So long dear Fords

I remember watching a Disney cartoon when I was little that had this teenager shopping for a used car and all the little cars were sad remembering when they were new and zipping around. Their headlights were eyes and you could see how they had feelings. He fixed up a little red coupe and they were both happy. I still feel a little bad for the old vehicles that sit on the car lots and always think of that cartoon. Apparently I am a little sentimental.

So I had a little bit of a hard time tonight when we had to drive our old Fords into town so we could replace them with a shinier newer one. We bought the '99 pickup the week Paige was born and brought her home in the hospital in it; the '96 was Cowboy's first official adult purchase out of college. It was also the vehicle we drove through the blizzard on our honeymoon.

So I thought the old '96 & '99 deserved a little bit of a goodbye and I'll admit it; I told them goodbye!