious smile, mr eric winter. Uh, don't say who that is. Everybody who's ever watched the rookie knows who. Yeah, whatever knows who the rookie is. It's sergeant bradford, and for those who used to watch, or I, he's not on it anymore. Days of our lives. He was on days of our lives, but he was on days of our lives. So he sent a little note, um, thanking me for what I do and how you know that's such a special cause to him. He couldn't have been any nicer, like he could not have been nicer. And then he told Faith that he is the known prankster. Anybody who ever watches Eric on TikTok knows he is the prank master of the TV show the Rookie and he has said he will collaborate with Faith on pranking her dad, my husband it's going to be on.
Speaker 1Why don't y'all right now go to Eric Winter's TikTok? Do that. He's such a sweet guy. Everyone go on there.
Speaker 2Let's not forget, you think his wife is just.
Speaker 1Oh Well, we're not talking about his wife.
Speaker 2They've been happily married respect for him and his wife. Okay, then don't have people go sending him messages, because that's just rude no, he, if he's gonna prank me, he's gonna get.
Speaker 1Yeah, he better be able to take it.
Speaker 2He can dish it out anyway, he's been married to her for decades, they have gorgeous kids and he is just, he does housework and he treats her like a princess, so anyway. So Faith got Eric on her side. That's kind of cool. And then the Breakfast Club 16 Candles actor friend now John, sent a message he's going to be on the show.
Speaker 1He pronounced his last name. I'm sorry, kapilos.
Speaker 2Kapilos. Yeah, I hope I didn't botch that. If I did, I'm so sorry. It's my husband's fault. He was so nice and he is going to be on, like so many people. You know, you see somebody and you're like I wonder if the perception is reality. Are they going to be a stand-up seller person or are they going to be like you know, like there's people with a reputation in Hollywood. You could not give me money to interview Jennifer Lopez. If I had to pick between Jennifer Lopez, mariah Carey, I would go off air. I just wouldn't do it.
Colonoscopy Advice for Men
Speaker 2And you know I've had people say oh, would you go on the View? No, would I go on Ellen? No, and it has nothing to do with Ellen being Ellen and you know being that. She, you know, is in the community and I know some people would ask me that I completely support the community. I advocate for the community. I have family in the community and I openly accept whoever you are, as long as whoever you're with loves you unconditionally and doesn't put their hands on you in an unwarranted manner. We're good, that's all I care about. You want to go back to your colonoscopy, but you wouldn't go on her show? No, because I've heard from so many that she was so mean to her employees, to her staff, and it's coming out now speculatory, of course, whatever. I have to say that little side note that she's been involved with the whole P Diddy and the child sex. Whatever. It's speculation, however, whatever, and you know how I am about that.
Speaker 1So Yep, you'll be getting hate mail for that.
Speaker 2Okay, but I'm gonna stand up for the right of the kids and until proven otherwise, you know, there's a lot of proof of it. And then her show went off right after all this came out and Twitch, who I thought was just the sweetest, coolest fun guy ever, committed suicide.
Speaker 1So so, fellas, fellas, let me talk to you.
Speaker 2Is this a haunted house?
Speaker 1No, Okay, get the colonoscopy scheduled and done and over with. I'm proud of you. If you're 45, 50, just get it done for your family. All right, knock it out. You want to stay alive longer. You want to live longer for them. Show your family you love them by getting this done. I promise y'all he's a baby, he's a wuss. Done, I promise y'all he's a baby, he's a wuss. The hardest part is not eating for like two days. Okay, two days, if you have it scheduled. Schedule it on a Monday so you can have Sunday to prep, drinking, all that crap.
Speaker 2That was hilarious. The waddle Donald, what did I call it?
Speaker 1Squattle waddle.
Speaker 2Yeah, my husband was squattle waddling.
Speaker 1She made me laugh one time and I may have, you know, pooped a little bit, skidding the bridges. I may have, you know, put something in the bridges and I had to squattle, waddle it was hilarious To the toilet.
Speaker 2You have a vision of what a squattle waddle is I know, okay, squattle waddle is for you, ladies, when your husband sticks his booty butt out right, his torso is up and elongated, his butt is out right and he is waddling to keep the stuff from. What do you call it? What's it? Cudging Right and he's squatting, waddling and his arms are whacking around side to side as he's trying to, you know, expeditiously get into the toilet, and it is hilarious.
Speaker 1So the process is not bad. Ok, you ate mighty well today. I did the invasive procedure, if you say it wasn't me. I had some stranger going up my poopershoot and what did faith say?
