Farewell to my beloved friend

There was a hard good-bye that was said the night before we left for the Philippines, and no, it wasn't to a close friend or family member (although it does feel like both to me)... it was to my car! My beloved 4Runner has treated me so well in these last 7 years I've owned it, and I just wanted to pay it regards for all that is has brought me through...

This car has...

- Gotten me back and forth to Jackson, MI for school, back and forth to Durham, ON twice, and back and forth to California from British Columbia countless times!!

- It has taken me to the beach I miss so much down in California dozens of times

- It took Andrew and I from our wedding reception back to our hotel...

- It took my two kids each home from the hospital after they were born!

- It has been our tent for camping.

- It has hauled our possessions all over the continent countless times!

- It has been our concert hall while listening to our favorite CDs in the car (including Kaden's favorite, Rise and Shine by Raffi :)

- It has been a place where Andrew and I have been able to share our lives, thoughts and struggles and grow closer through it all.

- It has been a mini-apartment for us as we were living out of it for the last 7 months.

- It has been our "motel room" when driving through the night and weren't able to make it all the way...

- It has been a diaper changing station for the kids too many times!

- It has been an infant nursing room.

- It is one of Kaden's favorite places to be in the world, the only consistent thing he's really had since he was born!

Most of all, it never failed us and broke down in all the 100,000 miles we've driven it!

We will miss you car! :)