Hello, Maw family. Have you listened to our new podcast, Grown yet? Grown, that's GROWN,

is a podcast filled with true stories all about the joys and pains of growing up.

Listen with a young person in your life, or by yourself to hear Maw stories,

storyteller interviews, and audio diaries from young voices that tackle family dynamics,

heartbreak, culture, mental health, and so much more. If you love listening to Maw stories,

then share Grown with a young person in your life. Find it by searching GROWN on all major podcast

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This is the Maw 3DWOWER from PRX, and I'm Catherine Burns. A few years ago, I hosted a radio

hour where all the stories involved people going out of their way to help a stranger.

Employees going the extra mile for a customer. Neighbors helping a misdelivered package get to

the right destination. Or a hug offered it just the right moment. The response from you,

our beloved audience, was tremendous, so we were inspired to bring you more stories of people

going out of their way to help. We heard a lot about neighbors taking care of neighbors during the

pandemic. We all suffered to one degree or another, but the isolation hit some of us harder than

others. So first up, a very energetic and stressed out writer coming out of a period where he couldn't

write. From the Skurball Center in New York City, here is Nathan Englander.

The pandemic started so soon after I moved to Canada. I had no idea it was global. I just

thought it was a local Toronto thing. Like charming cities, shame, it's always closed.

It was me, my wife, Rachel's job we moved for, our daughter Olivia and our baby, I mean a real baby

son, Sam. And literally by the time we could get two kids into snow suits, they were like, let's

wrap this back up and head on inside. And when we told the Canadians, as a nation, if you were a

mask at the supermarket and spend some time in the house, your neighbors won't die, they were like,

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