Speaker 2she was so proud of you for going into the community to see what it would be like, and she was very unhappy because what's right for some is not for others. But she was not proud that her dad decided to try out porn because they took pictures and there was video of you getting you know. And so she said, because it is actually you know, whatever, this is faith y'all. And she had the doctors and nurses on the ground laughing so hard at this. But then at the end she we have video. She took IV out, which was priceless, it was great, but everybody was cracking up at this.
Speaker 1So yeah, so just knock it out y'all.
Speaker 2Then we had celebratory dinner, had a fantastic new friend, mexican. We had Mexican Mexican Dinner Food and we had the best server. She was amazing.
Speaker 1Can we give a big shout out?
Speaker 2to Daly yes, she was amazing and we're trying to get her to come on Teen Talk. Daly, come on the show, that's right. Yes, get your voice heard. That's right, because it matters. She's very sweet. She was very sweet. She said oh, you guys are the best.
Speaker 1We love you and she's like you can. Only let me wait on you from now on. And then she said oh, wait a minute, I think I have something to embarrass your husband with.
Speaker 2Oh, it was great. I doubled her tip. So she comes out with the sombrero. I can't roll the R because of my metal in my face. So she comes out. Can you do it? You can, you can. And so they bring out the hat and they're singing and hooting and hollering and it was fantastic. Well done, girl. Fried cheesecake, awesome Strawberry sauce. Then he decided to almost begin to get in a food fight with me and Daylin had my back and said oh, you be nice boy. Daylin jumped my skillet.
Speaker 2Yes, she did, and told me to behave. I know, isn't boy daily jumped my skillet?
Speaker 1yes, she did I told me to behave.
Speaker 2I know ain't that great, that's awesome yeah, she's got a birthday coming up soon next week happy birthday so maybe she'll come on yeah, that would be a great gift so maybe you can send this one to her well, she said she was gonna listen this is her episode then yeah, well, not her episode.
Introducing the Stucco Squad
Speaker 2her episode would be when she comes on, right, so I have to tell you well, I'm gonna let him talk for a minute after. I tell you all what we're doing. We are getting ready to make our little gift bags and gift boxes of stuff for our Stucco Squad members and if you want to join, we're going to set it up. Even if you don't go through the academy the Stucco Squad Academy and you go through, we're going to set it up where you can still get all the benefits of other stuff that we're going to do with the Stucco Squad. We have so many gifts and let me tell you, none of it is just junk stuff. Right, as a special needs person myself and a special needs parent, I know, because every person is different. So whether they have a tracheostomy or a feeding tube, or they have a version of color or where they can't have the sparkles or you know some inversion to like things that light up or things of that nature, I have gone way above to make sure all of our gifts are good. So we have nothing that'll stick, poke or prod. We have that sounds like your colonoscopy. We have the cutest stuff, the cutest gifts, even like charms for shoes, charms for a bracelet, we have logo stuff, we have key chains, pens, hearts, ornament stuff. I can say this on air because it's recorded and my husband, who would never do anything to me, wouldn't do anything anyway. But there's like another, I don't know 20 different objects coming soon as well that will be included in these boxes, which is so much fun because I've had such a good time finding these things and all of it is going for the Stucco Squad and I have to figure out who gets what. So then we have the dog boxes that are going to be decorated, then we have the cool bags, then we have all these. I mean, the things are just. I had to get a whole new organizer cabinet thing just to put some in, and I think I'm already outgrowing it. But I'm so excited because I am you don't understand.
Speaker 2I love the idea of Stucco Squad. I love what it can do, I love what it means, I love who will be involved in it. We have the best bracelets. They are. And what I love about these they're purple and black. I'll let him talk about it, but what I love about them is that they are not gonna be told. These kids are not gonna be told they have to take them off. If they're at the hospital god forbid they're impatient or they're outpatient having a procedure, they're getting an IV, they're going through MRI imaging, whatever the case may be, they do not have to come off, which I love, love, love, love, love, because this is their superhero, like honor, right, so they have it on them at all times and nobody's going to tell them that they're not a superhero and it has to come off. Tell them how awesome these are. My husband has taken one and he has not taken it off since the day that they were delivered.
Speaker 1after I made these, I'm an official vip stucco squad superhero, and on the back it says a contagious smile right, but you did.
Speaker 2I mean it's not, it's multicolored, it's black and purple, it's dark, purple and black with an outlined puppy dog on there.
Speaker 2Two, one on either side. It's a little baby stucco and the colors are not flashy. They're not anything that you'd have to worry about, even on the spectrum they are, or if you're epileptic. It's a very smooth transition of color and I thought that would be great to give it like a little pop, and, you know, maybe it'll happen. The writing is in white, so it's nothing very bright, you know. So if their eyes are sensitive to bright colors, this is not an option that we have to worry about either. My husband is looking at me like I don't know what, what, what, what Say it, say it, say it.
Speaker 1I'm just looking at you. You're gorgeous.
