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life?","meta_box":{"show_notes":"","transcript_url":"https:\/\/transcript.familylifetoday.com\/fl2010-07-14.pdf","transcript_content":"<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>Since the release of the movie <em>The Blind Side<\/em>, a lot of people have expressed their respect and admiration for what Michael Oher\u2019s parents, Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy did for him.\u00a0 Sean says, \u201cNot so fast.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Sean:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>We get a lot of credit for the kid that he became.\u00a0 The truth is that\u2019s who he was supposed to become.\u00a0 I mean, he was always athletic.\u00a0 He was always talented.\u00a0 He was always incredibly intelligent.\u00a0 We didn\u2019t do anything to facilitate that, and that\u2019s what people need to know out there, \u201cWell, this kid\u2019s on hard times, you really need to help.\u201d\u00a0 You don\u2019t need to help them.\u00a0 They\u2019re great kids!\u00a0 All you need to do is facilitate what they\u2019re supposed to become.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>This is <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> for Wednesday, July 14<sup>th<\/sup>.\u00a0 Our host is the President of FamilyLife Dennis Rainey, and I\u2019m Bob Lepine.\u00a0 We\u2019ll hear today how God used Leigh Anne and Sean Tuohy to help mold the life of their son, Michael Oher.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd welcome to <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>, thanks for joining us.\u00a0 Can you even imagine somebody knocking on your door and say, \u201cWe\u2019d like to make a movie of your story.\u201d\u00a0 And you go, \u201cExcuse me?!\u201d\u00a0 I mean that\u2019s got to be almost surreal for that kind of thing to happen!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>And yet it did happen to Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy, and they join us on <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>.\u00a0 Sean, Leigh Anne, welcome to <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Leigh Anne:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>Thank you!\u00a0 Thank you for having us.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>Little movie called <em>The Blind Side<\/em>;\u00a0 what did you guys think when they came to you wanting to make a movie about how you had taken a young man, 16 years old, into your home off the streets and ultimately adopted him.\u00a0 What was your first thought as they came to you wanting to\u2026?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Sean:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>Well, it\u2019s an interesting process, and obviously, it\u2019s not one we had any experience with, so that part of it was kind of interesting.\u00a0 What happened was that a good friend of mine, a famous author named Michael Lewis, fell upon Michael\u2019s story.\u00a0 He was in our house; it\u2019s a long story, but he decided to write a book and we said, \u201cNo, you can\u2019t,\u201d and we found out it doesn\u2019t matter what you say, people are going to write what they want to write.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>So he went ahead and wrote the book?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Sean:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>He did and we became real cooperative.\u00a0 We figured if he was going to write it, let\u2019s do it as accurate as\u2026\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Sean:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>And he did.\u00a0 He did a great job, and did a wonderful deal.\u00a0 Actually, two days before the book came out is when we got the book.\u00a0 We never saw a word of the book until the day before you guys got it at the book store.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd that afternoon, he called and said, \u201cThis book is out and it\u2019s gotten a lot of buzz and they\u2019re going to sell the movie rights tonight.\u201d\u00a0 And I went, \u201cSo?\u201d, and he\u2019s says, \u201cWell, no, you have to have an interest in that.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd then I went, \u201cWhy?\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u201cWell, because they want to use your name.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo we were a little bit involved in that first process, but it was kind of interesting when they say, \u201cYou have a conference call\u201d and Steven Spielberg gets on and all these people, and you go, \u201cWhat?!\u201d\u00a0 I was sitting out in front of the sandwich shop trying to turn my lights on with a pair of pliers.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t(laughter)\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI\u2019m not exactly sure I\u2019m qualified for this round table we\u2019ve got going!\u00a0 So, the easy part of it then was, well, Michael Lewis had written 13 books, and all of them had sold for movie rights, and none of them have been made a movie.\u00a0 In fact, my wife talked last night and she explained to those people that Michael Lewis\u2019 last words to us were, \u201cDon\u2019t worry they\u2019ll never make this into a movie!\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t(laughter)\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo, the process was very easy because he assured us it was never going to happen.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>So it just seemed like a simple matter at that point?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Sean:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>Yes, it was nothing!\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 But then? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Sean:<\/strong>\u00a0 Two years later was when, all of a sudden, it started bubbling and then when Sandra Bullock called Leigh Anne and said, \u201cI\u2019m in your driveway.\u00a0 Can you open the door?\u201d\u00a0 Then we said, \u201cUh-oh.\u00a0 Something\u2019s going to happen here.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>Leigh Anne, what was that like?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Leigh Anne:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>Well, can you imagine?