When God's Plan Meets Generosity

We explore how unexpected blessings can become powerful catalysts for change when we recognize and embrace them with gratitude.

• Life often tests us hardest right before sending the solutions we need
• Comparing ourselves to ducks – calm on the surface but paddling frantically beneath
• The challenge of running a business without reliable transportation for our family and camper
• How friends Matt and Sarah from Ledgeway Farm blessed us with their farm truck, plow, and trailer
• The spiritual signs that accompanied this blessing (eagle sighting, protection numbers)
• Learning to "assess and resolve" rather than panic during roadside emergencies
• The importance of asking "Whose dream can I support this week?"
• How helping others achieve their dreams creates positive energy that returns to you
• Small acts of kindness can make enormous differences in others' lives
• Finding gratitude in challenges helps transform them into stepping stones

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Have you ever had something big happen when you
least expect it?
But when you need it most?
When you lean into thesemoments, they can be a true
catalyst for change, and I thinkthat's all a part of God's plan
.
Let me tell you somethingEverybody struggles.
The difference is some peoplechoose to go through it and some

(00:22):
choose to grow through it.
The choice is some peoplechoose to go through it and some
choose to grow through it.
The choice is completely yours.
Which one you choose will havea very profound effect on the
way you live your life.
If you find strength in thestruggle, then this podcast is
for you.

(00:43):
Do you have a relationship thatis comfortable with
uncomfortable conversations?
Uncomfortable conversationschallenge you, humble you and
they build you.
When you sprinkle a little timeand distance on it, it all
makes sense.
Most disagreements, they stemfrom our own insecurities.

(01:03):
You are right where you need tobe.
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh.

(01:26):
What it do, what it do, Hotdiggity day.
I'm a good lord almighty.
Am I so excited to be back withyou?
Oh, it's true, it is damn true.
And when I say I'm so excitedto be back with you, I'm looking
across the couch at you, boo.

Speaker 2 (01:48):
Me again.
Welcome back.
Hey y'all, you couldn't take it, could you?
Let's just be honest, youcouldn't do this one alone, huh.

Speaker 1 (01:58):
Yeah, there's too much excitement.
It's okay, honey, daddy's fine,you ain't talking to me that
way, y'all.
True Princess just woke up froma little nap and doesn't like
the look of headphones on me.
Squash on my melon.
Well, folks, episode 257.
Thanks for the good feedbackfrom last week's show.

(02:21):
I think that we hit a note.
We riled some Americans up.
They were getting fired upabout the impending canceling of
4th of July, which we both knowis a lie.
That's never going to happen.
You provoked that show.
That was you.
You got my feathers plucked.

(02:42):
You know what I mean.

Speaker 2 (02:44):
Whoops.

Speaker 1 (02:44):
Yeah, I had fun with last week's show.
It was a change of pace, yeah.
So thanks for ruffling myfeathers, getting me all fibered
up.
You know what I mean.

Speaker 2 (02:57):
If you do recall, after last week's episode, we
did have dinner with Matt andSarah, and Matt had a good idea
about making your own event.

Speaker 1 (03:11):
Yeah.

Speaker 2 (03:11):
Celebrating on 4th of July.

Speaker 1 (03:13):
We should make our own Loud, proud American event.

Speaker 2 (03:16):
Yeah, yeah, a vendor event All American made Doing
flags.

Speaker 1 (03:22):
We would need to put some thought into this and make
it into Maybe next year.
I think we should.

Speaker 2 (03:24):
I would be looking into renting a into this and
make it into Maybe next year?

Speaker 1 (03:25):
I think we should.
I would be looking into rentinga fairgrounds or something yeah
.
You know what I mean Making abig old hoot name out of it.

Speaker 2 (03:32):
Let us know.

Speaker 1 (03:34):
Yeah, I think.

Speaker 2 (03:35):
As the influencers say, put it in the comments.

Speaker 1 (03:38):
Oh, wow, look at you.
Fancy, wow, nancy, wow, yowzer.
Look at that Major shout out toall the new listeners.
We've been noticing a lot ofdifferent states, even different
countries, tuning in as of late.
I want to say thank y'all, Iappreciate you and I hope that I
get to know you.

Speaker 2 (03:58):
We're tuning in from Maine, if y'all are looking yeah
well, we're not tuning in,we're recording in Maine.

Speaker 1 (04:06):
We're a couple of maniacs.
We're getting ready for shoot abig stretch of activity this
week.
We're just a couple days awayfrom setting up a Bentley saloon
, getting in the swing of thingsfor Laconia Bike Week.

Speaker 2 (04:24):
We're preparing for chaos.

Speaker 1 (04:25):
Yeah, this is when it starts to happen, which I'm not
looking forward to a lot of it,but I'm looking forward to a
lot of it in the sense of weneed the business, we need the
communication, we need theactivity.
You know what I mean.
We need things to starthappening, we need the flurry of
action.
So we're hoping and praying fora tremendous bike week that can
launch us into the season andto get things rocking and

(04:49):
rolling so you can catch us forall of Laconia Bike Week, which
starts Father's Day weekend.
So this weekend, actually, I'llbe open on Friday of this week
and then we're going to run allthe way through till.
What is that?
The Sunday is like what?
The 22nd or something.
It's a good stretch run andI'll be open as a vendor,

(05:09):
starting on Friday all the waythrough the following Sunday
29th.
29th no, that sounds aggressive, sorry you are correct.

Speaker 2 (05:18):
22nd.

Speaker 1 (05:19):
Okay, and then Friday would be.
What date?

Speaker 2 (05:22):
The 13th.

Speaker 1 (05:23):
The 13th to the 22nd.
That's a good run.

Speaker 2 (05:26):
Friday the 13th, oh my gosh, I'm not going.

Speaker 1 (05:31):
That's it.
It's canceled.
It's over, it's canceled.
We're not doing it.
See you again next year.

Speaker 2 (05:36):
And then Father's Day is on the 15th.

Speaker 1 (05:38):
Yeah, so my first Father's Day with two legs on
the planet.
My first Father's Day with twolegs on the planet.
You know what I mean.
Like or on the soil, I shouldsay, because she was in your
belly, but that'll be different.
So if anybody wants a littleglimpse of the schedule, we're
going to be at Bentley's,starting on the 13th and heading
through the 22nd.

(05:58):
As vendors, you can come on outto see us and check out some of
the festivities.
Also, on Friday, the 20th Iguess that would make it I will
be hosting a tattoo contest withTommy Tattoo, Chad Chase from
Venom Ink and Jimmy Snaz fromSalem Street Tattoo.

(06:24):
Or is it North?

Speaker 2 (06:25):
Street Tattoo in.

Speaker 1 (06:25):
Salem, massachusetts.
Sorry, um, and formerly of inkmaster.
I'll be doing that on Fridayand then on Saturday I'll be
hosting the pinup contest and,uh, then Sunday we'll kind of
wrap it all up and, yeah,that'll kind of be the big foray
for June.
So if you're looking to to seeus, see us.
If you're looking to fill yourclosets up, if you're looking to

(06:47):
just have a damn old good time,then you can catch us.
That's about to go down.
We get a lot of moving parts inthe background.
I feel like a duck.
You ever see those little.
I don't know what you call itIs it a meme or something where
it shows the duck on top of thewater, because you realize, when

(07:07):
you see that duck on top of thewater, like sitting on the
surface, you think that thatduck is just chilling.

Speaker 2 (07:14):
They're just gliding.

Speaker 1 (07:15):
You just think they're just floating, and
they're just.

Speaker 2 (07:17):
I know exactly what meme we're talking about.

Speaker 1 (07:19):
You just think they're like inner tubing.

Speaker 2 (07:21):
Yeah.

Speaker 1 (07:22):
But do you know what happens below the?

Speaker 2 (07:23):
surface.
Oh, they are paddling theirlife off.

Speaker 1 (07:25):
They are working their asses off.

Speaker 2 (07:28):
I've seen that.

Speaker 1 (07:29):
I feel like a couple of ducks On the surface.
We look calm, cool, collectiveand floating.

Speaker 2 (07:36):
But internally.

Speaker 1 (07:37):
Beneath the surface, man Behind the scenes, beneath
the sheets.
Did she just toot?
Was that a toot?

Speaker 2 (07:44):
No Folsom's growling over there.

