لم تقل الكثير وقتها لارمسترونغ ولكنها تلقت مكالمة منه بعد أسبوعين يسألها ماذا تفعل ردت بأنها تقطع شجرة كرز، وبعد 35 دقيقة كان ارمسترونغ في منزلها يساعدها.
She said little to Armstrong, but two weeks later she received a call from him asking what she was doing—she replied she was cutting down a cherry tree; 35 minutes later Armstrong was at her house to help out.