You poor dear. I can't say enough how sad it makes me feel to think of you all cold and lonely in the shop tonight. Especially without your front windscreen.
You've been so good to us, Beast. It isn't your fault at all that you're in the condition you are today. You might be old, rusty, and some might say falling apart, but every time we turn the ignition and you roar to life, I can't help but know that you've many more happy miles left in you just yet.
When we first saw you on that online auction, we knew we had to have you. Or at least, a van just like you. I want you to know this, that when we first arrived in this country and seemingly took you home on nothing more than a whim, we were happy. And one half months later, despite finding out how ill you really are, we are still happy we took you home that day.
Admittedly, we might have appeared reckless in paying so much for you in the beginning. But I'd honestly like to believe that there are many reasons for this, and that none of them are cause for regret. Your previous owners either did not know how much repair you needed, or kept silent about it. Either way, it doesn't matter. I just hope that they needed the money they got from you, and used it well. While we aren't exactly rolling in cash ourselves right now, and being young and our lives just beginning, and we might need all the money we can get to start out, but I take comfort in the hope that they might have needed it more than we did.
Besides, you can't exactly put a price on the experiences that you've given us. We have argued, but also laughed. Hard. We have been upset and frustrated when things were going downhill, but we have also trusted, and believed. We have been so blessed with the opportunity to witness again and again, God's amazingly beautiful creations that never fail to leave me in complete awe and amazement. And lastly, I, for one, have learnt many things about myself in the last month or so, things I would never have discovered had it not been for you...just exactly how you are, Beast. Any differently and the time we spent with you would have turned out otherwise. And where would we be then?
I just wanted you to know, Beast, that despite everything we've had to give up to keep you running and us, continuing on on this trip, we have also gained much. And although at the moment we don't have much in the banks to pay for your repairs, we have decided that it would be best that we do it still. Just because it would be the right thing to do, and I pray that someone else will benefit from you still happily chugging along on NZ streets.
After all, there's still much to learn from the road.
Love and Salaam,
the waternymph
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