\u00a0 We\u2019d heard all kinds of names.\u00a0 We heard it was going to be, Julia Roberts, and it was going to be this person, that person, and we really had discounted it by that point.\u00a0 We thought it wasn\u2019t going to happen because, as Michael Lewis said, \u201cAll these books of mine sold to become movies.\u00a0 They\u2019ve never become a movie.\u00a0 It will even get some legs, the ball will start rolling, but it will crash at some point and not happen.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo we literally took him for his word on that.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Sean:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>He lied by the way.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Leigh Anne:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>He did lie!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t(laughter)\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Sean:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>That was just a flake.\u00a0 He didn\u2019t intend to lie, but it was a lie!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Leigh Anne:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>It was a lie.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t(laughter)\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>Well, it\u2019s a great story, just about, I think, a courageous couple.\u00a0 And, here on our broadcast, we love to tell stories about people who express courageous faith and step out and trust God in unimaginable ways.\u00a0 This certainly is one of those ways.\u00a0 Taking a young man off the streets, ultimately adopting him and, obviously, the story that came from that, but I want to back all the way up to the homes that you grew up in briefly, and we\u2019ll begin with you, Sean.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tYou\u2019re dad was a basketball coach, and was just barely making it.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Sean:<\/strong>\u00a0 Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 You came from a pretty modest family growing up.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Sean:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>Well, I like to say I was closer to the poor people than I was to the richer people.\u00a0 We certainly had enough to feed and we had a nice house over our heads, but it was never enough seeming to get where we wanted to go.\u00a0 But we all seemed to be happy\u2026\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>Well, I got to interrupt you there, because you played basketball, you hold the assist record still at Ole Miss I believe that\u2019s correct\u2026\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Sean:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>Well if we\u2019re getting braggadocios here, I actually hold it for the entire SEC.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>Oh, really?!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Sean:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>Yes.\u00a0 When you only have one thing you\u2019re known for\u2026\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Leigh Anne:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>You hold several of them, actually.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Sean:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>\u00a0It\u2019s my only thing left, so I got a shirt that says it on the back so if you like to have one, I give them out.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t(laughter)\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>I\u2019ll pass on the shirt, that\u2019s OK.\u00a0 But here\u2019s what I read in a book you guys are putting out.\u00a0 You shared how you used to shoot free throws\u2026you said you\u2019d make 50 of them in a row?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Sean:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>Well, whatever it took.\u00a0 I mean, whatever the bet would be I\u2019d put that number out there.\u00a0 I always seemed to be a quarter short of what I wanted to do for lunch and you get tired of begging for it.\u00a0 So I\u2019d just sometimes work for it and everybody seemed to fall victim to it.\u00a0 I was probably in sixth, seventh, eighth grade.\u00a0 Whatever they said, I could probably end up doing it, and so I did it.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>That\u2019s how you got your lunch a lot of times?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Sean:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>Sometimes.\u00a0 I had no risk.\u00a0 If I missed, it wasn\u2019t like I was going to give them anything, so I didn\u2019t have a whole lot of pressure on me.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>So, if you had to 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gym.\u00a0 No matter how old I was, two, three, four, all the way up to I was, you know, 15, I saw him every day for four to five hours a day, and people don\u2019t get to do that.\u00a0 Some do, and when they do they know it, and when they don\u2019t, they know it.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI was fortunate and unfortunate.\u00a0 I had both sides of it growing up.\u00a0 And the bad thing is I can recognize it faster than most people.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Leigh Anne, you had a bit different experience.\u00a0 You had a pretty intense father as well, and it didn\u2019t sound like your mom was light lunch, either.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Leigh Anne:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>No, both of my parents were very\u2026there was no grey area in our house; everything was black and white.\u00a0 You don\u2019t drink and you don\u2019t get drunk; and you don\u2019t speed and you don\u2019t get a speeding ticket.\u00a0 We had a lot of guidelines in our house to follow.\u00a0 They were both very strict with us which was\u2026it was always on a loving manner.\u00a0 It was never harsh or uncaring or anything like that.\u00a0 They were both very loving parents but they required a good bit out of us and we rose to the occasion.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>Share with our listeners what your dad did.\u00a0 I found that extremely fascinating.