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A Contagious Smile Podcast
A Contagious Smile is a powerful platform dedicated to uplifting and empowering special needs families and survivors of domestic violence. Through heartfelt stories, we shine a light on the journeys of extraordinary individuals who have overcome unimaginable challenges. Their triumphs serve as a testament to resilience and strength, inspiring others to rediscover their own inner light. Each episode features candid interviews with survivors, advocates, and experts who provide valuable resources and insights to support those on their own paths to healing and empowerment. Join us as we celebrate the power of resilience, the beauty of shared stories, and the unstoppable spirit of those who turn adversity into hope. Let us guide you in rekindling your spirit, because every smile tells a story of courage and transformation.
A Contagious Smile Podcast
Love and Laughter: Embracing Adoption Joy, Overcoming Cyber Challenges, and Celebrating Family Dynamics
Imagine standing in a courtroom, tears of joy streaming down your face as your daughter reads a poem so touching that even the judge is moved. That's exactly the kind of emotional whirlwind we experienced when my husband officially adopted our daughter, Faith. This episode is all about that pivotal moment, the laughter, the tears, and the symbolic fresh start that came with replacing her birth certificate's past with a future filled with love and safety. We'll talk about how this adoption signifies a new beginning, freeing Faith from the shackles of a painful history while touching on the persistent shadow of challenges like cyber stalking.
But it’s not all seriousness here—we shift gears and dive into the quirky, laughter-filled dynamics of our family life post-adoption. Faith joins us, showcasing her quick wit as we engage in playful debates about who in the family is the true chatterbox and why her dad's nickname is "Burrito." We also invite you to be part of our family fun by sharing your prank ideas for future episodes. Plus, get excited for an extended episode this weekend where we promise more engaging and light-hearted antics. Stick around, because this journey is filled with unbreakable love, resilience, and a hearty dose of humor.
Good evening, morning, afternoon coffee. Welcome to another episode of A Contagious Smile, Unstoppable. This is going to be probably one of the most intense, yet exciting, yet celebratory buckle up. Trigger warning this is an all all for all episode today. This is an amazing day for so many reasons. We have my husband here, who is actually awake because, for those that heard our other episode, Faith filled in for you because she said you were examining the inside of your eyelids. So we have some amazing, amazing news, and one thing you know about us is we are not scripted, so we had a pretty important day today. You want to tell everybody kind of sort of what happened Without saying names. You take too long. You're saying I'm kind of sort of what happened Without saying names you take too long.
Speaker 1:You're saying I'm big-winded and I talk too much.
Speaker 2:I got a chance of a lifetime to adopt best little girl. Faith is now mine.
Speaker 1:Didn't you already already consider her? Yes?
Speaker 2:she was my little squiggly back then and it's just a proven fact now that she is my little squiggly, so she has my last name and she was ecstatic, y'all and you know, sitting in the judge's chambers in the back there dang, the windows were open and you know, here it is.
Speaker 1:There were no windows February or in the chambers.
Speaker 2:The pollen must have got in and, you know, got in my eyes I have it recorded. But Arlo, faith, she read a poem, she said Faith, she read a poem, she said no, she wrote a poem. Your Honor, do you mind if I read this? He said go ahead.
Speaker 1:No, he said I would be honored.
Speaker 2:Excuse me Y'all, we're getting over the flu here for the past. That my husband brought home for me. So yes, Continue. She read the poem.
Speaker 1:That she wrote.
Speaker 2:And it was beautiful. It made the judges day. I'm going to laugh from this podcast.
Speaker 1:You'll be fine. I keep coughing. You have fluid over there, so he got a little emotional, very sweet.
Speaker 2:Any man would dad, would Not any dad they, they better would my bio dad it's a piece of.
Speaker 1:So we not only did that, but a little surprise at the end this is going to be great.
Speaker 2:Now, why don't you say it? Because it was your surprise and her surprise.
Speaker 1:So in the in the um order order. Well, request was made. Not only that, but she's changed her name like not just her last name on the download, but she's still gonna go by faith. Everybody who knows her will know her as Faith. As my husband clears out your ear pods, everybody will still know her as Faith. She's changing her first name and her last name and something of a little gift came for them out of a request.