Speaker 1 (07:46):
Oh no, she just dumped those blocks.
I paused and it sounded likeshe ripped a massive tooter.

Speaker 2 (07:55):
Well, she was your kid.
Wow, shots fired.
Oh the tooter, literally.

Speaker 1 (07:58):
Literally Goodness.
Anyways, that's my analogy.
Which one time I wanted to haveducks.
Remember the names?
I was going to name the ducks.
Come on, come on, you know it.
You want one of them or youwant a clue?

(08:20):
Wow, the awkward silence isgreat for radio.

Speaker 2 (08:29):
I feel like Jack Jack Daniels yes, yes.

Speaker 1 (08:34):
And.

Speaker 2 (08:34):
Willie.

Speaker 1 (08:34):
Nelson, jack Daniels or Willie Nelson it's the name
of our ducks.
So you and me are like Jack andWillie on the surface, just not
Jack and Willie's.
I mean.
That's exactly where I went,good's what got us in this
situation?

Speaker 2 (08:48):
Good Lord, a couple of jack offs, wow.

Speaker 1 (08:50):
You know what?

Speaker 2 (08:55):
I want to move right along.

Speaker 1 (08:56):
Speaking of Jacking off.
No, no.
Speaking of Dunkin' Donuts.

Speaker 2 (09:00):
What.

Speaker 1 (09:01):
No, I had a funny little situation arise this week
.
I gotta take that video andpost it.
I sent you the video.
Should I post that like maybe atickety talk or something?
It's probably not a Facebook orInstagram type video.

Speaker 2 (09:13):
Once you post it on tickety talk, it'll ask if you
want it to post it on Facebook.

Speaker 1 (09:17):
I don't know.
I'm asking you internally, likepersonally, should I you know
what I mean?
I don't know.

Speaker 2 (09:21):
I think it'll give the people a good laugh, why not
?

Speaker 1 (09:24):
here's the deal, folks.
My mother and Paisley and Itwo-thirds of the women in my
life we were in my dad's truckin the drive-thru line of
Dunkin' Donuts Shocker, I know.

Speaker 2 (09:40):
Morning coffee run.

Speaker 1 (09:42):
Right.

Speaker 2 (09:43):
Looking for a sponsor ?

Speaker 1 (09:44):
Yeah, we'll take it morning coffee run.
Right looking for a sponsor.
Yeah, we'll take it morningcoffee run, local dunkin donuts
drive-thru lane loaded.
There's traffic out to routeone.
It is mayhem.
We're just boot scooting alongslowly like jack daniels and
willie nelson on the surface,you know we're just barely
gliding.
And um, I'm sitting there, mymom's talking to me and I

(10:07):
thought I saw a Dunkin' Donutsnapkin fly by the front of my
windshield, because you knowDunkin's has like that brownish
type napkin.

Speaker 2 (10:20):
Well.

Speaker 1 (10:21):
I was like huh, Was that like a Maine tumbleweed,
the old Dunkin' napkin that justwent flying by?
And I was like huh, Was thatlike a Maine tumbleweed, the old
Duncan napkin that just wentflying by?
And I was like, huh, I don'tknow.
Back to listening to my mom andwe slowly start creeping
forward.
Next thing I know there's afreaking mouse sitting on my
windshield wiper.
He pops out from under the hood, he goes left, right zigzag,

(10:45):
keeps running across thewindshield of my dad's truck.
He stops for a half a second onthe windshield wiper and I
reach for that sucker.
I'm going to flick this mouseto the neighbors.
Okay, and right as I'm goinglike my mom knows me so well
right as I'm going to thewindshield wiper, my mom yells

(11:05):
your window's open.
I panic and here's the problemmy dad's windows are not like
electric windows, they're crank.
So I'm like oh, you're right,and I go over to the window and
then it's like re-ee, re-ee,re-ee, re-ee.
And it's stiff as all, get out.
The thing could use some WD-40or something.

(11:25):
And I'm like, and I'm lockingeyes with that mouse and I'm
like you are seconds, Okay,Maybe a minute and a half away
from me, flinging you to theDuncan Dempster by the time I
get that window up enough whereI'm confident that I'm not going
to launch a mouse into the cab,Because I don't want a mouse

(11:49):
running around the cab, runningover the top of my baby.
You know what I mean.
None of this is good.
Well, I missed him.
I couldn't launch him.
I tried running the oldwindshield wipers, to no success
.
But what I'm going to tell youis that Dunkin' Donuts is our
stomping ground.
They know me when I roll up,the last thing I wanted was to
have to find a new Dunkin.

(12:09):
You know why.

Speaker 2 (12:10):
Because he threw a mouse at them.
No, through the windshield.

Speaker 1 (12:13):
Well, I didn't want to roll up.
Finally to the window, have oneof them.
Kids reach out to give me afreaking coffee and a mouse, pop
out of my windshield Like comeout from under the hood, stand
up, look at him.
They scream and freak out.
Maybe he lunges into the window.
I would have to find a newDuncan.
I would have died it probablywould be on a drive-thru camera.

(12:34):
I'd be all over Das Internet.

Speaker 2 (12:37):
Hey, maybe it'd go viral and Duncan would give you
a sponsor.

Speaker 1 (12:40):
The problem is I would have had my loud, proud
American hat on backwards.
I wouldn't have even seen it oncamera.

Speaker 2 (12:46):
The best thing would have been if you would have
rolled up and then the poorbastard opens the window to get
your cash and you hit thewindshield wiper Boom and you
fling him into the donuts.

Speaker 1 (13:01):
Oh my God, Me and my mom were just crossing our
fingers like don't pop out,don't pop out.
And we were in line for so long.
We're like he's still in there.

Speaker 2 (13:09):
You had sent me this video and I was like, what are
you showing me?
And then, at the very end, youmentioned it and I was like, oh,
so then I had to go back andwatch the video again to see if
I was seeing what I was seeing.

Speaker 1 (13:22):
I got home, I, I had to go back and watch the video
again to see if I was seeingwhat I was seeing.
I got home, I drove home,popped the hood, there he was.

Speaker 2 (13:26):
There he was Chilling .

Speaker 1 (13:28):
We have a barn cat.
That's a savage.
She very well could have justchased him under the hood, she
could have chased him under theframe and he wrangled his way up
there.
I don't know, but I couldn'tbelieve he made it, man.

(13:48):
It was truly a close call and Ican, I can wholeheartedly,
confidently say that no micewere harmed in my dunk and run.

Speaker 2 (13:51):
Okay, if the cat got him when he got home, well,
that's another story.

Speaker 1 (13:54):
That's off my watch and, uh, I mean I'm not gonna
say he didn't have heartpalpitations and maybe like
suffered a massive stroke orsomething, because that little
dude was hyperventilating whenwe arrived.
He was not a big fan, not a fanof the dunkin run.
That is my ridiculous story ofthe week.

(14:16):
It is not, in any way, shape orform the reason why we're
gathered here today.
It is not the reason, but Ithought it was worth sharing.
It was the share and tellportion of the show this week,
but that's not why we're here.
Folks, if you listened in thebeginning of the show which I
assume you did because you'restill here listening, so that

(14:36):
just makes sense, right?
I mean it wouldn't make senseto not listen and then just skip
to like minute 15.
That would be weird.
So the beginning of the show Iasked the question have you ever
had something big happen whenyou least expect it?
Now, people's definition of bigcan be vastly different for

(14:59):
folks and sometimes somethingthat might be big, you might not
realize in the moment just howbig it is, but there's many
times and many instances in lifewhere we can share stories of
these times when somethingfantastic happened, right, a big
break, an opportunity, a gift,whatever it is.

(15:21):
These things happen and whenyou lean into that positive
momentum, when you really justdouble down on that blessing, I
truly feel that it is a catalystfor change.
It's an opportunity to set yourlife in a new direction.
It's an opportunity to set yoursails on new horizons.

(15:44):
You know what I'm saying?
Like I think it can changedirection.
You with me on this, you feelme, you understand me, you got
me.

Speaker 2 (15:50):
Yeah, give it to God.