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Leigh Anne:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>Well, he stole his brother\u2019s birth certificate, first of all, and joined the military early.\u00a0 He joined the military when he was 16.\u00a0 They didn\u2019t realize it until he was 19 when at 19, he said, \u201cGuess what?\u00a0 This really isn\u2019t my real name.\u00a0 I\u2019m not Wesley Roberts, I\u2019m Stanley Charles Roberts.\u201d\u00a0 And so, they were very perplexed that he had been in the military three years when he wasn\u2019t supposed to be there.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd then, he had a military career, and then he retired from that, and he was the youngest policeman ever hired on the Jackson, Tennessee police force, and he just did that for a couple of years and then John F. Kennedy appointed him United States Marshal.\u00a0 So he was one of the first marshals when they did this revamping of the United States Marshals program in 1960.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tHe loved what he did and he was a don\u2019t-mess-around kind of guy, but yet, everything he did as far as family was always done in a very loving manner.\u00a0 But he was a very by the rules kind of guy, and you knew what he expected of you.\u00a0 I was just one of those that never wanted to disappoint him.\u00a0 I always wanted to do what he expected of me.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>Well, our broadcasts are about authentic Christians and about people living real life.\u00a0 What I want to do is go back to the genesis on how you two got together, and I want to ask the head cheerleader over here at Ole Miss, Leigh Anne.\u00a0 Were you impressed with his behind the back passes?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Sean:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>She stalked me.\u00a0 It was just she stalked me.\u00a0 She did, outside the dorm\u2026\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>I knew it was going to be that case, I could tell!\u00a0 There was a gleam in her eye as she walked in here.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Sean:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>The whole, \u201cDon\u2019t let that\u2026\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>\u2026still be stalking you, here!\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t(laughter)\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tHow did you guys meet, Leigh Anne, and when were you first attracted to him?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Leigh Anne:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>Sean hit a bucket, a free throw.\u00a0 We were playing Alabama in Oxford and there was like one second left or something.\u00a0 He hit like two free throws to ice the game and there was a huge campus celebration.\u00a0 They were ranked. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe were at one of the fraternity houses.\u00a0 I was a little sister to it, and we were over there after the game.\u00a0 This is an actual true story. He came in with his girlfriend\u2019s little sister.\u00a0 She went to a private school up east and the family was in town to watch Sean play basketball, and all I knew was that he was the guy that made the free throws to win the game.\u00a0 So I just bounced up to him and said, \u201cOh, I\u2019m so glad we won.\u00a0 You did a great job.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Sean:<\/strong>\u00a0 No, no, no.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Leigh Anne:<\/strong>\u00a0 And I gave him a little kiss\u2026\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t(laughter)\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Sean:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>Yes, she jumped in my arms\u2026\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>Did she?!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Sean:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong><strong>\u2026<\/strong>and gave me a kiss.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>Seriously?!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Sean:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>A big one!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>In front of your girlfriend\u2019s parents?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>On the cheek?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Sean:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>No!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Leigh Anne:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>And I just turned around and left\u2026\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Sean:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>And then <em>left<\/em>!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Leigh Anne:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>I didn\u2019t even know what his last name was.\u00a0 I just knew he was the guy with the cute legs who hit the free throw!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Sean:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>I had some explaining to do!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t(laughter)\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI told my girlfriend\u2019s little sister, who I\u2019m sure was going to call her sister who was up east at school, I turned to her and said, \u201cI promise you.\u00a0 I do not know who that is!\u201d\u00a0 Now, what I didn\u2019t tell her is that I\u2019m going to find out!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t(laugher)\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBut, sometimes it\u2019s harder to tell the truth.\u00a0 I should\u2019ve just come up with a good lie because I wasn\u2019t very convincing, but it was the truth.\u00a0 I had no clue who she was.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>Must have been a good kiss!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Sean: <\/strong>No question about it!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t(laughter)\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>You\u2019re looking at me with a steely look, right now!\u00a0 You can remember it like it was yesterday!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Sean:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>Well, I\u2019m not sure I\u2019ve had one since, the only thing I\u2019m worried about!