I didn't say but my friend has had a really rough patch. They had to put their dog to sleep. He had epliepsy and the dosage of pheno barbitol kept going higher and higher till he had serious health issues, one of which seemed to be dementia. He'd walk into a corner in a room and get stuck there. Plus he was having more and more seizures. The day they put him down her cousin's husband died of cancer. This at the same time her husband's heart problem was being diagnosed. Guess who DID hire a young guy to move snow? Yup, she did, but he only blows out her driveway, he doesn't do the porch at front or the deck at back. I used to walk the dog when she had to be away. He's a Keeshond, a unique breed around here. I liked all the attention he garnered. They are getting a puppy in a few months, another Kees.
The Florida guy really helped when OH was laid up in 2015 from his Whipple surgery but OH has been doing his driveway for years and years in winter. And you're right, OH says he doesn't want anything for helping but he's trying to help too many people. He sold a truck to a friend (another with horrible health issues) and for several years every time something went wrong the truck was back at our house for OH to fix it. I said to him, we might as well have kept it, this is why you sold it, because it was 10 years old and things were going to start breaking down.