Speaker 1 (15:51):
I see you over there babysitting, so I just wanted to
make sure that you were stillwith me.
But I shall babysit and so Ijust wanted to make sure that
you were still.
You were still with me.
But I truly feel in lifethere's times when things happen
and they happen for a reason,and they happen because we, we
need them to happen and they'reout of our control.
Sometimes you can work so hardfor something and then out of
nowhere, boom, somethingdifferent happens, something

(16:14):
great happens.
Somebody's put in your life, inyour path, for a reason.
All these things, like you said, give it to God.
It's God's plan.
Things are going to come tofruition, it's in his hands, and
we recently had this type ofexperience and I wanted to
elaborate on it for the factthat I want anybody listening to

(16:37):
realize that when somethinggood happens whether you feel
it's a stroke of good luck, goodfortune or faith, whatever it
might be when you lean into itand you celebrate it, it can be
an opportunity to change yourdirection.

Speaker 2 (16:55):
It can be a stepping stone to lead forward to the
next good things that are goingto come.
This could be just the dooropener of what's to come if you
end up just leaning into it,manifesting it.

Speaker 1 (17:09):
So part one of our mission today is to acknowledge
those things, to highlight them,to encourage you guys to lean
into them, to celebrate them, tobe thankful for them, to count
those blessings.
Step two is we had a recentexperience and I want to
acknowledge and I want to thankand I want to celebrate somebody
for changing our direction, forbeing that catalyst, for

(17:32):
granting us that opportunity.
Opportunity, sometimes in lifewe don't realize that we have
the ability to make a majorimpact on somebody.
And that's going to be partnumber three.
Be aware, look foropportunities and if you can
make a difference in somebodyelse, then it's going to come
back to you fivefold, tenfold.

(17:53):
I just kind of want to set thescene for what we're trying to
do here.
We want to acknowledge bigbreaks and opportunities and
blessings.
We want to celebrate them, toget the most bang for the buck
from them.
I want to acknowledge andcelebrate somebody who granted
us a great opportunity.
And then I want to makeeverybody aware that if you keep
your eyes open and you can makea difference for somebody, then

(18:15):
maybe by hearing how much of animpact that's made on us, it'll
encourage you to make an impacton somebody else and by doing
those things.
It just goes hand in hand withwhat we've been talking about
for 257 weeks.
If you have a positive vibe andwe're building a positive tribe
positivity grows, confidencegrows, good things grow.

(18:35):
In this country right now, weneed as much positivity as
possible.
As we're here recording thispodcast, in the background we
have the news on with the volumeoff, and it's a quote unquote
peaceful protest where they'relighting cars in the city on
fire.
In Los Angeles they're, youknow, rioting, looting, frigging

(18:56):
Apple stores and conveniencestores and grocery stores and
taking people's life savingsaway.
Because that's peaceful.
There's so much crazy shitgoing on in this world.
There's so much negative stuffin this world.
Let's celebrate some positivityand if you are granted the
opportunity to share and spreadpositivity, then do so, because

(19:19):
all it's going to do is blossomand grow.
Gotcha, all right, all right,all right.

(19:40):
It is meat and potatoes time.
If y'all been listening to Sharethe Struggle podcast for the
past few months, you might haveheard of some of the
difficulties we've encounteredSome of the hiccups, some of the

(20:00):
roadblocks, some of theobstacles, some of the I can't
think of anything else to sayChaos.
That's a good one thatencompasses all of it.
Okay, you've heard of some ofthose things.
You can pick an area of ourlives and there's going to be
something there that's broken,that needs attention, that needs

(20:20):
replacement, and then, as youstart to prioritize those things
and put them in certain bucketsand you start to figure out,
what can I fix, what can Iafford, what do I need to fix
and how do I afford it, youstart to prioritize things,
shake these things out, andthere's a few things that stand
at the top of the list and oneof those things that's been a

(20:44):
major, I guess, like pain pointfor us, something that we've
been being ducks about flying onthe surface, looking calm, cool
and collective.
Underneath the surface, paddlinga million miles an hour, full
of chaos, because all we canreally do is say, hey, I want to

(21:04):
put it in God's hands and we'regoing to see how this shakes
out, but that situation for ushas been a four-wheel drive
vehicle.

Speaker 2 (21:13):
And sometimes, when we would put it in God's hands,
we would end up on the side of95 at nine months pregnant, that
happens.
But we got there safely.
So we put it in God's hands andhe got us there.

Speaker 1 (21:27):
We always knew it was going to shake out and it was
going to work out.
But for people that haven'tbeen listening long term, if you
haven't been around through theyears, then you wouldn't know
that I've been running my oldDodge pick-me-up truck, old Red.
There's many of stories, manyof battle stories, on Share the
Circle podcast about Old Red.
It was the first and only newvehicle I've ever purchased in

(21:50):
my life.
I bought it as a young buck,took a payment that was way more
than I could afford, but I madeit and she's mine and I've run
that stock car for about 22years.
I literally almost died in itonce.
I rolled it over, flattened theroof by about 12 inches.
We jacked it up, cut it off,built a new one and set her free

(22:11):
right.
So that old girl has been greatto me.
I never thought I would see theday when I'd have to get rid of
it, but if you've beenlistening, like I said, over the
years, you've heard some issuesright.
There's an episode where my gastank fell out and that thing is
still in there with ratchetstraps today.

Speaker 2 (22:31):
Oh, my God, I totally forgot about that.
I know.

Speaker 1 (22:34):
Classic right.

Speaker 2 (22:35):
Yeah.

Speaker 1 (22:38):
We were in Topsom and I was walking to camp and I
noticed the gas tank was almoston the ground.
I got underneath there pushingon it with my legs and ratchet
strapped it up and then a coupleof days later we blew the
alternator in the same field onthe ambulance.
We've had some vehicle issues.
Right.
One year with old Red.
We were leaving Windsor to getyou to work and I was picking my
mom up and we blew the fuelpump out of it and she died in

(23:02):
the middle of the road and wehad to leave it.
And then, you know, aaa pickedit up and lost it and we
couldn't find our truck for 24hours, right, yeah, later in the
same week basically have aleaky fuel rail and, um, I don't

(23:22):
remember what sensors or plugmisfires were going on and we
lost brakes while telling thecamper yeah chris fixed that for
you right in the parking lot.
One time going to windsor weblew the master cylinder off the
brake lines while the camperwas on we've returned from one
event and blew the back brakesout of it.

Speaker 2 (23:38):
We've had issues.
We were leaving to go to one ofthe fairs Remember, we were
towing to see Lee and I lostbrakes.
That's what I'm saying.

Speaker 1 (23:45):
We lost the master cylinder on the brakes.
Doing that, we've had amultitude of situations with Old
Red.
I love her, but we've justcontinued to have issues.

Speaker 2 (23:56):
She's a 2003.

Speaker 1 (23:59):
The first and I think maybe only time Paisley's been
in it.
We were going to get sawdustand I blew the brakes out of it
for the last time the old girlhas.
She's got more skin blemishesthan Swiss cheese.
Let's be honest, okay.

Speaker 2 (24:15):
Yeah, and a newest one, because you backed over the
tractor with it let's not talkabout that right right so we're
talking about blemishes here'sthe thing, folks.

Speaker 1 (24:25):
I don't want to say goodbye to old red, but I don't
think she's safe for youngpaisley at this moment, no, and
I also barely safe for us.
I also don't think she should behauling a camper anymore
because on one of her last tripswith a camper not the last trip
, but ironically one of thegreatest breakdowns we've had

(24:46):
was hauling a camper from OspreyValley Fairgrounds to Windsor
Fairgrounds and blowing aradiator hose off and being on
the side of 95 when you werenine months pregnant and the
truck's overheating.
And Kyle and Julia fromUnderdog Metal brought us some
parts and we put the radiatorhose and everything back

(25:06):
together and clamped it and thenlimped it to the fair just
about ran out of fuel.
So nine months pregnantliterally like a week or two
before Paisley arrived we arebroke down on the side of 95 for
a couple of hours.

Speaker 2 (25:22):
Yeah, and then the funny thing is-.
With the camper on the truck,With the camper on it yeah, but
then the funny thing is, solet's just put this into
perspective.
So all of this happens on ourway to Windsor, fair right.

Speaker 1 (25:34):
Mm-hmm.

Speaker 2 (25:35):
We get her there, barely, get it all kind of
modge-podge back together andthen you get the call that I'm
in labor and you take that badgirl down 95 at probably a
buck-oh-five watching the roofrattling and everything but the

(25:56):
beginning of that fair.
We limped her there and then,she's coming home.