Speaker 2:So the POS? Okay, piece of shit. Biological was removed from her birth certificate and I was put in the place where you belong as birth father, y'all. That was just just. I did not expect that in a million years and it's just um, it's just freaking awesome and uh, faith, she didn't know about it, I guess she did not um, you know she was so happy coming out of there.
Speaker 1:She did not, you know she was so happy coming out of there. She was clear on everybody's throat.
Speaker 2:She came out of that after we took a picture in the courtroom with us and the judge and the seal of the state behind us. She come out of the courtroom and howled like a wolf. It was hilarious.
Speaker 1:It was so cute.
Speaker 2:And then she gave me a big old dad hug and, uh, you know it may not seem like a lot to some people, but to be adopted when you know you really didn't have a bio father to begin with or who abused you, um, you know this is a big deal and, excuse me, you know this is a chance to erase some of that, that negativity, uh, that negative past of our daughter and and that's what she's looking forward to, you know a clean start, a fresh start.
Speaker 1:So you can't talk drink your drink, which is great, and my little sassy child says does that mean I get two birthdays a year? Since I had, and I was born today as a new person, do I get two birthdays a year? And so to know, you know, I know so many people know our backstory. But to survive the domestic violence and I went through it when I was pregnant my husband went with me and went with me for my TPO and my permanent restraining order and there is a period of time where they walked into the restroom and I have no idea what happened and to this day I don't know. It's like the seven wonders of the world for me.
Speaker 1:But my ex hated my husband. I mean like absolutely despised Michael, and now he will end up somehow getting notified somehow that he's off the birth certificate because of a few different factors that I'm sure he's going to find out. I'm sure he's going to be side himself amongst his other 19 personalities, or my cyber stalker probably let that leak out, I guess. Um, interesting that I have a cyber stalker. Um, chat about that for just a second. Uh, you know, when you go online and you and you look and it gives suggested people that should follow you or things you have in common. It does that because it tries to pair you with people that either watch you or is taking an interest in what you do. And what is ironic in a weird outlandish way is the fact that my smoke burn down has constantly been coming in, but yet his profiles as if it's no surprise has no posts on it. They are private, but everybody he follows looks like they could be his granddaughter on the porn-like realm. That's where they would follow, not all, but 99.999% of them, and at first I was like, no, that's not him. But I was getting literally notification daily of here, suck on one of these gummies so you won't keep coughing everybody's ears. Yes, I was getting notifications daily that this name was coming up. When I looked, I saw a couple of the people that'd be that .00001% that he knew, that I knew, he knew. And so, ironically enough, there you go, knew. And so, ironically enough, there you
Speaker 1:go. And I think and I have been told by so many people that have read the nightlife, who's their prequel? How nice I've been because I did redact faces, I did redact email addresses. Uh, but you can't fake evidence, you can't fake proof, and there is more than enough. I think Michael can tell you for what we put in there. How much more did I not? How much did I not put in Right, like what, would you say? Oh, you're being nice. I mean, you're talking about hundreds and hundreds of other documents, pictures, photographs, emails, whatever that I chose not to put in there for one reason, and I kept even the geographics out of it. But they have like a cyber and you know I do thank them for what they have. We're gonna have so much crap given to us about this.
Speaker 2:Um, don't, since I interrupted y'all go to amazon and pick my second book, so to speak. Amazon and picking my second book, so to speak. Who's there? You will see and read that these narcissists, they still want to have control, even though you may be out of their life. So he may be looking for an end or something to hold over her head right now. Okay, and it's just the nature of the beast for these people. So what do you do? Do you block them? Do you get rid of them? Do you?
Speaker 1:The greatest revenge is success, and I don't risk revenge on anyone because I've had people lined up wanting idiot's name and I've never given it out. I mean, you and I both know some people that really wanted the name and I and I didn't provide it because it's not mine to give. I mean, I'm human and I like to hear about the aftermath, but it won't be at my hand, I'll have nothing to do with it, and so you know, knowing that you're saying.
Speaker 1:That's some acdc nerdy deeds I think so, but knowing that they had something to do with knowing him and putting him in my life makes it even harder than the fact that now I really really love your opinion on how you feel about how they treated your dog.
Speaker 2:Another piece of shit, excuse me y'all. Um, like I said, we you know, you give us. We've had the flu and it's this. This nagging cough will not go away yet. Um, my daughter and I still have it and, um, victoria here has a little bit, but she's so much of a survivor that she knocked out the flu in like two days or, as it's taken me, like a week.
