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KP is out this morning. KP, for another breaking and entering Christmas wish. How are you holding up there out there, KP?

You guys, we are soaking wet. We are drenched. We are hiding behind some bushes and some cars

and we're ready to go yeah this is a this is a really special wish that we're going to be granting this morning uh do we have all of our people ready to go our wish writers and uh the

great ladies are with us okay Tara Autumn and Scarlett are here right now what's going on guys

who are who are who are my two uh readers of the letter Tara Tara and Scarlett I love it Tara Scarlett all right so we're gonna do this we're gonna try to dial up uh sometimes we uh sometimes we get them and sometimes we don't but we're going to try to call up and who's the lady that we're calling up this morning karen grandma karen grandma karen who's taken over as uh more than just a grandma we see this more and more don't we we're with a lot of grandparents that step up and have to take care of their grandchildren all right guys you guys mute there for a second and we'll get ready to go we're dialing up uh her hello hello hi good morning is this karen

Yes, it is.

Karen, it's Mojo from Mojo in the Morning Show.

Oh, hello.

I hate to call up our listeners this early in the morning because I know that you're just getting up and about, but I understand you've got a house full of children, so I'm assuming that you get up way before anybody else.

Well, yeah, sometimes, but we're all up right now.

Are you? You are a special woman, especially special to a couple of our other listeners that wrote in a letter to us about how wonderful of a grandma you are, and they're going to read it to you, okay?

Okay. Dear Mojo in the morning, our names are Tara and Scarlett, and we want to tell you about our exceptional friend, Lori. She is a single mom to six amazing kids. Lori will do anything and everything for everyone, even when she is the one that should be getting taken care of. Lori was diagnosed with bowel cancer in 2021. She endured chemo with very few complaints and thought she had won the battle. Unfortunately, in 2023, the cancer mastocized to her liver and continued to torture her body. As Lori was enduring chemo, she continued to work three jobs never missing a day. She was a valued staff member at upper junior high, a crossing guard at the local elementary school and at night she ensured the sick were fed by delivering food to rooms at the local hospital. She continued to work to keep food on the table and heat in the house for her kids. She dedicated her life to her kids.

Sadly, Lori lost her battle of cancer in June of this year. To add to the heartache, her oldest daughter was deployed to Japan and was not able to say goodbye to her mom in person. Lori leaves behind her six beloved children and her mother, who has stepped in to help keep their family together. Her mother and her children are all beyond amazing and strong, just like Lori. This family is so resilient, but with this being the first Christmas without their mom, we want to...

to make it as magical as possible mojo thank you for listening to laurie's story we so hope we can

grant a christmas wish for this deserving family sincerely tara and scarlet wow karen karen we are we are so sorry for your uh your loss laurie sounded like an amazing woman

she was amazing lori was an amazing woman and an amazing mom yeah i've got all her kids right here well most of them are standing here wow and um man this is still so fresh how are the kids holding up well they're doing they're doing pretty good we've got a um we have a village of people that are supporting this family which is i mean absolutely amazing i i never knew how um you know i live in monroe and and you know laurie being up here there's a part of her life that i was really not aware of you know i mean i you know come and see her and i went to all her chemo treatments with her but the part of her life that involved all of her school friends um i i just wasn't aware of that until really until the funeral and when it was standing room only at a double viewing room that people just were coming up to me left and right um about story about lori i just have to tell you about what's happened here and i gotta tell you when she did this and when she did that and it was like oh my god it was like a side of her that i i was just learning about isn't that Beautiful. What a beautiful memory to have. Oh, my gosh, yeah. Karen. So, you know, the youngest are 9 and 10, and, you know. Good morning.

Hold on. Karen. I literally just busted it. Karen, we're breaking into your house. I hope you don't mind. We're going to get. Oh, my gosh. We're going to throw the scent off the dogs on Karen because Karen's telling us this wonderful story, And KP just starts pounding on that door.

That's what we do. Oh, we're ready, Karen. We're trying to give you some gifts.

Karen, I want to tell you that you are also a beautiful person. You're a great, amazing grandma. And we want to make it so that this holiday season, in memory of Lori, we make this the best Christmas for these kids. And that's why, KP, go ahead. Tell Karen and tell all our listeners what we're going to be doing for this wonderful family, the Maldonado family.