Speaker 2Whatever, but I love this. I love the Stuggo Squad. Like it makes me so happy. It shouldn't make me so happy.
Speaker 1Your phone can wait.
Speaker 2It goes off 24 hours a day. It's crazy.
Speaker 1So we'll be giving out these little trinkets.
Speaker 2I'm going to hand out this stuff while you're talking and open it. This will be a lot of noise, I know, but I want people to hear it and get excited. They hear the rustling. I want them to hear it and get excited. Open this and then you can tell everybody what each thing is as we open. It's in clear paper. I can see through the plastic. Well, nobody else. It's a bone. Do you want a bone? It's a pla-.
Speaker 1I want a bone, it's a wooden bone, I want a bone, and wooden pulp prints. Can I have a bone, babe? What?
Speaker 2Snooker's right here and there is also. These are done in wood, sizzle twine tied up, yes, and you can make these into whatever you want. We can decorate them and we have so many beautiful stucco stickers, all sorts of cool fun stuff. This is never going to stay Truth Park in.
Speaker 1May is the event. Yes, and I don't know how you get accepted. I don't know how you get tickets. I don't know how you get accepted. I don't know how you get tickets. I don't know how you get invited, but I'm sure my wife will find out or already knows.
Speaker 2We also have the cutest. Oh, these are so cute. They came into all the different. We tried to get all stucco but I wanted them to look like superheroes, so some of them I'm going to tell them. Some of them, I'm gonna tell them. Some of them doesn't look like stucco but they look like superheroes, so it could be part of superhero squad. They are the cutest bookmarks that do not tear, so you don't have to worry about getting that. What do not tear do?
Speaker 2not be quiet. Um, they won't give paper cuts or anything like that. They have have smooth edges. I wanted to make sure all the way around Tell them what those look like. They're so cute.
Speaker 1It's a metal bookmark.
Speaker 2Oh for the love, are you?
Speaker 1serious With a little corgi dog on there. How come it's not going over the figure? You're making a lot of noise on there. Oh my gosh woman.
Speaker 2Okay, I'm so excited. Tell everybody what these things are. More sisistle twine, but they're not the same. More hearts, more bones, more pulp, but they are not the same design. They're not. If I'm losing my accent and I'm getting more country for you, oh my lord all right.
Speaker 1So yes, how do people?
Speaker 2so, podcast, powerhouse, growth academy, all of the links. Give me about one more week. In all fairness, I just had a procedure. My husband had a non-invasive surgical. Yes, I have another one tomorrow. So the time y'all hear this, I will actually be. These are different sizes, these are smaller. I will be in the surgery tomorrow or today while y'all are listening to this. So you can give me a week and I will let y'all know on the next podcast that it's up and running. Website, social media platforms you name it, there will be links to it. You can join the social media platforms. You name it, there will be links to it. You can join the social media, but until then, you can go to facebook and join the stucco squad. On facebook, it's, uh, the group. You just search for groups and it's the stucco squad, so you join there seriously, y'all, y'all go in there.
Speaker 1Molly's done a lot of work on this and there's a lot of people involved. I mean, look at the foundation that we're going into Give kids the world. Make a wish, correct. So do you need help?
Speaker 2Yes, thank you. So we are working with some of the best organizations. It's great. We're going to have all sorts of fun stuff. Anybody who's seen the movie Patch Adams the actual Patch Adams actually went through an amputation not too long ago. Most people don't know that and his sidekick, who is just so, so sweet, has said he'd come on. We have so many people who will come on and do live things with the kids we have. Like it's so amazing I am.
Speaker 2We have coloring contests. There are so many different activities and all of them are built around to make sure everybody knows how amazing you are, how extraordinary you are. Normal, ordinary, that's who wants it? Nobody does, how you can. Impossible. Just make a little space between I am put a little apostrophe and you know what I'm possible and there's nothing you can't do, and we're going to make sure you know that and we're going to have fun activities. If you color, go on Stucco Squad on Facebook and you pick out any of the coloring pages, any Color it in. I like it when it's not in the lines, because that's just my favorite. Take a picture, have anybody you know, upload it for us and you're going to get a prize, like we're going to send you a prize, and we're not talking about like something you don't want. These are really good prizes. I'm going to color just to get a prize. I think that's what I'm going to do.
Speaker 1I'm coloring to get a prize because I'm going to be sitting there doing nothing for two and a half hours tomorrow.
Speaker 2What is in this bag, mr Solomon Bogeys? Well, kind of, but let me tell you, as a mom, of a special needs miracle when she was younger, and I know a lot of moms know about this. When our kids are younger, we have emergency bags. We have, like, I had to carry an apnea machine, a CPAP, I had tracheostomy, I had an emergency bag, I had an oxygen tank, I had the feeding tube bag, you name it, I had it. Well, sometimes, when God forbid, something happens, sometimes you don't remember what's what and where's where, because you've got a plethora of stuff and it's just you, more than likely, because it was just me, and so these are awesome.
