Thursday, 25 February 2016

The Car



We could appreciate grandpa’s love for that car but his desire to give it to the Grace Chapel left us confounded.
‘That chapel is one  thousand miles away?’
‘So what?’
‘How do we take it there? We can’t drive it; it may not survive the journey.’
‘Carry it on a trailer.’
‘Why?’
‘When I was a little kid, mother carried me to that church every Sunday; even when she was sick…….. certain that, with His grace, someday I would go there on my two feet……… I did.......on my eighth birthday.’
More than the words his eyes left us speechless.
                                                                                            Photo prompt © Al Forbes
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19 comments:

  1. Dale25 February 2016 at 22:04

    Lovely story and respectful of Grandpa's wishes. I like that.

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  2. Russell25 February 2016 at 22:23

    My mother was faithful about taking me to church too. Bring a child up in the way he should go . . . the scriptures say.

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  3. Anonymous26 February 2016 at 00:52

    Heart-warming story.

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  4. brudberg26 February 2016 at 01:09

    I think it serves his legacy so well... and a little roadtrip does wonders for a memory...

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    1. i b arora26 February 2016 at 08:57

      thanks Bjorn, no better teacher than a road trip to one's roots.

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  5. Indrani26 February 2016 at 12:24

    A touching story. A lesson there.

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  6. i b arora26 February 2016 at 17:22

    thanks keith

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  7. Rochelle Wisoff-Fields26 February 2016 at 18:28

    Touching story, Arora.

    Shalom,

    Rochelle

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  8. Gah Learner27 February 2016 at 03:33

    Very touching. Grandpa's wishes should be fulfilled.

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  9. Sandra Crook27 February 2016 at 21:38

    Such a lovely story.

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  10. Anonymous29 February 2016 at 05:22

    I love the way you intermingled both photos with one story. Well done.

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