We bought this car about 3 years ago just like it is now, covered in key marks thanks to some really cool teenagers. (They were caught!)
It has slowly gone down hill with age and I got to the point where the thought of having a newborn in the car made me nervous. At one point, the engine dropped and was sitting on my sway bar. Ya... not safe.
So two weeks ago we took it down to a park to take pictures of it so we could put it on ebay. We took some pictures then the camera battery died. We started Scratchy and his battery died too. Fantastic.
These lovely mature people came to our rescue to help us jump start the car. We attached the cables to the battery and low and behold, the hood hydraulics went and the hood collapsed down. The car started smoking because the cables were still active on the battery. We couldn't get the hood opened because they were caught on the cables. Great! These lovely people surrendered (as I would have) and gave Barney a lift home to get another car and some tools. I lay down in the grass and worked on my tan. (PS: we didn't bring our wallets, phones or anything with us!)
We tried for an hour or so to get the hood open and it wouldn't budge. I had had enough and we went home. After having a good cry, calming down and having a snack (the joys of pregnancy), we went back and tried again. A lovely man named Daniel came over to help us and after much struggle, we finally got the hood open! We may have bent the hood and added a few of our own scratches but at least we could fire it up and drive it back home. Daniel was so lovely, kind and patient, my first thought is that he must be a Christian. Although I don't know if he was for sure, I think my suspicions were correct when he called out to his son, whose name was Ezekiel. I'll never know but I'm thankful for Daniel and his generosity.
So we put Scratchy on ebay listing everything wrong with it, hoping someone would buy it for parts at least. We listed it for 99 cents because by this point, we just wanted to get rid of it!
The good news is that Scratchy was driven out of our driveway last night and we got $500 for it. I really don't care about the money, I'm just thankful the car is gone!!
Although it wasn't the greatest of afternoons that day, there were so many things/people to be thankful for. Especially, my very patient husband :)
2 comments:
Again, a beautifully told story from the heart. You, dear daughter of ours, have a talent
for writing. I started reading the story and was immediately interest in finding out the ending. You give life to the everyday. Thank you for that. xo Mom
I hate car problems!!!
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