Speaker 1And then of course. So these are like a keychain tag.
Speaker 2My husband should know me better than that by now and we have got just the cutest, most amazing little catchphrase, fun things about our puppies to put on these tags, and I got them in every color you can imagine. So that's going to be super fun and because I'm actually going to hand it to you, he gets to him and Faith will get to put all of them on the key rings.
Speaker 1I like this sticker. I work hard so my dog can have a better life.
Speaker 2Let's talk about cute saying, shall we? Because this is going to be you and Faith's project, besides others that I have coming for you right now. So we very frequently play cards as a family. So we very frequently play cards as a family, and last night we were playing phase 10, right, we were playing phase 10. And my husband's soulmate, love of my life, actually, he was doing pretty good and he won the round, and Faith is sitting there. I'm obviously sitting there, stucco's laid out on me, and my husband looks at me and says, oh, you lost your hand there on that one. Huh.
Speaker 1It was intended as in you lost a hand of phase 10.
Speaker 2Well, that's not what you said?
Speaker 1I said, yes, you lost your. Well, that's not what you said. I said, yes, you lost your hand. That's not what you said. Guys, my wife is a left arm MVP below the elbow.
Speaker 2Right, but if I didn't have a good sense of humor, woo?
Speaker 1I made a shameless pun and yeah. But, she can take it.
Speaker 2So what did you just unwrap? Uh, more balls. But they're different shapes, they're all different designs right, it's all revolving around dogs it's no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. Let's make sure you're correct. It's all around stucco, oh my gosh, you hear that stucco that's my baby. You better tread carefully. And what is that? You've got there, but we're both things more. Now don't be saying anything about me making noise when you're making all that noise by there I'm sorry y'all, I'm making all this you know, when faith was little, she loved that sound, that, that plastic, all right.
Speaker 2Now, what's this? These are so cute wood cardboard I was just gonna ask that.
Speaker 1So wooden cutouts with the word love and the o is a paw print now, mr creative, what could kids do that would be so cool with that they could paint it.
Speaker 2Paint it, use it for a haunted house.
Speaker 1You put magic marker on there, they could smear some mud on there. Oh lord, make it unique unique and we got it. Give it to your mom, she'll hang it on the fridge.
Speaker 2And then we've got all sorts of pens. These are super cute. They're soft. What do you call this like? How do you explain this pen? I think these are so cute.
Speaker 2I don't know a little fidget thing, no, well, yes, but it also. I think the parents might actually keep this one and take it. Um, but it's got a little paw print on it and it's so cute. And then we got all different color charms charms for the shoes and for bracelets and I know as soon as I move my new shelf it's going to flip in. Everything of my organization skills here will just make a mess.
Speaker 1So y'all keep my wife in your thoughts and prayers tomorrow as she undergoes another freaking surgery.
Speaker 2No it won't be tomorrow, it'll be today, because this gets released on Tuesday and you release it in the morning. Every day this week we have something.
Speaker 1We'll be en route to the hospital and y'all can listen and just keep your mind.
Speaker 2No, you keep these two in mind. That's what I care about. Now we get to other fun stuff.
Speaker 1That's enough.
Speaker 2This last one I like. Come on, open up and tell everybody what this is.
Speaker 1You can see it. It's clear plastic. You know what it's in a Ziploc bag.
Speaker 2Tell everybody what these are. These are so cute. Lowered, lowered and lowered.
Speaker 1Again, there wouldn't cut out.
Speaker 2There wouldn't cut out see, see what happens, uh huh, uh little key fobs well, you gotta read them. Hang on. My husband's afraid to move because last time and well every time today and yesterday he's moved about a pile high of like the whole office. As tall as he is in the chair has just fallen everywhere.
Speaker 1The little wooden disc with a heart cut out at the bottom is I guess this is for like a key chain, a key ring, and it says a pocket hug. Others say little pocket hug.
Speaker 2And if you feel they all say something different, if you feel the reason that we picked these is because you can hold on to it when you're having something done, and either the parents can hold on to it I plan on putting one for the parents and one for the kids in the bag. They can hold on to it, you can hold on to it. There's no sharp edges, no way to get any splinters or any kind of cuts of any way, and they can just hold on to it. That does not go there and you can just have a little hug with you whenever and that's so important we all need hugs. Hugs are such good things Like hugs are great things.
Speaker 1So, yes. What else.
Speaker 2Okay, I have to get serious oh.
