32 Years Married, Infertility, Adopting 2 Children & Healing from Parental Divorce | Dominick & Audrey Delio | Episode 4

The Cassandra Blanco Podcast

I apologize for the volume of my microphone. I did not realize how low it was until after the Podcast was recorded.
Dominick & Audrey Delio have been Married 32 Years and Adopted 2 Children. They both work in Information Technology. Dominick is a Permanent Deacon and serves at their local Catholic Parish. They both serve as Team Members of the parish youth group as well.
Timestamps:
0:00- Introduction
0:48- Dominick Born in NY
0:59- Went to Local Parish
1:11- Age of 11, Moved to Florida, Stopped Going to church
1:37- Going Back to Mass, after Joining Army
1:58- Audrey Born in Miami, FL & Raised Catholic
2:14- Family Moved to Kentucky and Parents Got Divorced
2:30- Both Parents Raised Audrey in Catholic Church
3:00- Went to College at University of Central Florida
4:21- How Dominick & Audrey Met
8:10- Relationship Was Very Natural
8:30- Dating Was Hard, because of Audrey's Fears of Marriage with her Parent's Divorce
10:00- Breaking Up
11:25- Dominick's Deeper Desire for Marriage
12:03- Dominick was Authentic
12:55- Marrying Into Someone Else's Family
13:40- Dominick Signing up to Serve in Desert Storm & Asking Audrey to Marry Him
15:00- Learning to Talk About Decisions & Audrey's Walls she Put Up
16:02- Dominick's Second Marriage Proposal
16:57- How Audrey Overcame Fears of Marriage Because of Parent's Divorce
18:03- How Important Communication Was
18:42- Loved Going to Mass Together
19:45- Receiving Confirmation Before Getting Married
21:00- Got Married & So Poor First Being Married
22:18- Went to Mass Each Sunday & Fr. Ed Asking Them to Get More Involved in Church
22:54- Dominick Going to Daily Mass & Feeling Called to Youth Ministry
23:30- Wanting to Start a Family, But It Didn't Happen
24:49- Not Feeling Called to Explore Options to Try and Have a Child Biologically
25:50- Fostering Children
27:00- Becoming Open to Different Options of Fostering
28:35- Getting the Two Children Ended Up Adopting
29:14- Children Ended Up Becoming Catholic
30:10- Loving Someone Even if Someone Rejects It
31:04- Fostering/Adopting Children Strengthened Dominick & Audrey's Relationship
32:13- Making Decision to Adopt
37:04- Experiencing a Different Kind of Love & Church Welcoming Them
41:00- Advice to Those Thinking About Fostering/Adopting Children
43:20- Reunified Adopted Children With Biological Parents
45:50- Audrey Teaching Religious Education to 4th Grade and How That Helped Her Learn Her Faith More
48:10- Daily Mass for Dominick Helped Him Grow and Starting to Consider Becoming a Deacon
50:31- Starting Diaconate Classes
51:30- Relying on Audrey to Help Dominick with Papers/Homilies
54:00- How Dominick Has Become the Spiritual Leader of Their Marriage
56:30- Learning to Love Wife as Christ Loved the Church
1:00:25- How Long Dominick, Audrey and I have Known Each Other
1:01:49- Outro
Music by Oleksii Holubiev