Speaker 1:But also, you know people might not know that you've known me 20 plus years and you've known my bios for 20 plus years and you saw firsthand how they treated. Not just I'm not talking about me, but I'm talking about Faith, you know. You saw how they were. We've been no contact because of this. Now the one that hurts me is the fact that you have seen my bio dad a dozen times easily safe number and running into him, and this was after we almost lost faith and he knew even after you lost your arm well, it's not about me.
Speaker 2:I know that no, but still your granddaughter. She's the granddaughter, and yet they don't ask about you. How's your, your arm? How are you doing after the surgery? Uh, after the loss? How's how's our daughter doing after?
Speaker 1:you know, fighting the reaper, you know and then we ran into them one time and they didn't even want to speak or speak to me. They wouldn't even look at us, they literally just turned the other way and did everything they could to not even acknowledge our existence. And that's just sad, you know. But I've had a lot of people ask me I'm going to ask you because he didn't know this was coming and so I'm going gonna throw this at him. I've had a lot of people ask me what would michael say after the adoption goes through to that piece of shit if he was listening?
Speaker 2:she's mine, she's always been mine. She was never yours. I've always been the dead and you've always been the piece of shit.
Speaker 1:No warning about anything.
Speaker 2:No, there's no more warning. How many times you got to tell somebody stay off your grass, right, one time's enough. My fault, he didn't listen.
Speaker 1:You know, he really dislikes you. I don't care, I don't care. You're very protective, Yep you'll see. What does that mean? You'll?
Speaker 2:see what's that mean? I'm a quiet guy Since when you got the big mouth.
Speaker 1:Oh, really, really. Yes, I have the big mouth.
Speaker 2:Yes, and you know you always watch out for the quiet ones.
Speaker 1:I am the quiet one.
Speaker 2:No, you're not. I don't believe you would say I am. You have a no, you always talk, and our daughter would tell you that is so not true.
Speaker 1:That is not true. And you know what? Because of that, I'm going to bring her in here. Who are you more scared of? Oh, she'll openly say who's her mom. No, she'll openly say, yeah, I'm calling her right now. Mr Fancy Hands Coughing your head off, go ahead.
Speaker 2:So y'all be sure to go on Amazon and pick up the first book who Kicked First and then the prequel Dark Dark. Who's they?
Speaker 1:Come in here real quick, we're on air.
Speaker 2:You can type in Victoria Curie on Amazon.
Speaker 1:He's spilling his mouth.
Speaker 2:I think she's up to like 41 books right now.
Speaker 1:Come on in Hurry up.
Speaker 2:Pick up those two books. Learn about narcissism in the second book. It'll really open your eyes. You may have one in your family, my loved one, and you know. All these years you just was and hey, oh, that's, that's just some kebab or that's just dad, you know. And then you kind of find out, hey, this is the characteristics of a narcissist oh yeah, here's here's my daughter.
Speaker 1:Here's Faith, my daughter. So we have a couple questions. Say hi, everybody Give me a hug daughter. So we were talking and I told him how you know you filled in for him, since he was watching the inside of his eyelids. He says that I have a big mouth and he's the quiet one.
Speaker 2:Why you talk, I talk, who are?
Speaker 1:you? Yeah, because I asked him if there was something he would want to say. I had listeners that asked Faith. I had listeners that asked if he could give a message to idiot. Now that there is an adoption finished and we told everybody you're staying by the name of faith. What would he say? And he was like you have to be ready and you know for the quiet ones, because it's the quiet ones you have to worry about. And I was like he's not quiet. What do you have to say? Yeah, he does jaw jack.
Speaker 1:All the time he says I have a big mouth and I never stop talking and if there was a message you would like to say to idiot, I'll give you that opportunity. No F-bombs. You deserve this Trigger warning ahead of time, just in case you may say whatever you want, without that kind of profanity.
Speaker 2:You've earned this that asshole has nothing on me now. That's what I said, damn it. It's cuter yes, it is and what else it could not be kept down, that's right.
Speaker 1:what else? Crickets not good kept down. He could not be kept down, that's right. That's right. What else?
Speaker 2:Crickets not good From all I can follow no matter what yeah.