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t(laughter)\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>Now there\u2019s another steely look occurring!\u00a0 It\u2019s not at me!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Sean:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>That\u2019s why I\u2019m looking at you guys, not her!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>So how long before you asked her out?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Sean:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>Soon.\u00a0 Well, I hunted her down that night.\u00a0 I mean, are you kidding?\u00a0 I\u2019m not that stupid.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t(laughter)\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI wasn\u2019t going to let that go!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>You\u2019ve made the free throw, and you were afraid you might miss in a week?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Sean:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>I mean it was my only chance!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>That\u2019s right!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Sean:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>You know you don\u2019t get opportunities.\u00a0 You talk about risk I had a <em>huge <\/em>risk if I didn\u2019t find out who she was.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>It all of a sudden occurs to me, Leigh Anne, why did you do that?\u00a0 I mean, why in the world\u2026?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Leigh Anne:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>I\u2019m a very touchy, lovey, huggy, feely person!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>But I made some free throws in my life!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Leigh Anne:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>Not to beat Alabama and before a packed house!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>No, that\u2019s true, that\u2019s true!\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>Nobody\u2019s ever run up and kissed you?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>No!\u00a0 No!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t(laughter)\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Leigh Anne:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>Thank goodness it wasn\u2019t the quarterback for a touchdown because he did not turn out to be much!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Sean:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>There you go!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>There you go!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Sean:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>That\u2019s how deep our relationship started!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t(laughter)\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo if the football team had been good, I would have never met her!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>So when he came back around that night and said, \u201cSo what\u2019s your name?\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Leigh Anne:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>I don\u2019t remember that part.\u00a0 The next thing I remember is we were flying to Tennessee.\u00a0 We had a Tennessee road game and we were next to each other on the airplane and chatted a good bit.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWhen we got back to Oxford, I remember him saying, \u201cLet me drive you back to the dorm.\u201d\u00a0 And we sat in front of the dorm and talked until probably five o\u2019clock in the morning. We had a lot of common interests and really started talking and then within probably a month we were going out.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd that was sophomore year, and then we graduated May fifth and got married June 12<sup>th<\/sup>, 1982.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>Do you think, if you had married the quarterback on the football team, you think you\u2019d ever adopted Michael?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Leigh Anne<\/strong>:\u00a0 Oh, gosh, I have no earthly idea.\u00a0 Probably not, I don\u2019t know.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>I mean, I just wondered how the two of you have fueled one another in what you pursued together as a couple.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Leigh Anne:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>Your earlier question that Sean answered I think kind of correlates to this one.\u00a0 I think once you do something in your life like this, it\u2019s very infectious. Once you give and you feel the ramifications of what you have done, it\u2019s like you can\u2019t do it enough.\u00a0 And that\u2019s kind of where we are with this giving and it\u2019s the same situation as with my and Sean\u2019s relationship.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe have many things in common, and once you start doing something, you really do it because you know it\u2019s the right thing, and you see people\u2019s reactions.\u00a0 That is the most euphoric thing to know that there are people who are immensely intelligent and immensely talented, and that all they needed was the same opportunities that we\u2019re afforded every day.\u00a0 When you make those opportunities available to them, it changes their lives.\u00a0 And that is such an amazing feeling, and really, we\u2019re all charged to do that.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI mean, the Bible is very specific about taking care of the widows and the orphans.\u00a0 We challenge people because once you do something\u2026I mean, Sean says it so eloquently.\u00a0 We are much more in tune with the people that put five dollars in the Salvation Army red bucket and do it with a happy heart than the people that write a million dollar check to Haiti because their publicist told them to do it.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tYou just don\u2019t get the same feeling.\u00a0 When you give of yourself and you see the results of it, you want to continue to do it.\u00a0 It\u2019s just something that you just look to see, \u201cWhat can I do next?\u201d\u00a0 And we both are very passionate about that.