Speaker 1 (26:01):
We coasted in on fumes to the fair, literally
spitting and sputtering, yeah,and then fast forward like a
week and a half later and she'spinned, coming down 95 to make
it to Paisley's birth.
As I'm saying this, I don'tthink I can scrap her.
Think about what we've beenthrough.

Speaker 2 (26:21):
I don't know what you're going to do with her.

Speaker 1 (26:22):
I don't know, but that could be Paisley's go-kart.

Speaker 2 (26:25):
Project.

Speaker 1 (26:26):
I don't, I'm not sure man, I don't know, but the
memories.
Right now she got me to mylittle girl's birth and the hood
latch is broke on that thingand I'm watching it come up in
the air.

Speaker 2 (26:40):
I remember telling my mom, your mom is puckered.

Speaker 1 (26:43):
I said, hey, keep an eye on that hood.
I don't want to spook you, butI just want to let you know I'm
not confident in how well thathood's latched right now.
You can see that thing justlifting.

Speaker 2 (26:54):
Well, we would have to open it with a tie.

Speaker 1 (26:57):
Yeah, the hood latch is on a piece of rope and
sometimes the rope doesn't workand the rope comes out the grill
and I have to roll on theground with a giant screwdriver
that's like I don't know 16inches long to push on the lever
and pull the rope Rigged.

(27:18):
It's your dad's fault becausehe's the one that backed into it
.
Yeah, he ran the grill over, soDriving by, feel you.
Just think about that.
And then the funny thing isyour dad had to use all red the
same week and haul the camperhome.

Speaker 2 (27:29):
Yeah, because I was.
You know what I mean.

Speaker 1 (27:33):
Think about that week for that girl.
She hauled you nine monthspregnant to the side of 95.
She got me to Paisley's birthand then your dad drove your
camper home.

Speaker 2 (27:43):
Yeah.
Like talk about a whirlwind.
My dad almost ruined my camperwhen he got it home.
True story.

Speaker 1 (27:50):
So the old girl.
I don't know what she's gotleft, but we do know if we hook
a camper onto her it's going tobe a problem With that.
Said, as far as vehicles thatare currently in the driveway,
we can't haul a camper with yourKia.

Speaker 2 (28:10):
No.

Speaker 1 (28:12):
I don't think we can haul the camper with the
Challenger.

Speaker 2 (28:16):
Look rather funny.

Speaker 1 (28:17):
Yeah, I guess we could maybe weld a Reese Hitch
on the Challenger.
Look rather funny.
Yeah, I guess we could maybeweld a Reese Hitch on the school
bus.

Speaker 2 (28:23):
Imagine us hauling a 30-foot camper and a school bus
at the same time.
I think at that point you haveto get a CDL.
I think at that point.

Speaker 1 (28:30):
I've got to pray to park.
Can you imagine us trying tofigure that?

Speaker 2 (28:32):
out.

Speaker 1 (28:32):
Yeah.

Speaker 2 (28:34):
At least your bus has a backup camera.

Speaker 1 (28:36):
My dad's truck is a 1500 that as soon as you put um
this girl on it just squats.
And my dad's truck is beggingfor some help at this moment.

Speaker 2 (28:46):
Let's be honest, when I moved it around the dooryard,
I felt I felt like I was movingaround with an s10.
That's how low to the ground Iwas.
I was like no, I can't.
I said to you.
I was like I'm not hauling thecamper with this.
I felt like that thing wasgonna come straight through the
bumper and up over me.

Speaker 1 (29:01):
Like that's how low to the ground I felt, compared
to driving all red who's like inthe sky so we can get around
the things we need to do, butwhen it comes to three fares
that are going to require thecamper bare minimum, we have our
first fair the week after july4th and we don't have a way to

(29:23):
get our camper into the fair now.
We know there's enough peoplelistening that gladly would help
us let us borrow a truck or,you know, tow it for us or
whatever.
I know that.
But we are independent beaglesover here, okay, okay, like, we
want to try to be able to do ourown thing.
I'm a grown ass man.
We should be able to have thethings that we need.
But here's the truth, folks.

(29:44):
When you're chasing your dreamand you're trying to do
something, when you're whenyou're tackling uh you know a
business and a career for thefirst time, you make sacrifices
and it comes with sacrifices.
And one of the sacrifices thatwe've made up until this point,
five years in the business, isthat we don't have the financial
freedom we once had.
We don't have the financialsecurity that we once had.

(30:06):
I can't go buy a new truck.
I can't go buy a new vehicle.
When I worked for thedealership, I bought my dream
car.
I did those things.
We don't have that luxuryanymore.
But it's okay.
We're chasing a different dreamhere.
You know, like our, our goalsand aspirations are bigger than
a vehicle at this point.
Would it be nice to have adependable four wheel drive
vehicle for the family and theycan haul the camper?

(30:28):
Yes, but we got to a pointwhere we're at a crossroads,
where we need to have somethingI can't afford.
I don't financially have themoney to go buy something
dependable, right?
If I'm going to buy anotherfour by four to haul a camper,
we're going to be in a budgetarea where we don't really know
what we're getting.

(30:50):
That's a scary thing.
And then you're going to settlefor something to just get by
for a couple of years, hopefullyto then get into something that
you really want.
When you don't have thefinances to take that kind of
risk, it gets tough and it's oneof those things where I look
every day longer than I shouldat deals and scouring for things

(31:11):
.
But it got to a point whereit's like you know what, we're
just going to put it in God'shands and we're just going to
figure it out.
I don't know what else to dohere and maybe for our first
fair in July we can borrowsomething or somebody can help
us get our camper there and thenhopefully we just start having
a good season and we can buysomething by our August fair.

(31:33):
You know what I mean.
Those are the conversations wewere having.

Speaker 2 (31:36):
Yeah, we definitely had these conversations multiple
times because we know that it'scrunch time, it's fair season
and we got to figure out it'scoming yeah.

Speaker 1 (31:48):
We were on a walk you , me, the baby and my mom and we
were talking about vehicleplans and what we could possibly
do.
We got home, you were in thecamper with the door open and
paisley was on the bed and youguys were hanging out and
playing.
And I was working in the bus onsomething and I got a phone

(32:09):
call from matt perkins, matt andsarah from ledgeway Farm.
And Matt called in when westarted chatting and he said,
hey, something along the linesof are you still interested in
my truck?
And I said what?
And Matt and Sarah recentlyhave gotten a couple of new

(32:30):
vehicles and Matt's trusty farmtruck that they've had for quite
some time.
That has been a truethoroughbred champion, hauling
their shack and their camper anddoing all those things.
Matt has been footed with theidea of selling it.
And then he said you know what,man?
Uh, it's just sitting here andI don't really need it.

(32:50):
And, um, you know, I?
I think that maybe you, youguys, would need it or could use
it, and before I put it up forsale, I just want to offer it to
you and I'm not going to sharewith everybody the details of
the deal and all those things.
But all I'm going to say to youis that when Matt was saying

(33:11):
this to me, there was a weightlifted off of me.
I just felt lighter, Like Iknew.

Speaker 2 (33:21):
It was within our means.

Speaker 1 (33:22):
It was within our means and it's dependable and we
know it.
And I know all the work thatMatt's done to it.
Matt's replaced so much on thistruck.

Speaker 2 (33:32):
He's done so much to it.
In the words of Matt, anythingthat's bolted to it, I've
replaced it.
Yes, it's been their farm truckand they've taken great care of
it and it's actually biggerthan any of the vehicles, the
trucks, that we've had.

Speaker 1 (33:46):
I'm going to say this I'm not going to get too far
into details here, but this is a2004 Chevy 2500 HD with under
80,000 miles dude.

Speaker 2 (33:55):
Yeah, it's great.

Speaker 1 (33:56):
I can't believe the mileage.
I cannot believe it.
And it's a 2500.
I've never actually owned a2500.
Yeah, this is going to be greatfor hauling the camper, it's
going to be great for haulingthe horse trailer, yep, and to
even take things further, if youguys have been listening for a
while, there was times on herewhere I've told you I've

(34:18):
shoveled my driveway by hand andmy driveway is like three, four
hundred feet.
We thankfully now have atractor.
But when I go out there with atractor, with our driveway,
bucket by bucket, I'm out therefor you know, eight, nine hours
doing the driveway.
Matt said I'll sell you thetruck and I'll throw in the plow
.
Gave us a nine foot plow.
I'll sell you the truck andI'll throw in the plow.
Gave us a nine foot plow.
He then called me and chuckedin a trailer, a five by eight

(34:42):
trailer, to haul the plow home.
And then we got there and hehad another plow blade in the
back of the truck for my tractor.
I honestly can't believe Matt'sgenerosity and I can okay, I can
believe it.
He's done this before.
He's got a streak of doing this.
We're coming up on yourbirthday.
Your birthday is this weekend.