Speaker 1We received an email from a young man okay who wants to come on our show? We receive a lot of emails and videos uh, so I want to express that young man to respond promptly to my email. I just sent you tonight or yesterday, if you're listening, and we'll get you on our show, buddy.
Speaker 2So a topic I do want to talk about and I want to hear, of course, what you think is in California now. A law has passed. Why do you put stuff where it doesn't belong? A law has passed. Why do you put stuff where it doesn't belong? A law has passed. You have to be 21 to drink. You have to be of a certain age to get a tattoo I believe California is 18 but you don't need your parents consent if you want to go and get your bits taken off. If you want to go and get your bits taken off if you want to go through gender reassignment surgery and if you, if the child tries to go to court with against the parents, the parents can be charged with child abuse and neglect. Wow, how is that even possible when you're, I mean, five, six, eight, ten, eleven years old?
Speaker 1This turned dark.
Family Dinner and Table Conversations
Speaker 2Well, no, but listen. But that's what we do. We talk about things other people don't or won't. Right, when you're five, six, eight, ten, eleven, whatever the case may be, you don't even know what kind of birthday party you want. They're going that young. Oh yeah, people are starting at like five and six. Dressing is opposite sex now, and six dressing is opposite sex.
Speaker 1now they don't know if they want Cheerios or Froot Loops at that age.
Speaker 2Right, that's what I'm saying. You don't know what kind of birthday party you want, and here's the thing Is that you know. The debate is well, if a man is transitioning into a woman, he should be able to use a woman's restroom, even during the whole transition. But what about our kids? That's little girls that are in there, you know. Or boys, Right. And here's the thing is that you know, if you identify as a cat, then good for you for identifying a cat.
Speaker 1Don't get your shots.
Speaker 2You need to have a rabies and you need to go to the vet.
Speaker 1A vet probably, 100% probably won't see you, I only do rectal thermometers.
Speaker 2Oh my God, You're all about this rectal thing, since you had this experience today.
Speaker 1Everyone needs this experience.
Speaker 2I okay, Anyway, I got my hero cookie. Did you enjoy the flavor? Yes, ew, so anyway, that's what I don't understand. Like, if you want to identify as a cat, fine. That's what I don't understand. Like, if you want to identify as a cat, fine. Our school systems are more afraid of offending someone and their pronouns than working on our education, and that is just preposterous to me. You know, at the end of the day, let's do this. How do you explain what a man is? What is a man in your opinion?
Speaker 1A man is a male born with a penis and two testicles.
Speaker 2Okay, but a man.
Speaker 1A man is something different. A man is someone who provides, protects his family, stands up for what's right.
Speaker 2Okay, and what do you identify as a woman?
Speaker 1A woman is a female born a female with breastasis, a vagina. Okay, that's a female.
Speaker 2What if you have a surgery, a reassignment surgery, voluntarily, sure, and then you're dressing as? A female you're taking all different hormones. You're a messed up woman now. See the thing is. But see, I play devil's advocate. I'm gonna play devil's advocate about. It is if you are xx chromosome, right, that's your DNA. Right, let's look at DNA and XX chromosomes right, then you are a. What are you with XX chromosome? What are you? What's XY? You don't know. No, are you kidding? Did you sleep in this class?
Speaker 1I did sleep in the class.
Speaker 2Let's try it this way if you're able to bear children, then people say, okay, then you're a woman. But what about people who have had a hysterectomy?
Speaker 1right, or something else okay, but aren't they?
Speaker 2what's the difference in a person who's had a hysterectomy and a trans? Because they can't produce a child and neither can a trans.
Speaker 1Well, they're still opposites.
Speaker 2How.
Speaker 1If one's a trans, then that means they're the opposite sex of the woman with a hysterectomy.
Speaker 2What if they had reassignment surgery? What if they had their penis cut off?
Speaker 1Then there's still the opposite of a woman who's had a hysterectomy.
Speaker 2Why do you say that?
Speaker 1Because one is a woman born a female. The other is a man born a male, turning into a woman or attempting to. I'm going to get flack for this, I don't care, y'all hate me, michael.
Speaker 2No, I mean, I just don't understand, like, hey, if to each their own. I have multiple people in my we don't speak family that are in the community and I support, you know, as long as they're happy. And I don't mean happy as gay, I mean happy as in mentally and emotionally, you know, positive, I guess, quickly coming up with something. As long as they are, you know, in love or happy. See, I keep going back to the word happy, but I don't mean that in an offensive way as gay, right, I mean it like, as long as they are. Thank you, then.
Speaker 2More power to whomever and everyone. Everyone deserves be loved, everyone should be loved, right? If you want to be loved by a man and you're a man, god bless you. If you're a woman and you want to be loved by a woman, god bless you. You know, I have friends that I've known all of faith's life that are on both sides and they're married with partners. God bless all of you. I have no problem with it. I am a very straight heterosexual woman who is only attracted to my husband.