We have got gifts for every single person in this house, including you, Grandma Karen. We've got gift cards. I mean, I saw somebody got an Xbox on this list. I'm not going to say who, but.

Oh, wonderful. Karen, listen to the kids. That's so beautiful. That's what I'm trying to hear. I love that. Karen, you sound so strong, and I don't know, and I hope I never know. what it's like to lose a child.

No, it's not easy, that's for sure. And she was only 47, so it was tough.

And she was a fighter, too. She was fighting all the way. She did not want to leave her children.

No, not at all. But she's been a fighter her whole life. So she's just, we called her our warrior. Yeah. Because she's just very stubborn. and um and she took that right into you know dealing with this cancer she just never ever gave up ever yeah um i found a lot of research that she had been doing after she passed away um just emails coming in that you know just about different treatments for what she had and she was fighting until the bitter end really how are the how are the kids doing especially the littles um they're they're good um i've they are seeing a therapist and um because they're they're having you know they're just having a few issues um which is to be expected um they're just so young yet and uh and this is the first uh christmas of course without mom so yeah let's talk let's talk about these kids yeah jenna will be home my uh yeah the oldest one in the navy will

be home and god bless her oh wow that's awesome we have gifts for her too in there so let me tell everybody what we're doing here okay so jenna who is one of our bravest people in the world serving in our military in the navy we're going to make sure she has everything that she would want for christmas clothes and uh uh gift cards and all kinds of good stuff so that when she's home, she can go and buy herself some things.

We have everything for Roman, who is the baby. Roman's nine years old. I know what it's like to be a baby and lose a mom. And I'm going to tell you something. You never forget. Roman will never forget. Winter, 11 years old, going to be getting all kinds of great gifts. Gosh, who did the shopping on this one?

I did the shopping for this one, and it was so fun because whomever did your wish list, grandma karen knew a lot of the gifts that the kids were like hoping for but didn't think they would ever get so we got so you know i got them all the lululemon and the nike air maxes and ps5s and we know you have um i believe it's jack who was going into the trades and he needed a bunch of warm stuff so we got him like carhartt everything that we could possibly get we got You, Grandma, all new kitchen items from towels to bedding to pots and pans, some gift cards. And we're also, can I tell her about the check?

Yeah, real quick, though, I just want to mention Joel and Jade, 17 and 16. You know what it's like to be kids in high school and to lose your mom at a tough time? Those kids have got so much cool stuff coming their way. And that is not just from all of us, but that's from that entire community that you're talking about. Those women who are right now in your house with KP that want to make sure that all these kids know their mom meant something to them. And they'll go ahead, Shannon. You can tell the rest.

We're also, I think KP has it with her writing you a check for $1,000. Oh, yeah. So that's to cover anything, anything last minute that you're going to need to make this Christmas really, really special for this family.

And Kroger.

We got a baggie of gift cards for you.

Kroger is always here for us to provide. Literally, they're giving us thousands and thousands of dollars of Kroger gift cards to give to our breaking and entering Christmas wish people. Kroger cares. Oh, my gosh. That's awesome. They truly care. KP, what does this house look like? I know I can see it on Facebook Live, but paint a picture for anybody that's not.

Don't tell them it's a mess. It's very, very festive, and I noticed we've got a kitty making biscuits on the chair next to me. This is the home I want to come to for the holidays.

two more cats

can I live here

she's kind of a cat lady they're kind of scared of new people look at the beautiful family photos

that cover that wall what a beautiful family

are any of the kids very talkative can I just ask a quick question

who's this winter

and who else is there with you winter

Roman Hey, Roman.

Hey, your mom was an amazing woman, wasn't she?

Yeah, she was.

She was so beautiful. I'm looking at pictures of her. She was a beautiful, beautiful woman. You guys are blessed to have had such a wonderful mom.

Yeah, we are.

Hey, our show, you guys ever hear Mojo in the Morning?

I think. Yeah. You're still sleeping at that time. Yeah.

Well, our Mojo in the Morning show doesn't just grant a Christmas wish for you now. We grant it forever. And we want you guys to know that if you ever need anything, anything even not when it's holiday time, you have people that are here that loved your mom, and they want you to know that we're there for you.

All right. Thank you. God bless you guys.

KP, let's make it more festive.

Let's do it. Ready? Everybody say Merry Christmas. One, two, three. Merry Christmas!

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