00:00I got an email from Rachel who says, good morning, my favorite morning show.
00:04I'm glad to hear you all made it in safely this morning.
00:06And I hope this gets to you before you do three calls and it all because I need some help.
00:10Oh, wow.
00:11I'm a single mom with three littles.
00:12And I was really worried about the snowstorm because it's hard to find time to shovel when I have to keep my eye on the kids.
00:19Luckily, my neighbor is an angel who surprised me by snowblowing my driveway every time he did his own, which was a lot during this storm.
00:27The problem is, how do I repay him?
00:30Whenever he does something for me, he tells me I owe him nothing.
00:33But I feel like I really want to give him something for his efforts, especially in this storm.
00:37Do you have any ideas?
00:39Wow.
00:39Okay.
00:40I mean, that's beautiful.
00:41Now, Andy, you and I have both discussed this in general because that neighborly love, when we moved to our first neighborhood in town, we brought over a bottle of wine after our neighbors helped clear some stuff for us.
00:54And they said, stop.
00:55You're no longer allowed to do this.
00:57This is just what neighbors do.
00:59So part of my heart says, this is just what neighbors do.
01:02Sure.
01:02But I understand that pull to want to give a gift.
01:04Right.
01:05And it sounds like this is a neighbor that comes through again and again and again.
01:09Right.
01:09Because she does.
01:10Like, I remember when my kids were little and my husband was out of town.
01:13And it's like, you're trying to watch them on the monitor and do the shoveling.
01:18And you're like, but I'm not in there watching them.
01:19And I can't be out here doing like, you can't, a single mom can't do both things at one time.
01:24No, you can't.
01:24It's impossible.
01:25So my idea would be, first of all, I mean, the words itself, as somebody who shovels other people's driveway, is enough thanks I need.
01:33Right.
01:33For sure.
01:33But maybe have the littles make something.
01:36Oh.
01:36Little handprint things.
01:38Cute idea.
01:38It's like a little craft or something that costs you nothing, keeps the kid occupied.
01:43Right.
01:43Keeps the kids occupied.
01:45And that, I think, is going to go so much longer than a case of beer or a bottle of wine.
01:50I do like that.
01:51I do like that idea.
01:52Leonard went in and did some snow plowing for some of the neighbors who he saw shoveling.
01:57We have a snowblower.
01:58And he came back and he was like, this is what you get.
02:00Somebody had given him a six pack of beer.
02:02He was thrilled.
02:02He was thrilled.
02:03But like of the four places that he did, only one person gave him some.
02:06But he was like, he didn't do it for anything.
02:08For anything.
02:09He just did it because he wanted to do it.
02:10You're right.
02:11Yeah.
02:11I always think a home-cooked meal is always the best way to go.
02:15Always giving food is the best way.
02:17Yeah.
02:17So just make a little extra on what you're already planning to prepare, maybe an upcoming
02:22meal, and just maybe give a little extra.
02:24Now, we don't know anything about this guy's family, though.
02:27Sure.
02:27Does he have a wife?
02:28Does he have kids?
02:30So you just need to plan that out.
02:32Right.
02:32Yeah.
02:32Right.
02:33Or even like bake some cookies.
02:35Yes.
02:35Or, you know.
02:36But all right.
02:36So there's a lot of things that she can do on her own, but maybe she wants to send
02:42something.
02:42Yeah.
02:42Maybe you have found yourself in a situation like this.
02:45There are no bad ideas, but we want to hear all the ideas.
02:48Yeah.
02:48You know, a lot of the times in Three Calls End It All, it's black and white.
02:51Do I do this or do I not?
02:52Right.
02:52Do I tell them or not?
02:54This is more of an idea share.
02:55Yes.
02:56So just let us know what you think would be a great idea for Rachel to do.
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