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>You two have done quite well in business in the Memphis area.\u00a0 Sean, you own a number of franchises all over Memphis.\u00a0 Yet, early in your marriage when you started out, as I read your book, it sounded like you guys were\u2026\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Leigh Anne:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>Poor.\u00a0 Dirt poor!\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>Dirt poor.\u00a0 That was the phrase I was going to use.\u00a0 Yet, at that time, people were helping you?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Sean:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>You heard of a group of students who needed medical checkups and it only costs like twelve bucks or something.\u00a0 Share with our listeners what you guys did because this story of giving goes all the way back to the beginnings of your marriage when you had nothing.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Sean:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>Well, I think we were both raised by givers, and we talked about that earlier.\u00a0 I don\u2019t think there\u2019s a bigger giver than a school teacher.\u00a0 I mean, I think because they\u2019re not doing it for the money, so why are they doing it?\u00a0 Well they\u2019re doing it because that\u2019s in their heart. And then policemen are probably the next ones, if not more.\u00a0 They put their lives on the line it sure isn\u2019t for the money.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>Right.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Sean:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>You know, if you talk about getting paid for your risk, the policemen would be the richest people in the world.\u00a0 So I think we just happened to be raised by two sets of parents that were natural givers.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tShe\u2019s like that now!\u00a0 I tease that I\u2019ve got to come up with a charity that she doesn\u2019t recognize and I\u2019m going to submit it so she\u2019ll send me money (chuckles), because if not, I\u2019m not getting any of this.\u00a0 She gives away faster than we can get it.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo I got three charities just socked in a drawer that I\u2019m going to come up with, and she\u2019ll do it!\u00a0 She\u2019ll send me the money!\u00a0 No problem.\u00a0 At least I\u2019ll get some of it back!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t(laughter)\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI got this thing figured out!\u00a0 And she was like that earlier.\u00a0 She was giving away money we didn\u2019t have!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Leigh Anne:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>But he didn\u2019t ever say no.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Sean:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>Like I had a chance!\u00a0 You know, when you marry over your head, you do a lot of things that you really don\u2019t think you\u2019re going to do in the front end.\u00a0 You\u2019re glad you do them when it\u2019s over\u2026\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>So you\u2019re saying she\u2019s pulled you along in this area, son?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Sean:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>No question about it.\u00a0 There\u2019s no question about it?\u00a0 I mean, I\u2019ve been the ATM machine now, don\u2019t get me wrong.\u00a0 She hits a bunch of buttons and all of a sudden she\u2019s where she needs to be. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t(laughter) \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBut she\u2019s the most aggressive in it, and she\u2019s right.\u00a0 It\u2019s infectious.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI mean, taking in Michael!\u00a0 I would have driven right past him.\u00a0 I\u2019d have driven right past him.\u00a0 I mean, we all were hungry.\u00a0 We were going to get breakfast.\u00a0 And she\u2019s the one who whispered in my ear, loudly, \u201cTurn around.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tNow, I was glad to do it when we did it.\u00a0 I don\u2019t recognize it probably as fast as she does. And even when Michael came into the house we get a lot of credit for the kid that he became.\u00a0 The truth is that\u2019s who he was supposed to become.\u00a0 We didn\u2019t do anything to facilitate that.\u00a0 That\u2019s what people need to know out there well, this kid\u2019s on hard times. You really need to help.\u00a0 You don\u2019t need to help them.\u00a0 They\u2019re great kids!\u00a0 All you need to do is facilitate what they\u2019re supposed to become.\u00a0\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tHe was always athletic.\u00a0 He was always talented.\u00a0 He was always incredibly intelligent.\u00a0 So, all we did was allow those things to happen and we\u2019d be surprised how many of those kids that on the end don\u2019t come out with that.\u00a0 Well, it\u2019s just because they didn\u2019t become the people they were supposed to become.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd so, she\u2019s done a nice job of making me feel that whatever task we take on, A:\u00a0 we\u2019ve probably already done it, so don\u2019t worry about it. And B:\u00a0 if we don\u2019t have the money, it will show up.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThat\u2019s what happened.\u00a0 Yes the school had some kids that needed medical and she raised her hand and said, \u201cWe\u2019ll do it.\u201d\u00a0 And I\u2019m sitting there going, \u201cWe\u2019ll do it but how are going to buy dinner?\u201d\u00a0 It just all comes to works. It all works out.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>I want you to comment on this, Leigh Anne, because marriage is a partnership.\u00a0 It\u2019s a set of two people who each possess gifts they bring into a relationship, and what happens in a lot of marriages is a husband can begin to resent a wife who is really strong and stout and pulling him into something that initially he may not get and may even resent.\u00a0 What coaching would you have for a wife who is passionate about some areas like you are so that, together as a couple, they can share like you guys are today?