Speaker 1I'm thankful for that.
Speaker 2But that doesn't mean that you know, I have an issue with it, because I don't, I have no issue with it at all. But I don't understand how some people come out and say I identify as a cat and then the schools are like, oh, let me get you litter, cat, litter for the bathroom, right. And now in California you are allowed to take your parents to court for child neglect, child abuse, because they're prohibiting you from doing this hormonal thing. They want to stop puberty and they want to. But the thing is is that they're not keeping you from a sleepover, right, and some of this is non-reversible. You can't reverse some of this. Well, a lot of it is done by the state, if the parents you know.
Speaker 1But I mean, the problem is, so the state is paying for their transfiguration it's very expensive.
Speaker 2People in jail are getting them done and it's paid by the taxpayers okay.
Speaker 1So why do I have to go to the hospital and pay my own bill for a surgery? I can't dispute that why do you have to go and pay for yours?
Speaker 2I can't dispute that either.
Speaker 1You got transformed. You got an arm cut off.
Speaker 2I'm bionic. I have metal everywhere which we don't even want to talk about that process.
Speaker 1Why don't you take that?
Speaker 2shit Right, like for insurance. And here's where I'm glad you brought that up, because for me to get I'm getting an implanted device put in and it's not the first and for me to have insurance approve the implanted device, I have to have a four hour session with a psychiatrist and it's mandated that anybody who gets this device has to go and have a four hour. It's mandated, like, like you have to the prerequisite. And when I was going through the uh, what do you call it? Early check-in, e-check-in, whatever and I'm answering questions for them to schedule my appointment, I was like could you tell me what is four hours long? Like what is taking four hours? Well, they have to explain to you that your life changes dramatically once you have an implanted device.
Speaker 2And we were over the phone and I said ma'am, because I called her by her name. I said I say this with the utmost respect. I do, um, I know you can't physically see me, but I'm literally like the bionic woman meets the, the toolbox, because I have all this in my face, I have my shoulder, I have this and I was like I'm also an amputee and so I'm recent, I'm not born with, I am a recent amputee and I don't think that I am going to be someone who needs a four-hour consultation over this. And I was like, not to mention, I can't even get imaging, imaging and part of the whole rhetoric I'm going through is I can't have imaging, I can't have MRIs, because of the metal right and it's in the chart. That is the process of why I'm doing some of what I have to do and she's like yeah, but you have to understand that we have to go through and talk to you and prepare you for what it's like when your body has a foreign object in it. And I'm like was I muted? Did I say something that she didn't hear? Because I mean, let's be real, you know, nothing is black or white. They don't leave any area for gray.
Speaker 2You know, it's like they've always said about when, when faith has had any questions can she eat everything by mouth? That's not a yes or no. Yes, she can eat everything she wants by mouth, but if you put a hamburger or a steak in front of her, she's gonna throw it at your face, right? She's not gonna eat it. So what are you pointing to? No, it's left field. It's the point that when you go to the hospital, you go through all of these hoops right when you know I have to have a four hour session to know what it's like to have a foreign object.
Speaker 2These kids don't have to go through this, that when somebody asks questions about faith we have to be very specific but there's no room for anything other than yes or no. But then these kids can go to court against their parents because they want to start being Tammy instead of Tommy, and if the parents don't comply, then they're being abusive. It's not left field. I mean, the whole thing comes back around that people in this country are losing their damn mind period. You know what happens when you're 18 or 20 or 21, 25, whatever, and you realize I made a big mistake, like I wanted to dress up but I wanted to go back to who I was, and now I can't.
Speaker 1I think it would really start hitting home in like 30s and 40s, when you're trying to settle down in your career and you're trying to establish a relationship long lasting and build a home. And then maybe when you hit 50, you're like, oh wow, I really effed up, right, because now, now look, maybe I have nothing. Maybe that so called 20 year old that I was dating at the time left me because you know, they were just having fun too, or I was just an experiment, I don't know you know, maybe one of our guests can come on and prove me wrong right.
Speaker 2I did see a very long YouTube video where it was a I don't know. I caught the end of it and it was at the hospital about a month ago. So I don't want to say the wrong way, but the person came out as a boy and I don't know if they they said they had transitioned. They said they had had the sex altercation surgery, the sex reassignment surgery. I didn't catch if it was. He was a girl and went to a boy, or he was a boy and went to a girl.
Speaker 2Now he's trying to go back to a boy and he says that he took on his parents to go get this done. His parents said no, he was given permission to do it anyway. He did and now it's the biggest mistake of his life and he was like. I wish more people would fight and I don't have rights to the video so I can't put it up anywhere. I want to see if I can reach out and say, hey, can we play this, because it's such a strong message. And he was like and I hope I'm not offending him if he's transitioning the other way but he, he came out as a guy, so like, but he was like. It was the biggest mistake of my life, because I'm a kid and it's my parents' responsibility to take care of me. And they were.