Speaker 2 (35:03):
I think so yeah.

Speaker 1 (35:04):
Yeah, we know.
So it's on Father's Day.
Okay, there, princess, youasked me what I wanted for
Father's Day dinner Like I'm notgoing to involve you and your
birthday dinner.
You know what I'm saying?
I saw that rope-a-dope move youjust pulled on me One year ago.
Your birthday.
Matt shows up and drops off alawnmower.

Speaker 2 (35:20):
And she's still going strong oh my God, she cuts
every week.

Speaker 1 (35:25):
It's Paisley's favorite thing.

Speaker 2 (35:26):
Loves it.
She loves the mower.
Wait until you show her thetractor.
Oh, my God, you haven't evenshown her.
Get a dad pouch.

Speaker 1 (35:37):
Oh God.
So you made a comment, I think,on Saturday night, when you
said I just think that we'reMatt and Sarah's Make-A-Wish
kids.
We are.
You know what I mean.

Speaker 2 (35:46):
We're the Make-A-Wish fund for Matt and Sarah.

Speaker 1 (35:48):
Oh, my God, I'm grateful for every I am so
grateful.

Speaker 2 (35:52):
So grateful.
I will happily be there Make awish.
Make a wish kids.

Speaker 1 (35:56):
My God, I can't believe it.

Speaker 2 (35:58):
They're a true blessing.
To be honest, they are a trueblessing.

Speaker 1 (36:03):
It goes beyond a vehicle and a mower.
They're involvement in ourlives.

Speaker 2 (36:08):
They're not just friends, they're family.
Exactly.

Speaker 1 (36:11):
And they are a blessing, but him doing this no
joke for people to understandthe importance and how much this
means to our family.
I have to get my mom to work5.30 in the morning in the
wintertime and when you havethese snowstorms you're trying
to either risk it to get outthere or to clean snow to get

(36:32):
her there.
All these things right.
You're trying to find somethingwith four-wheel drive
dependable for Paisley.
We've already talked about allthe business impacts and all
those things and that we justdidn't have anything dependable.
This has all been weighing onme for so long.
I've known about this for along time.
We just haven't been able tocreate the funds to make

(36:57):
something work.
Every time we get to a point oflike okay, maybe I have enough
money to pull the trigger onsomething, something else
happens, right, something elsecomes up, and we're at that
point where we keep taking thesechances and you back yourself
into a corner and when Mattcalled and he told me what he
wanted to do, I couldn't believeit.

Speaker 2 (37:17):
I was in the camper and I didn't know who you were
talking to, but all I heard wasyes, yes, absolutely yes, 100%
yes.

Speaker 1 (37:26):
And I was like I just realized what you're going to
say.

Speaker 2 (37:29):
What.

Speaker 1 (37:30):
I did.
Okay, something happened afterthis phone call.
First off, before I get anyfurther, before I get any
further, I'm going to lose myshit.
I'm going to lose myever-loving shit.
So when Matt was talking to me,you were in the camper with.
Paisley, and you were likewhat's going on?

(37:50):
And I literally put my hand upin the air.
Do you remember I was talkingto Matt and I had my phone in
one hand and I had my other handup in the air.
Do you remember I was talkingto Matt and I had my phone in
one hand and I had my hand myother hand up in the air and I
was fist pumping.
I was like so excited.
I was so excited and I justfelt like, sweet Jesus, a load
was just lifted and and I justfelt lighter and I couldn't, um,

(38:13):
I couldn't believe it and Ididn't want to get emotional on
Matt because he's probably likedude, it's a farm truck, but to
us it's different.

Speaker 2 (38:22):
And I didn't even just think I did not, I swear to
God.

Speaker 1 (38:28):
I take my hand and put it on the Cabela's catalog
and eye to the sky, I did noteven make the connection.
I did not remember the timeuntil right frigging now.
I saw the look on your face andI thought you were going to say
it.
I hung up the phone with Mattand I went to the camper and I
was telling you when I was soexcited.

Speaker 2 (38:46):
Yeah.

Speaker 1 (38:48):
And I called my mother out and I said I got to
tell you something.
And she came out and I sharedthe news with her and she was
all excited and when she waswalking in the house and I was
going to the bus, you startedyelling something.

Speaker 2 (39:02):
Yeah, I saw the eagle .
He was circling over the house.
There was your dad telling useverything was going to be okay.
I didn't even think about ituntil just now.

Speaker 1 (39:16):
I didn't either.
I swear to God, Iwholeheartedly, solemnly swear.
I did not even think about itand we're now drawing the
connection now.
And I ran to the backyard justenough to see him fly off out of
sight and I called my mom andshe missed him.
But I didn't even make thatconnection until just now.
I did not even make theconnection until just now.

(39:37):
I did not even make theconnection until now yep, you're
not supposed to be crying,talking about a plow truck, okay
it just goes back to like whenthings happen, they just happen
for a reason and often happenswhen you need it most and, uh, I
know that Matt knew Matt andSarah knew what they were doing

(39:59):
when they had a conversation andsaid we should call Keith and
Allie about this truck.
I know they were trying to help.

Speaker 2 (40:05):
Yeah.

Speaker 1 (40:06):
But I also know that God had a big hand in this and I
know my dad was happy aboutthis.
I remember the first time Mattoffered me this truck I ran up
and told my dad about it becauseI knew it was in his wheelhouse
and he was always stressedabout us having a plow truck
because we just killed the plowtruck and he was so excited
about it then and I remember himalways asking about it so it

(40:27):
was kind of a full circle andwe're sharing this story and
pouring this amount of energyinto it for people to realize
that for some of you listeningit's a 2004 farm truck.
For us, it means so much more.
It means security.

Speaker 2 (40:44):
It does Like we're not, you know, in hopes I mean
anything can happen, but youknow we're not going to have to
worry about, you know, givingourselves two extra hours of
time, time not knowing if we'regoing to break down on the side
of the highway, like with thecamper and the baby like it.

Speaker 1 (41:03):
it means so much like relief yeah for us I um, I hope
that by people listening.
First off to circle back tothis.
I'm 42 years old and I neverexpected I would have put my

(41:26):
family in a situation where Icouldn't afford dependability
and security.
But I'm taking chances on abusiness, on a dream, hoping for
more, like I feel in my heart.
Someday, some way, this isgoing to break.
Like we've been saying thiswhole time, put it in God's
hands, eventually it's going tocome true, like I know it's

(41:48):
going to happen, and I know thatwe have to be tested.
But there's something inside ofme that hurts when I realize I
put my family in this situation.
I feel like it's going to befor the right reason and we're
going to have the right outcomes.
But I haven't been thisunsecure in a long time and I've

(42:09):
never had this many peopledepending on me.
So it's tough, it's hard, itweighs on you and this is one
thing that comes off the platethat makes me feel great.
But I'm emphasizing what thisis and how small it is for some,
but how big it is for us, forpeople that are listening, to
realize there might be somethingthat you can do today.
That might seem small for us,for people that are listening,
to realize there might besomething that you can do today

(42:31):
that might seem small for youbut can be tremendous for
somebody else.
It's true, you never know.
Just like for us, there couldbe something that we can do or
say or give or sell or offer tosomebody else to return the
favor to pay it forward and youdon't realize.

(42:55):
I know that Matt and Sarah knewwhat they were doing, was they
knew was helping us.

Speaker 2 (43:00):
Yeah, for sure.

Speaker 1 (43:01):
And I'm sure that's part of the reason why they did
it, or the reason why they didit Well, Matt knows he's been
there just about every figurethat we've broken down and he's
seen it he says you guys havethe worst luck.

Speaker 2 (43:12):
And we're like, we certainly do, but it's just one
of those things that, at thispoint, we just know, that it's,
um, it's, it's a test of faithand it's.
You know, everything that we'regoing through has led us to
where we're at today and, youknow, in every little hiccup, I

(43:33):
constantly just hear don't giveup, don't give up, don't give up
.