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Leigh Anne:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>Well, Sean saw like a fox.\u00a0 I mean he makes me think that I\u2019m the big cheese but the bottom line is everybody knows exactly where the buck stops.\u00a0 I do have a domineering personality.\u00a0 I mean, I think women by nature\u2026\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Sean:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>Boy, is that an understatement!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t(laughter)\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI was waiting to see if you would add to that.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>You\u2019re a strong woman, aren\u2019t you?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Leigh Anne:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>Yes.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Sean:<\/strong>\u00a0 Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Leigh Anne:<\/strong>\u00a0 I am a Southern strong woman.\u00a0 The higher my hair is to God, the happier I am, and the whole nine bits for me!\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t(laughter)\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBut honestly there\u2019s nothing I want to do that I don\u2019t want him with me.\u00a0 So my only advice to them would be your husband always needs to be your best friend.\u00a0 Everything that you do, they need to be included, and we\u2019re one of these that we just think we need to be\u2026if something happens to Sean, he calls me immediately.\u00a0 If something happens to me, I call him immediately.\u00a0 We\u2019re the first people we want to talk to.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe just feel like we\u2019re so unqualified to answer questions like that.\u00a0 We\u2019re getting asked all these questions, and I told Sean, I said, \u201cI feel totally unqualified to answer questions like that because I just don\u2019t understand how we got to this position, that people think we have a voice of authority.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBut with that, I certainly am going to try to do the right thing and be a steward of the Message. But there\u2019s always got to be submission on some part.\u00a0 I\u2019m very guilty of not letting that happen and when I get too much to the right, he\u2019ll have a hook and pull me back in.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>Well, I\u2019ve got a feeling, as we were driving to do the interview, I turned to Bob and I said, \u201cYou know, it kind of looks to me like some of the things they\u2019ve been through have prepared them for some of the limelight they\u2019re sharing.\u00a0 Not that anyone\u2019s prepared for it the way you guys have been hit with it.\u00a0 But as I was thinking about your lives and again I want to say yes, I understand the idea that you\u2019re normal.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tYou have an authentic life you\u2019re living.\u00a0 You\u2019re not perfect.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBut you\u2019re practicing something that is spoken of in Galatians chapter 6.\u00a0 It says, \u201cAnd let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season, we will reap if we do not give up.\u00a0 So then, as we have opportunity,\u201d that\u2019s the key thing, \u201cas we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone and especially to those who are of the household of faith.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThat\u2019s what you guys have done and I think that\u2019s what more and more families need to be doing today.\u00a0 We just need to show up in life, and to do good to people where God\u2019s planted us.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>And have a predisposition toward giving.\u00a0 I mean, to have the mindset that we ought to be proactive, thinking ahead about where might I have any opportunity today to give?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tYou guys have addressed this in a book that has just come out that you\u2019ve written called <em>In a Heartbeat<\/em>, sharing the power of cheerful giving.\u00a0 I think it\u2019s a book that all of us need to be challenged by, frankly, to just stop and consider, \u201cHow can I be more a part of what God is doing through giving?\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe\u2019re making the book available this month to listeners who contact us and are able to give.\u00a0 Make a donation of any amount to help support the ministry of <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>.\u00a0 And if you\u2019re a new listener to <em>FamilyLIfe Today<\/em>, if you haven\u2019t been with us very long, we\u2019re listener supported.\u00a0 The program is on the air because of the generosity of folks who listen and who call in from time to time, or go on our website and make an occasional donation, and we appreciate those of you who have done that in the past.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAgain, this month, if you can help with a donation of any amount, ask for a copy of Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy\u2019s new book, <em>In a Heartbeat<\/em>.\u00a0 We\u2019re happy to send it to you as our thank you gift to you for your support of this ministry.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIf you\u2019re making your donation online at FamilyLifeToday.com, just type the word \u201cHEARTBEAT\u201d in the key code box on the online donation form so we know to send the right book to you.\u00a0 Again, the word \u201cHEARTBEAT\u201d in the key code box on the online donation form at FamilyLifeToday.com, or call 1-800-FL-TODAY.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tMake a donation over the phone, a donation of any amount, and ask for a copy of Sean and Leigh Anne\u2019s book, and again, we\u2019re happy to send it out to you.\u00a0 We hope God will use it to challenge you to not grow weary in well-doing, but to keep on sowing and in due time, you will reap if you do not lose heart, as Galatians 6 says.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAgain, the website, FamilyLifeToday.com, or call 1-800-FL-TODAY to make a donation, and let me just say thanks in 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