Speaker 2And back then I was like why won't you let me do what I want? Why won't you let me do what I want, stomping feet. And so I did whatever I could and it was another adult that told me to take him to court. And it was another adult that said pursue this this way. And I did, and then I got all this done and now I'm stuck and it's not me. And he was like I couldn't decide if I wanted to go play baseball or ballet, and now I'm not me. I'm not who I am, and you know, the thing is is that you're put here to be who you are and you're put here for a reason and it might not make any sense, but like, empower who you are, embrace who you are. You know I can't wrap both my arms and hands around my husband, but I sure can give him almost 300 pounds 270. But I can get one arm all the way around and my arms can, my arm and hand can touch.
Speaker 1And it's the best hug.
Speaker 2But I just I feel so bad for these kids that are trying you know what I think it is. I think these kids are trying so hard to get the attention of their parents that they're willing to do whatever it takes to get either positive or negative attention, because it's still attention right and they're hurting so badly because in this society, in this time today, everything revolves around electronics and video games. Here's that thing I say, you know, telephones, things of that nature, and when, if you took all that away and you do what we do, you know, when we sit down at a table, there's no conversation about electronics unless it's very quick, or there's no electronics at the table unless we're waiting on a doctor or a hospital call or whatever. But we have conversations as a family, like you have date night, which is movie night with Faith every week and she looks forward to it all week, and we play card games together and we do things like that, and it has nothing to do with electronics.
Speaker 2I'm going to be totally honest. When we had power outage and we didn't have internet, I was happy. Now, in all fairness, my husband will tell you I love advocating. It's what I love to do. He'll tell you that all day long. I love helping others, I love helping kids and I love helping women and men. I love bringing hope back.
Speaker 2But when nobody could do their video games, nobody could do. And I'm not just saying my husband and child, I'm saying in general it was nice, it was a nice detox, because it's what's ruining everybody really. I mean, you look at the video games back then to now. Crime in schools, crime created by children, are through the roof. Right, the games are also on and kids are smart. Like we have a timer on our kid's phone and she's so smart and she has no violent games on her phone, none. But the minute that doggone timer is up, she goes and gets a tablet Because guess what, now she's back on again. Well, that's about to change. But this has been recent. Within the last few days that's going to change.
Speaker 2But it's the fact that these kids are wanting attention so badly. That's why you have kids that act out, because they're not. They're getting totally ignored. A lot of siblings of special needs kids get ignored and it's not because their parents don't love them, it's not for that reason at all. It's because the other child requires that special additional attention and the other kids feel like they're left out or they don't matter and that's not true, but I'm sure at that age they feel that way. And then you have kids that are being bullied because maybe they have. You know, when I was in school I got made fun of because I was a redhead. You're a sexy redhead.
Speaker 2Whatever you saw pictures of me in school, you would never you were hot. No. School I got made fun of because I was a redhead, because you're a sexy redhead.
Speaker 1Whatever you saw pictures of me in school, you would never hot no yes, she was that hot nerd that you would not think to go ask out on a date I didn't date in school, ever like ever I would have dated you you dated anyone with a pulse. Let's call it real easy, greasy wrong here you did though right or wrong?
Speaker 2well, maybe, maybe you almost gave one of the parents a heart attack.
Speaker 1I sure did. Let's change it. So, dads, y'all sit down at the table. You know, make it a rule like we do here no hats, be respectful at the table like they did. A rule like we do here no hats. Be respectful at the table like they did in olden days. Olden days, olden, who's olden? Who is olden, us old guys. Old days no hats, no cell phones. Look each other in the eye, ask each other how your day is.
Speaker 1We were eating dinner at one of our no cell phones. You know, look each other and I ask ask each other how your day is. So we were eating dinner at our one of our really only favorite mexican restaurant here where we live, and another shout out to daily thank you, um. And I told my wife and daughter. I said this is what I love, this is what I absolutely need and want in my life Elaborate. It's the happiness that I crave, it's the longing, it's the belonging. My wife's just smiling. It's drama free. So you know we had a good conversation. We joked, we talked, had a little food fight yeah, threw food at each other. They embarrassed me, has been wore. A little food fight.
Speaker 2Yeah, threw food at each other. They embarrassed me. Husband wore a little wet grave in public.
Speaker 1Sombrero.
Speaker 2I can't roll my R's.
Speaker 1But yeah.
Speaker 2They sang oh yeah, they sang. You ate like. I have no idea how you.
Speaker 1Don't look at my picture on any Facebook.
