Memories Riding on Wheels

It is raining pretty hard here today and I really need to be out shopping but have procrastinated leaving the warm, dry home. The main thing I need to shop for is my grandson in California. I must get that package in the mail this week. After all, there are only 19 shopping days left until Christmas! We are also leaving on a trip to Charleston, SC, on Friday for a week, so I need to get those out of here, especially if they need them to help make a merrier Christmas.
This is a somewhat sad day for me because we sold our little red Miata which was bought for our daughter when she graduated from high school in 1990. It was the first year of the Miata and it has a neat hardtop with it, making it especially cute. Kendra drove it to college, went on her honeymoon in it, and to be honest, the car holds many happy memories. We have been towing it behind our motorcoach for the past 7 years and enjoyed cruising around town in it. When I emailed Kendra and told her that we had sold the car and I needed cheering, she wrote back and said it was only a car and I couldn't keep everything. She is right and that helped since most of the memories hover around her. I guess if she is okay with it I can be too. The money just didn't mean as much to me as the memories do. I did run out in the rain to take photos! My son wrote and said we didn't need it and it was not safe enough for us anyway. He wants us in something BIG - safer, he says. We bought a compact SUV to tow behind the coach. The problem with the Miata was we're getting older and having difficulty getting in and out easily. The lady who bought the car told me I could come and see it anytime since she lives nearby. No matter what, I will miss the little red Miata, and I won't forget the wonderful memories that have been spun while those little wheels turned round and round for 103,000 miles!