Speaker 1:It was a good day right Incredible, incredible. Listen to this. He's blaring out people's eardrums. I know. Even when he snores he's loud and he says I have a big mouth. No, yeah, that's what he says. No, yeah, Should you be worried about me or dad you?
Speaker 2:Well see, she said him.
Speaker 1:No, I said you.
Speaker 2:Because him is the quiet one. No, Mom, Mom's not the quiet one. Yes, she is. Have you met Mom? I had a night. You didn't want to talk to her. Mom's got a big mouth. You can't talk to me. Let's uh cut Commercial. Do we have commercial? No, I'm going to cough up a lot here. Okay, you're done Out. Goodbye. Exit stage left.
Speaker 1:Exit stage up.
Speaker 2:She's so damn cute.
Speaker 1:She's my daddy.
Speaker 2:Don't forget to subscribe. Wow, and that's her face.
Speaker 1:So they have these nicknames for each other and I think it's hilarious. And so, for those who don't know, my husband liked previously to swim the stream of dirty waters and so because of that, and he likes Mexican food my daughter has come up with naming him. People take that the wrong way, but she calls him Burrito, and it has to do with the fact that he likes Mexican food. Now, remember, in all fairness, that you know, faith is, even though she is legal age, mentally she's still not, and so when she's saying it she does mean the food. She's not being inappropriate. So I just want to clarify that for people who might be like what the hell is that?
Speaker 1:So she also put out a request. I will tell you, babe. She asked everybody to do her a solid favor. She asked everybody to do her a solid favor and anyone who has any good prank ideas to let her know, because she wants them here but I have to approve them first, so you have to send them to me no, you don't and yes, so you have to send them to me.
Speaker 1:No you don't. And then she got all over my Because she's like look how many texts you have, you haven't even gone through yet, plus emails. I'm busy Okay, I'm busy, and I don't ever get to take time off, so I go through emails and text and stuff every day. I don't just sit around and eat, bomb bombs and sew and whatever it is, because that would drive me. We do go and do all this Speaking of, we have.
Speaker 1:Within a week, we're reeling out our new online course on how to podcast incredibly exciting and we will have a lot of following. It will be a one cool thing, and so if you wanted to learn how and you want to learn the ins and outs take advantage of the thousands of not only dollars but hours I put in to training and learning what works and what doesn't work, and how to, and what and when and where to make your podcast successful then feel free to look out for our new announcement of the upcoming class so that you can enroll and learn how to make your voice matter, unlike my husband's who's yakking his up and then in a minute he's going to say he can't paint because the smell is going to make him cough For your earbuds and eardrums and all of that.
Speaker 2:Sorry listeners, appreciate y'all coming out and joining us today tonight.
Speaker 1:Do you have it in you to take us out, since it's probably the shortest podcast in history, do you?
Speaker 2:have it in you to take us out, since it's probably the shortest podcast in history. Oh man, my happy father. I knew it was mine all along. I've told her for years now that she's my little Quigley, my little leftover. It's fun.
Speaker 1:What.
Speaker 2:It's awful, awful.
Speaker 1:It's awful right. Does it say you're my leftover? Yeah, squiggly, Think how many sperm come out, and then that's the one that wins.
Speaker 2:I think there's millions, right, it could be billions, I don't know, a million, I don't remember.
Speaker 1:If she said I'll read my comment. Okay, many times you would know this. Okay, go ahead.
Speaker 2:So it's a happy day for me and her and my wife, who made all this possible, and I thanked her with a forehead kiss and a good hug, because you know that's one of the greatest gifts my wife's given me beside her heart. You know that's one of the greatest gifts my wife's given me Beside her heart, man.
Speaker 1:And again I apologize for my sickness on air and there's no pollen in this room, but yet you're all teary-eyed. No, that's straightened, no.
Speaker 2:So thank y'all for listening to this very short episode on this glorious day. Y'all come back for more. We'll do another longer podcast this week, this weekend. Forget it's Thursday. I can tell you to smile unstoppable, awesome, sexy, lovely.
Speaker 1:Who actually wore a dress.
Speaker 2:Yeah, she was hot and yeah, we'll get back. Actually wore a dress. Yeah, she was hot and yeah, we'll get back and we're going to do another show. Okay, y'all email us those pranks that my wife mentioned, and then don't forget to jump on Amazon and look at those books by Victoria Curie. Bye, y'all.