Speaker 1 (43:54):
There is, you know, there is light at the end of the
and we just have to put ourhead down and just keep grinding
Amen.
As I was saying, I know thatthey knew how much this was
going to help us, but I alsoknow that Matt and Sarah are the
type of people that look foropportunities to make a
difference in people that theycare about, and even in

(44:16):
strangers.

Speaker 2 (44:16):
I've seen it, yeah.

Speaker 1 (44:18):
I've had conversations.
I've had conversations withMatt where he said I read my
Bible today and, uh, god told meI needed to give today, I
needed to help today, and hewent and helped and he went and
gave to somebody.
Like, I've had thoseconversations with him.
I know that's how they are.
I know how Sarah is.
It makes me want to be a betterperson.

(44:39):
I'm emotional over this becausethis truly makes me want to be
a better person, because Mattand Sarah could have come to us

(45:02):
and said, hey, I have thisvehicle, I think this would work
for you, and they could havecharged us five times what they
did and we would have gladlypaid it.
Right, that's not what it wasabout for them.
It's not what it was about.
So you think about how manytimes in your life could you

(45:23):
have done better for someonethan you did?
You know what I'm saying.
Like it's, it's hard, it's hardto say, but being around them
and the more you get to knowthem and these things, it makes
you want to be a better person.
It makes you want to do more.

Speaker 2 (45:39):
For sure.

Speaker 1 (45:42):
So I truly hope that people that are listening to
this can realize, no matter howbig or how small, you can do
something today that's going tomake a difference, and I'm
trying to pride myself more indoing things that I can to make
a difference.
I need to get better at notgetting so caught up and lost in

(46:02):
the sauce, and what I mean bythat is you don't want to get
lost in your sauce, and what Imean by that is you don't want
to get lost in your sauce, andfor me, the definition of that
is I can get caught in the swirlof my life, right Of where I
have to be, when I have to bethere taking care of my girl,
what I have to order, what Ihave to make, where I have to go

(46:23):
, and not being as present as Ishould be for people in my life.
I I don't know the last time Ipicked the phone up and called
somebody and said, hey, how youdoing.

Speaker 2 (46:36):
You know what I?

Speaker 1 (46:37):
mean.

Speaker 2 (46:37):
Yeah.

Speaker 1 (46:43):
I gotta get.
I gotta get better at things,and that's all.
That being said, there'sopportunities for us to make a
difference in people, and it'snot always like financial, you
know what I mean.
Like we're not in a position to, like, financially, do certain
things with people, but there'sthings we can do.
You know what I'm saying.

Speaker 2 (47:04):
Like.

Speaker 1 (47:04):
I think it comes down to to to paying that forward,
and I've been listening to thisnew book and I'm not going to
get too deep into it this week.
I might peel back the onion onthis topic next week.
But there's a line in this bookthat I wrote down and it is
Whose dream do I need to supportthis week?

(47:28):
Whose dream do I need tosupport this week and this guy
talks about?
He basically gets to a point inlife where he just keeps
winning and he just keepssucceeding and his business
endeavors are working and hedoesn't need to work, but he's
doing it because he loves it.
And he often has to ask himselfwhose dream do I need to
support this week?
Who around me?
Who do I know could use my helpthis week, and how do I need to

(47:49):
support this week?
Who around me, who do I knowcould use my help this week, and
how do I help them?
And he says that that same thingcan happen for you.
Right, you don't need to belike in his shoes and making it
hand over fist.
But whose dream can you helpthis week?
And if you start thinking aboutpeople that are close to you,

(48:09):
is there something that I can dothis week to help you achieve
something that you've dreamed of?
Is there something that I can do, whether it's just listening to
a friend who's chasing theirdream and offering their advice.
It doesn't need to beoverwhelming, but there's
something you can do, and themore often you program yourself

(48:30):
to help others achieve theirdreams, it's going to make it
easier for you to achieve yoursit makes sense it's uh, karma
goes around, man, it paystenfold.
Doing goodwill pays tenfold, andI think that when you're
helping others achieve, you tooshall achieve, and Matt and
Sarah are wired to help peopleachieve.

(48:51):
You know what I mean.
And yeah, I just wanted to givethe family over to Ledgeway Farm
a tremendous shout out andthank you and turn this into a
lesson and hopefully a callingfor others to help and do what
they can to make a difference.
Maybe ask yourself whose dreamyou can support this week, you

(49:12):
know, and see what you can do.
But with all that said, itwouldn't be a Liberty weekend,
it wouldn't be a Liberty vehicle, it wouldn't be a Liberty
excitement scenario withoutsprinkling in a little
dysfunction.
We certainly had a littledysfunction.

Speaker 2 (49:38):
Oh, we certainly did, because no Liberty chaos
happens without a littledysfunction.

Speaker 1 (49:49):
We had things planned so well.
Matt said hey, man, I got thistrailer for you.
I'm going to hook that up onthe truck, I'm going to put the
plow in there, because yourtractor is not going to be
strong enough to pick that up.
And everything was good.
We went over everything.
We left in enough time so thatwe could get home before it was
dark, because we didn't havetrailer lights and we were

(50:10):
feeling things out Because thetrailer is homemade.

Speaker 2 (50:12):
No lights on it is homemade, it is homemade, which
is fine.
Which is absolutely fine.

Speaker 1 (50:16):
So we're heading down 295 and baby's having a
meltdown, an absolute meltdown.

Speaker 2 (50:25):
The next day we figured out why she was cutting
two teeth Two teeth drops.
Two teeth, so I get it.
So that's why.
But we didn't know that at thetime.

Speaker 1 (50:33):
I called you.
We were about a half an hour orso or 20 minutes in on the
interstate and I called you andI said Well, before that we had
stopped at the Gardner exit.

Speaker 2 (50:49):
Yeah, and we tried to see if we could calm her down
and nothing was working.

Speaker 1 (50:51):
So we're like we're losing daylight, we gotta, we
gotta go, we have to go, wegotta go.
So we got to the point of noreturn.
We had to leave.
And then I had to call you andsay at what point is she hurting
herself?

Speaker 2 (50:59):
yeah, because she is just screaming bloody murder she
.

Speaker 1 (51:02):
I can't make this stop.
At what point is she hurtingherself and and like we need to
stop?
I don't know what else to dohere.
And there was a uh, like thingswere going great.
You were home, you had the newtrailer.

Speaker 2 (51:15):
Just ask me yeah, you were asking me like you know,
how's it hauling?
Do you like it like, is it good?
And I was explaining to youyeah, it's, it's hauling really
great.
The um, the trailer, like Icould see, was swaying a little
bit, but that's only becausethere was a plow in the back and
I could see the plow moving,but I couldn't feel it swaying,

(51:35):
like it was hauling reallyreally well.
And you were asking about thetruck and how everything's going
.
And I was like everything'sgreat.
And like you were getting ready, you're like all right, well,

(51:59):
we'll just keep trucking.
And I was getting ready to tellyou like hey, if you want to
pull over, I'll, you know, keepscooting and you just catch up
to me if you want to see if youcan get her to calm down.
And no sooner did you say, allright, I got to, I'm going to go
.
Nope, you got to pull over.
You got to pull over right nowand I was like what?
What's going on?
Like I don't understand, like Ididn't know what was going on
because nothing was going onwith the truck, right, like
everything's going, like I'mhauling and you're like.
You just blew a tire and I saidwhat?

(52:20):
And I see the tire shrapnel go.
Never once, once, did the trucklike sway in any way, shape or
form.
The trailer didn't like zigzagor nothing Like it, just it,
just the tire just came off therim and we just kept going Like
it was so bizarre.

Speaker 1 (52:38):
I smelled it getting hot and smoking.
Then I was like that's why Iwas kind of quiet and I was like
, oh, and then I saw the fuckingbelt rip off that thing and
come flying at the windshieldI'm like dodging the belt of the
tire and I was like no, no, no,you got to pull over, you got
to pull over.

Speaker 2 (52:54):
And I was like why, what's going on?
And you're like you just blew atire and I was like what?

Speaker 1 (52:59):
Yeah.

Speaker 2 (53:00):
Didn't even feel it.

Speaker 1 (53:01):
So you pull over.

