Obedience

I think everybody's been there.  It's that moment when you think you have the skills to be your own tow truck service.  Sure Towing San Jose is not that expensive, and certainly worth the peace of mind... but the thoughts still come.  "Oh yeah... I've got a rope."  "If I come up slowly behind you, I could push you with my car!"  "It's only a few miles to the house."  It was the second one that I got caught up in.

I'm cheap.  I didn't want to pay for a tow truck to take my daughters car around the corner and up a few blocks.  I decided I would drive my car and push her in hers.  I gave her exact instructions... extremely detailed instructions.  Do not use the gas.  Do not use the brake.  Just coast.  Let me judge the speed as to how I will connect the two vehicles, my front end to her back end, and I would simply push her home.

There were a couple of times that I pushed her kind of fast and she got away from me, but obediently, and just as I had instructed, she did nothing.  I gauged the speed and then pushed some more.  It was working beautifully.  Then we were turning into the driveway and my driveway is slanted upward quite a bit.  I gave her a running push and then braked at the bottom of the driveway.  Her car ALMOST made it to the garage.  It started to roll back... picking up speed... and I thought surely she would brake... but no... I had told her explicitly to never brake.  And never brake she did... as she crashed into the front of my car.

I wish all of my kids would listen as carefully and obey like her.

This is a sponsored post for D & M Towing and Transport, however, all the points and views are my own.