My new FAVE show…

Wednesday nights, if I can help it, I’ll be at home watching TV to watch my new favourite show, “Extreme Makeover Home Edition”. Considering I’ve only seen it twice (blame it on my EXTREMELY busy schedule), I’ve been hooked!

The first time I watched it, they featured the Cadigan-Scott Family Season 1, Episode 12). The family lost their Mom as a result of a heart attack, then 2 weeks later, their Dad died a heart attack as well. Their eight kids were left to grieve a double, unbelievable loss. The two oldest siblings had to move back home and assume legal guardianship of the younger siblings, or else they would end up in foster care.

The design team composed of Ty Pennington, Paul DiMeo, Michael Moloney, Preston Sharp, Constance Ramos, and Tracy Hutson got to work. Their challenge was to have a home that would comfortably fit the 8 siblings. One of the design team's priorities was to give the family more space -- since the kids (7 girls and 1 boy) all share a single bathroom. They got to work, and the results were awesome! They gave each sibling her own room, a large bathroom with multiple sinks and showers for the girls, and created a family room, and added a pool in the backyard as well. The only boy got to have his own room with giant speakers (since he played guitar), and his own bathroom as well. The results were awesome! But the best part was that after the kids were shown their new home, they were given their mortgage papers to burn. The home was theirs, no more debts to pay… :D

The second time I watched the show, they featured the Garay family (Season 2, Episode 2). The story was, a mother was shot and killed by a gang member's stray bullet while sleeping, leaving 5 young kids (David, 12, eleven-year-old twins Nidia and Efren, Eric, six, and three-year-old Celina Cleto). The eldest son, Johnny Garay, who works for a non-profit agency and coaches at-risk teens, took in his five younger siblings so that they would not be separated by Child Protective Services. He took in his siblings, though he and his wife Veronica had four young children of their own (Christina, nine, seven-year-old twins Iris and Johnnie, and Freddy, three). They needed space to fit everyone so Johnny moved his now large family into what he could afford, a major fixer-upper in the South Central area of Los Angeles, California. The house was in terrible shape, and they actually already had orders from the city to make some major repairs or else the kids would be taken away to foster care.

Extreme Makeover: Home Edition and their design team to the rescue! They built a new home for the family, and added a 3rd floor to the new house. There were rooms for all the kids, as well as a big master bedroom for the couple in which to relax. They also added a music room, library/study room especially for the kids.

I so enjoy watching these types of shows, seeing the effort the design team takes to make everything perfect for the chosen family, and seeing the great transformation that the house, AND the family as well, goes through. It’s so heartwarming to watch how generous people (and corporations) can be, and how this impacts on the beneficiaries. This is definitely one reality show which is a cut above the rest! "survivor", "the bachelor", "fear factor", "the swan", and all the other reality shows focus more on the worst of human nature, and thus they look more like freak shows when compared to EM:HE. EM:HE focuses on the good in people, and what generosity and a kind heart can do. Each time i watch this show, i can't help but cry. It truly is a touching, inspiring and heartwarming show. So is it any surprise why my new favourite show is "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition"? :)

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