Speaker 2We took a picture, no we took a picture no, Faith took a picture of you trying to make her laugh like a walrus, with straws in your nasal cavities and like you looked stoned.
Speaker 1I was doped up from that.
Speaker 2You didn't get no. No, what no? You didn't get Verset, you didn't get Propofol.
Speaker 1None of that, so stick it in your rumpus. Oh, they already did. Yes, they already did. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Well, I enjoyed tonight's talk.
Speaker 2Did you? Which one? This one, wait, wait, wait About everything.
Speaker 1So what. You like love. No, I enjoyed this talk with you, okay, uh-huh, I'm always trying to get me to admit that I like podcasting with her.
Speaker 2we've only been doing it for years um first week of April will be three years are you kidding me? No, and Abby will be here.
Speaker 1I can't wait for Abby to get here. She's another pain in my butt they pranked.
Speaker 2I've already been told about some of the stuff and I how many pranks y'all got? No, it's not y'all, it's not y'all, it's not y'all, it's not your daughter. Hey say youse guys, youse guys, say youse guys.
Speaker 1Youse guys, I got your niece. Yeah, now you eric actor.
Speaker 2I didn't. Faith was behind every one of those every one of them.
Fun Pranks and Show Wrap-up
Speaker 1Eric, back off, buddy, I used to be a real cop. Oh, now it's on. Oh, it's not. It's not a child loans ugly. Is that a challenge? Oh, I said he wasn't a real cop. Is that what I insinuated?
Speaker 2okay, I'm sorry, eric, I didn't even know you do know that I have direct access to him now seriously seriously and, um, you forget that we're both on what. What are we both on?
Speaker 1eric winders um my apologies, young man I want it with meaning let's go.
Speaker 2I am going to send him a message as soon as we're done here. After I tell faith what you said, I'm gonna tell abby what you said and you're in big, big trouble you know what I saw?
Speaker 1the one prank where he uh pranked the female officer into the doing the actress. Well, I just gave her more credit than Eric, didn't I?
Speaker 2You did.
Speaker 1Again. I'm sorry, buddy, he's going to kill you. Yeah Well, thank y'all for listening.
Speaker 2You should give him his apology to Eric. He is a fan of ours.
Speaker 1He's very nice how am I going to prank Eric, unless it's from right here?
Speaker 2But you tried to, by telling everybody to like go and like send messages out the wazoo to his TikTok account.
Speaker 1Y'all give him a good follow on TikTok. Eric Winters from the Rookie.
Speaker 2Seriously. You know Faith and Abby are going to jump your skillet for this. That's alright. I can take it Like jump, Jump, Jump.
Speaker 1I can take it Like I took it one night in Bandcamp. I woke up and Faith had put press on rainbow. No they were yes they were Fingernails on both my hands. We have pictures yes, they have pictures.
Speaker 2Yes.
Speaker 1And the sound effects too, of me snoring. Yes.
Speaker 2There's other things they've done too. Yeah, it's great.
Speaker 1So thank you all for listening.
Speaker 2Hold on, we have one request From Hold on Uno momento, por favor. Isn't that what you say?
Speaker 1Yes.
Speaker 2Hi, abby, you're live on air with us right now. I thought you would like to say hi to everybody. Hi, so you know your wonderful uncle and your favorite Aunt, victoria, here is. See, he just made a comment to Eric and I thought you'd like to hear it first. Oh, he says, eric, I used to be a real cop. Um, oh, he says, eric, I used to be a real cop, and not a very good one wow, this is coming from a 12 year old she's not 12.
Speaker 2Well, we talk about you on air all the time and how I'm so excited that you will be here soon and that and I said we talk about you on air all the time and how I'm so excited that you will be here soon and that Wait. And I said that I would be reaching out to Eric. He told everybody basically to send pranks or stuff to his, to Eric's TikTok, and I was like no, and Wait, my phone's going to die, let's see.
Speaker 2Well, we're about to end the show, but I just thought you would like to know that your uncle said to Eric that he at least used to be a real cop. Like I said, not a very good one thanks Abby, goodbye Abby that's quite rude.
Speaker 1Thank y'all for listening. How many pranks are y'all playing in with Faith Abby? That's quite rude. Thank y'all for listening.
Speaker 2How many pranks are y'all planning with Faith when you get here?
Speaker 1Am I going to need to hear this?
Speaker 2Well, the listeners are just curious if he's going to be pranked, obviously, Join us next week for another episode from A Contagious Smile.
Speaker 1We love you With a sexy, lovely Victoria. The pain in the butt, abby, don't you call?
Speaker 2her that. Don't you call her that.
Speaker 1And I'm just the guy in the background, the redneck Michael. Thank y'all, Good night or good morning.