Speaker 2 (53:10):
Clearly we don't have a spare.
No, I also don't even know if Ihave a jack to pick this
freaking thing up.
Right right, because, remindyou, just as a reminder, there
is a plow foot plow in the back.

Speaker 1 (53:17):
Probably a thousand pounds easy so in the back yeah,
we're on the side of the roadand uh baby's still having a
meltdown also matt had alreadychecked in with me two or three
times to make sure everythingwas going good.

Speaker 2 (53:30):
He jinxed it, he reached out too many times.

Speaker 1 (53:33):
He was on his way to do some chores and stuff and I
was like you're like, call Matt.
And I started calling him andhis phone wasn't working.
And then I had to call Sarahand she was like you're kidding.

Speaker 2 (53:43):
What's wrong?
Yeah, yeah.

Speaker 1 (53:50):
So she runs out to get matt and uh, I was like I
can see her running, literallyrunning, blew a tire out and
he's like I've got one, um, I'llbe right there.
And uh, he had a whole otherwheel to bring out to us.
And uh, we're sitting there.
And then, um, was it statepolice?
yeah, state police pulled upbehind us yep, and I was like
here we go, and he was a wickednice kid, Super nice.

(54:11):
He came up and started talkingto us, asked us a scenario and
then he said you got a baby inthe car.
And I said yeah, and he saidcan you pull the truck forward
and let's get this car over intothe grass a little bit more?
I'd like to get her off theroad.

Speaker 2 (54:23):
He actually just said I'd like to get you off the
road a little bit.
So I actually popped out andmoved the truck and we moved
forward and got into the andthen he said I'm going to put
some road flares out for you.
Yep.
And I'm going to sit behind youas long as I can, and then I

(54:50):
think maybe 10 minutes later,another officer pulls up right
behind him a little bit furtherback with his lights on and he
checked in with the otherofficer and they basically just
sat there for probably like 20minutes or so and then the first
officer came to us and justsaid hey, he's gonna have to
take off, but I'm gonna sit hereas long as I can.
You know when your friends aregonna be here, like do you have
a ride situation?
Um, we told him and uh, he waslike all right, yeah, no problem
.
And I remember I he asked you.
He like are you the registeredowner?

Speaker 1 (55:11):
Yeah.

Speaker 2 (55:11):
Well, you'd be an awfully odd-looking Allison.

Speaker 1 (55:15):
You never know these days.
You never know.

Speaker 2 (55:18):
In case you're wondering why he wanted to know
that.
Well, my Kia out there, yep,she's registered and inspected,
but somewhere, some way, the ofmaine lost my stickers and I
re-registered it online infebruary yeah, so I don't have
stickers year, it's a 24 year onthere.

Speaker 1 (55:36):
I did have the receipt though.

Speaker 2 (55:38):
So he, we asked him.
We're like, hey, is this common?

Speaker 1 (55:40):
he's like I'm not surprised, yeah, so he was great
he stayed there the whole, wewere on the side of 295, not 95.
Maybe about an hour and a halfor so An hour and a half.

Speaker 2 (55:52):
Yeah, but after that officer went back to the car,
what maybe?
10 minutes later, DOT pulls upwith his lights going.
I have to believe thatsomewhere, some way, it was put
out there that a truck andtrailer were on the side of the
highway with a baby yeah, andthat on the side of the highway
with a baby yeah.
And that's why all of thethings started to happen?

Speaker 1 (56:14):
I would think so too.
But to go back I was thankfulfor how nice they were,
absolutely.

Speaker 2 (56:20):
They were super nice.
I truly knew in my whole heartthat everything was going to be
okay, because when I got intothe car excuse me, when I got
into the truck to move it up alittle bit after the officer had
shown up, memesong Goodness ofGod came on, yeah, and I was
like okay, everything's going tobe okay.

(56:42):
And then a little bit later,when Matt and Sarah got there
with the new tire, I happened topoke my head out the window and
point at the officer and sawhis license plate said 444,
which means protection.
So I was like everything'sgoing to be okay, we're going to

(57:03):
be fine.
This was just a freak accident.
This is not going to be therunning log of this and we even
talked about it.
Like you know, that tire hadbeen, for the trailer had just
been sitting out in the yard.

Speaker 1 (57:16):
And it, you know, had too much pressure in it.

Speaker 2 (57:18):
It was not that it like because looking at the tire
, it blew out in the sidewalls.
The tread looked great.

Speaker 1 (57:25):
Matt had a spare tire and rim but it wouldn't hold
air.
He had to literally go to afriend's house have the valve
replaced.

Speaker 2 (57:33):
Yeah.

Speaker 1 (57:34):
And then Matt and Sarah showed up on the side of
295 with a big-ass jack, youknow, compact gun, the whole
thing.
Matt went straight.
Nascar changed a tire on thetrailer in two minutes and then
we pulled off the interstate ata gas station and checked
everything over again before weleft.
Again, unbelievable man, like Ididn't know what else to do in

(57:55):
that situation.
Like absolutely I you know so,so, um, incredibly thankful for
for both of them and and theywere both like we're sorry, like
nothing to be sorry about yeah,it wasn't anything, and this is
tremendous that you're here tohelp.

Speaker 2 (58:09):
Absolutely.
This is unbelievable Becausethey could have been like we've
got stuff to do, call AAA, notour problem.
We pulled out of the door yard.
Not saying that, that's whatthey would do.

Speaker 1 (58:17):
Not saying they would , but if somebody else sold it
to you, they would.

Speaker 2 (58:24):
Yes, of course.
Back in the day I used to tellsomebody they'd be like what's
the warranty on this one?

Speaker 1 (58:28):
I'd go oh, it's a 30-30.
And they'd be like oh, thatsounds good.
What is that?
30 seconds or 30 feet, whateverhappens first, that's the
warranty, my friend.

Speaker 2 (58:37):
I thought it was something about taillights.

Speaker 1 (58:39):
Yeah, I've had a few.
My 30-30 is my favorite.
But yeah, it's crazy to thinkthat little Paisley's how old
Nine months.

Speaker 2 (58:50):
Hmm.

Speaker 1 (58:52):
Mm-hmm Care to elaborate.
Nine months.

Speaker 2 (58:56):
Well, when you were nine months pregnant, oh yeah,
we were on the side of 95.
Yeah, nine months in ninemonths out.

Speaker 1 (59:04):
Nine months out.
We're on the side of 295.

Speaker 2 (59:06):
295.
Unbelievable, it's true.
It's what our life is like.
Welcome to the shit show.

Speaker 1 (59:14):
I think that we've encountered a level of chaos and
I'm going to knock on woodbecause I don't want to jinx
myself here, but we've reached alevel of chaos where a lot of
things just don't bother us.

Speaker 2 (59:26):
Yeah, this one.

Speaker 1 (59:27):
It is what it is.
Yeah, a lot of things justdon't bother us.

Speaker 2 (59:29):
yeah, this one it is what it is.

Speaker 1 (59:29):
Yeah, you know what I mean.
We've had so many crazy likesituations.
For example, I think if I wentback to when the truck died and
like um, triple a lost it, likethat morning when the truck died
we were panicked.
That was a shit show, that wasmayhem.
We didn't know how to handle it.

(59:51):
Nine months pregnant when thattruck started blowing steam and
I was like oh boy.
And I asked you what the gaugeis and you said they were pinned
and we pulled over.
I knew what the problem was,Went out there, said it's a
radiator hose.
We waited, hung out Kyle showedup.

Speaker 2 (01:00:06):
We were on the side of the I fixed it and we were
good.
Yeah, but we were sitting on ahill and we were just watching
traffic.

Speaker 1 (01:00:13):
We're like people would be losing their mind over
this and we're like this is kindof funny.
Take some photos right here.

Speaker 2 (01:00:18):
Yeah, you even recorded the podcast live on the
side of the 95.

Speaker 1 (01:00:22):
Yeah, I did do a part there.
I know we're just accustomed tochaos, so when this happened on
Saturday, we're like, eh, byefor the course.

Speaker 2 (01:00:29):
Yeah, but did you hear what Sarah said?
What Sarah said as soon as shegot off the phone, matt was like
I can hear Allie now what thefuck?
Yeah.
And I said to Sarah I was likeI actually didn't.

Speaker 1 (01:00:41):
No.

