Farewell to our Pony!

Tonight we said goodbye to our 1966 Mustang. We've enjoyed having this car for the past five years, but now was her time to move on. We sold her to a nice man who doesn't live too far away, and he'll be letting us see her again once he gets her all restored.


This car has been with Steven and me since before we were married. We purchased it from Steven's dad in April 2004, and Steven did a little work to it so it would be just perfect for riding away from our wedding. We'll never forget riding that little white "pony" from the church to the Dunhill Hotel in downtown Charlotte where we spent our wedding night. We'll also never forget that the next morning we got a call in our hotel room from the valet parking folks. They couldn't get the car started!! We told them about our "pony's" little start-up trick, and, voila, she started running!


This car was one of the two cars we had when we were first married, so I drove it each day to work during our first year of marriage. I clearly remember those very cold mornings when I drove her out onto Tyvola road and then she stalled at every stoplight on the way to my office. In rush hour traffic. Yes, those were some great memories. And I must emphasize the word memories, meaning I've been there and done that. :) Seriously, though, we do thank God for this car. She was one to enjoy and also one that got us where we needed to go.


At this point in our lives, we find ourselves needing the space that this little lady was taking up in our garage. We'll soon be moving all that "stuff" that's currently residing in the new baby's bedroom, including our bowflex (keeps Steven pumped!), my elliptical, and a bookshelf full of who know's what. :) I'm looking forward to getting that room cleared out so we can start designing the nursery (once we find out if we're having a little boy or a little girl.) I'm also excited about making our garage into a kind of multi-purpose room, with our exercise equipment and my craft stuff, in addition to the stockpile pantry that we've been working on over the past year. That being said, we determined that our Mustang had to go. We don't have the resources right now to pour into her restoration, so it made sense to move on. Part of our seller/buyer agreement was that we definitely get to see our pony once she's completely restored. We look forward to that!

And who know's...maybe one day we'll be able to get that little cherry red classic Mustang convertible we've always dreamed of! For now, though, we are so thankful to be in such a wonderful season of life, with babies underfoot, that we're totally OK with trading a classic car for the opportunity to make room for another precious little one. One that by God's favor we will indeed have all the resources we need to raise and care for.