Christmas Wish 2023

This one was tough, because Michael has had a rollercoaster of a year. He's the oldest of Tricia's 10 children and just welcomed a baby of his own this year.

When you walk into the school, Ronda is likely to be the first person to greet you with a hug and a smile but beyond her bubbly, fun personality, Ronda's feeling overwhelmed with things going on behind the scenes.

Earlier this year, her niece passed away after a car accident. While grieving the loss of a loved one is tough enough, the accident brought on a series of medical, funeral and attorney bills that the family wasn't prepared to shoulder.

For many years, his dad played the role of caregiver for their niece who has cerebral palsy. When he passed away, Oscar and his wife stepped up to the plate and took over that role.

Julian quit working to stay home with the couple's two year old twins and four year old, because they couldn't afford daycare anymore.

Nikki nominated her husband Damian for Christmas Wish and told us that about a month ago, he started experiencing some health issues that has kept him from working on a regular basis.

Some not so kind elves had egged Robin's house earlier this year and despite her best efforts to scrub the house, the eggs did what eggs do and ruined the paint.

Shannon wrote to us and told us that things have been difficult for the family in part to some medical challenges they're facing.

Rachel's husband has a chronic illness that he'd been managing well, but out of nowhere he experienced a blockage and had to undergo an extensive emergency surgery.

We had no idea that Shawna and her husband had been dealing with so much.