Speaker 2 (01:00:41):
She was like you didn't, and I was like nah, I'm
used to it by now it's crazy.

Speaker 1 (01:00:45):
When I was younger, I used to have meltdowns when
things didn't go my way, and ourlittle baby's currently doing
that.
But, she's going to learn a lotof things in life.
Are going to go your way.

Speaker 2 (01:00:54):
To be honest, though, I think not for nothing, but
for me in particular Matt andSarah have known us a while
since becoming small businessowners.
Over the last five years, I metMatt at the first fair I ever
did Right while since becoming,you know, small business owner.

Speaker 1 (01:01:07):
So over the last five years.
Think about mad at the firstfair I ever did.

Speaker 2 (01:01:11):
Right, so within that timeframe, I personally know
that I have grown.
So, yes, would that havenormally been my reaction?
Absolutely.

Speaker 1 (01:01:19):
Yeah.

Speaker 2 (01:01:20):
But because this constantly happens and I've also
taken the time to reevaluatelife, as we talked about in a
few episodes, uh, back, I'm notnecessarily letting all of those
things bother me as much asthey used to.
Like, what?
What's the point of having afreak out on the side of 95 or
295 when you can't do anythingabout it?

(01:01:41):
Like, you can have a freak out,you can have a moment of like
oh my god, like, like, what iswhat am I going to do?
Right, but then what?

Speaker 1 (01:01:49):
Like it's um, it's weird when these things happen.
I two things First thing,assess and then resolve.

Speaker 2 (01:01:58):
That's all.
It is right, yeah.

Speaker 1 (01:01:59):
Assess situation.
How do I resolve it?
And that's it.
And then you move on yeah, therest of the, or you can scroll a
marketplace.
You know what I mean.
Like, what do you want to?

Speaker 2 (01:02:07):
do?
I'm sitting in the backseatplaying with the baby, like
she's playing in the backseateating snacks, like it doesn't
even realize she sees the bluelights and it catches her
attention.

Speaker 1 (01:02:24):
I think even the cops were surprised, because the 444
, he came to the window at onepoint and he was like just
checking in on us, and I waslike, oh you know, it's another
little romantic evening on theside of 295.
Yeah, he just chuckled about it.
He's going to be thinking likethey've got a newborn basically
in the back seat on the side of95, and they're not having a
meltdown.

Speaker 2 (01:02:38):
Yeah, what is wrong with this loony tune?

Speaker 1 (01:02:40):
Assess and resolve man Assess the situation and
find a way to resolve.
But I know that at some pointI'm going to be tested because I
brought this up, but it's oneof those things like roll into
Matt's house for the open house,blow a freaking hose on the
radiator of the bus, assess andresolve.
Yeah, what are we going to do?

Speaker 2 (01:02:58):
Matt's like get off my grass.
You know what I mean yeah.

Speaker 1 (01:03:01):
But it's like figure it out and even going into bike
week.
Normally I'd want to be waymore prepared for this event
than I am right now, but I knowthere's nothing else I can do
about it.
I'm going to get as best as Ican and then I'm going to set it
and forget it.
It is what it is.
It's all going to work out.
Make the best of it.
You know what I mean.

Speaker 2 (01:03:22):
Absolutely.
That's all you can do.

Speaker 1 (01:03:31):
But the thing is going back to the whole premise
of this.
When one of these trueblessings comes to you, whether
it's just out of thin air orwhether somebody you know and
care about is the one pushing itfor you, you got to lean into
it, you got to celebrate it, andyou've got to use it as an
opportunity.

Speaker 2 (01:03:45):
you have to appreciate it and you also have
to thank it, like you have to bethankful for it, because
there's a reason that everythingyour stars aligned and that
situation came to fruition.
Like there's a reason, likeyou've done the work, here's
your reward.

Speaker 1 (01:04:05):
I think you have to use it as a tipping point
towards more good fortune andmore good luck, you know when
something that big happens, whenone big weight on your
shoulders is lifted, then takethat new, fresh approach.
What can you resolve?
What can you solve Right?
You know what I mean.

Speaker 2 (01:04:22):
But you also have to stay humble and you also have to
grip it and rip it and keepgoing Like you have.
That takes one thing off yourlist, but that's not everything.
Right, you know, be thankful,be appreciative and you know,
but stay focused.
Yeah, you know, for us inparticular, like that was a huge

(01:04:43):
, huge weight and it eliminateda ton of problems for us, so
that's great.
Those are multiple things offof our list that we had the
ability to, in your case,highlight, and you love to
highlight your list when thingsget completed.
However, that list is still 10pages long.
However, those were two bigthings on the top of the list.

(01:05:05):
Right, you know, plowing thedriveway and how do we haul the
camper.

Speaker 1 (01:05:10):
Yeah.
There it is I don't know, I'mfeeling blessed.

Speaker 2 (01:05:16):
Yeah, for sure.

Speaker 1 (01:05:17):
And fortunate and thankful, and I just was hoping
that by sharing this andsprinkling in some humor, it can
, at least you know, raiseawareness to people that you
have the opportunity and theability to cause and affect
somebody's day in a positive way, to maybe, you know, put an
emphasis or a boost on somebodyelse's dreams.

(01:05:38):
And when, I think honestly,when you do that and you help
somebody else, it feels good andit just gets a big ball of
positive energy flowing.
It's going to make your daybetter too.
I can guarantee you that.
And when something comes to you, when you are blessed with
something, then celebrate it,lean into it and see if you can

(01:05:58):
put it to good use and tomultiply it, you know.

Speaker 2 (01:06:02):
And it can be something as simple as just
holding the door and saying goodmorning to somebody.
You don't know what that personis going through.
Maybe that person doesn't haveanybody at home with them to say
that good morning or, you know,crack a smile to them.

Speaker 1 (01:06:17):
I think, every day you start off trying to do some
of those small little things.

Speaker 2 (01:06:20):
Your five pennies?
Yeah, but then if?

Speaker 1 (01:06:23):
you get to the point where, like there's an
opportunity to do something,that might be small for you but
big for somebody else.

Speaker 2 (01:06:29):
Take advantage of it, absolutely.

Speaker 1 (01:06:31):
You don't know how much of a positive impact you're
going to have on somebody.
And that's really the lastingmessage that I want to have of
this week's show and hopefully,maybe today was the positive
impact that you needed for yourweek.
Maybe Today's that ball ofpositivity, maybe impact that
you needed for your week, maybe.

Speaker 2 (01:06:47):
Today's that ball of positivity, maybe.

Speaker 1 (01:06:50):
Well, I'm feeling positive about the fact that
that's about to be a wrap onthis here show.

Speaker 2 (01:06:56):
I'm feeling positive, and then I'm about to get eight
hours of sleep.

Speaker 1 (01:06:59):
Get it, girl.
I got a little bit of typingand editing, but I think I can
get close to that eight hourswith you.

Speaker 2 (01:07:06):
Let's hit the hay you as long as that lady has
something to say about it.
You know what I'm saying she'sout she is out this is my
favorite part of the day.
In case anyone was, wondering.

Speaker 1 (01:07:16):
I know me too snuggling her at the end of the
day you usually get the bedtimesnuggle because dad can't move
without waking her up it's myfavorite yeah it's my favorite.

Speaker 2 (01:07:27):
Yeah, it's my favorite.
It doesn't matter what kind ofday you're having bad, good,
doesn't matter, it's just thewhole world just stops.

Speaker 1 (01:07:36):
It's the truth.

Speaker 2 (01:07:38):
She's so peaceful.

Speaker 1 (01:07:39):
And if you listen quietly, you can hear the
bulldog snoring in thebackground.

Speaker 2 (01:07:42):
Yeah, that's not the baby.

Speaker 1 (01:07:45):
Well, folks, 257 consecutive weeks of you, me and
my beautiful wife this week.
I appreciate you, yeah.

Speaker 2 (01:07:54):
Matt and Sarah, thank you for supporting our American
dream.
Your freaking hands.

Speaker 1 (01:08:03):
You filthy savage.
That's it and that's all BiggieSmalls.
If you're a Loud Proud Americanand you find yourself just
wanting more, find me on YouTubeand Facebook.
At Loud Proud American and youfind yourself just wanting more,

(01:08:27):
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(01:09:34):
I truly thank you forsupporting my American dream.
Now go wash your fucking hands,you filthy savage.