Episode 124 - A Car Story (year 2007)

My younger son is now driving the car we purchased last year for my older son to drive to his college math classes. And this evening, he calls me after his play rehearsal to tell me that the car is missing. This is the story. (This episode references an earlier story called My Son Gets a Car, episode 107)

Chase | Royalty-free Music - Pixabay

Coma-Media - Pixabay

Episode Transcript

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Hi, this is Debbie. Thanks so much for listening to
my podcast, Deb's Memorable Moments, where you'll hear
original short stories that eachtell a memory of mine to the
best of my recollection. I wrote them all.
I read them all. I live them all.
Let's get started. My younger son calls me in a

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panic one evening after rehearsal for his play because
the car he drove to school that morning is missing.
I call the story a car story. Here we go, a car story.
We bought a third car last year when my older son secured an

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amazing opportunity to take college math classes at a
university downtown while still a senior in high school.
He's now away at college, but the car we purchased is still
here at our house, and my younger son is driving it now.
I have to say that he's very appreciative of this car and he

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follows all the rules we lay outabout its use.
He always asks permission beforetaking it out for social
reasons, he always lets us know his plans, and he always comes
home on time. I also have to say that his
having use of this car does makeour lives easier.
He's very much into theatre now and participates in both the

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fall and spring plays. And because he has a car of his
own to use, we no longer have topick him up from rehearsals
every day, and we no longer haveto share cars if the three of us
need to be in three different places at the same time anyway.
As a junior, he's not allowed topark in the school parking lot.

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That privilege is reserved just for seniors.
So he needs to park on the street wherever he can find a
space. It's late spring, He's been
driving the car to school for several months now, and we're in
a routine. Rehearsals generally end by 5,
and he's home by 5:15 this evening, However, the phone

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rings a little after 5:00. It's my son, Mom, he says.
I think someone stole the car. It's not here.
What do you mean someone stole the car?
Realizing after the fact that this is kind of a dumb question,
he continues. It's not here.
I park in the same place every day and it's not here.

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Should I call the police? Don't call yet, I answer.
Where do you usually park it? We'll come and get you and take
a look around. Since his usual spot is on a
somewhat busy street, I tell himto meet us in the shopping
center parking lot across from the school.
We park the car in the lot and then the three of us walk over
to the street where he says he parked it this morning and the

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first thing I see A no parking sign.
No parking beginning May 7th, 2007.
We point this out to our son. I park here every day and it
wasn't there this morning. My husband and I look at each
other that maybe I say, but it'sthere now and the car was most

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likely towed. We make a note of the telephone
number, go home and call the towing company and sure enough,
the car is there. The three of us go together to
pick up the car and although my husband and I pay at that moment
to get it out, I tell my son that he will have to pay us
back. We did agree that since I pay

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all the expenses on the car, youwould pay for any mishaps.
I consider this a mishap. I know, he answers.
It's a good thing I just had a birthday.
My younger son to this day stillinsists that the no parking sign
was not there that morning when he parked the car, and I have

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decided to give him the benefit of the doubt.
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Next week's story is called an early morning phone call.
My older son is away at college and we're in the routine of

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Sunday evening chats, so when the phone rings very early one
morning and I see that it's him,I immediately begin to panic.
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Before I go, I want to thank my entire family and all my friends

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for being so supportive during this project.
Specifically though, my husband for drawing all the pictures for
my podcast, my children and daughter-in-law for encouraging
me to continue writing even though I'd never done it before,
and my younger son for taking the time to teach me how to turn
my stories into audio and inspiring me to find the

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creativity I never knew I had. Store music for a car story is
called Chase by Coma Media. I found it at Pixabay.
It's superficially edited. The link is in the podcast
description. Introatro music is by Michael
Perry Junior. His contact info's at my
Instagram account. Debs.

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MMM 61. This link is at my website
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