Goodbye, Green Car.

Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Goodbye, Green Car.

Picture taken February 24, 2010

A couple of weeks ago, we aquired a new vehicle.

It was desperately needed.

To replace the dying "green car".

Today the car is going away.

Donated to the Kidney Foundation.

Andy was a little sad to realize that the car may be gone before he gets home.

I teased him and asked if he wanted a picture.

He laughed and said no.

Then he came back.

And said yes.

This is the car we drove on our first date.

Every morning he would pick me up for school.

He would rev the engine in front of my house to try to make it warm up faster for me.

He exploded a milk jug in the back seat and had to tear out the carpet.

(The milk was there because he had ran to get groceries for our lunch date.)

It got locked behind the temple gates the day we were married and he had to break into the temple parking lot to get his ID for our honeymoon.

We drove it on our first road trip together - the trip when I fainted and took over a year to return to full health.

This car carried our first baby home from the hospital.

It moved with us countless times, including to AZ and back.

Someone backed into it, denting the hood.

We said don't worry, this car is going to die any day.

That was a good five years ago.

We used to hope it would die, wanting to replace it.

Then we prayed for it's survival, knowing we depended on it.

Last winter we received miraculous goodness at the hands of our Bishop and friends

Who took countless hours to keep it running just a little bit longer.

Andy recently got sick.

The doctor said that it was the inversion.

A few days later Andy realized,

"Well, maybe it is the antifreeze I breath driving to work everyday."

This car lived a long life, but it was ready to die.

(And trying to take Andy with it, apparently.)

I am glad Andy wanted to get a picture this morning.

This car was sometimes hated by us.

But mostly it was loved.

Goodbye, Green Car.

Thanks for the memories.

1 comment:

Heather HFebruary 24, 2010 at 12:33 PM
Thank you for this post, Rob's green car is about to get replaced too. I have been very glad to see it go but reading your post about all the good things that your car was with you for made me think a little bit nicer about our green car.
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