Sacrifice

The title of this post was picked by Jas. He doesn't have much time to update the blog and I asked permission on this one.

Today was a bit of a sad day for my husband:( He sold the s2000.

Most of you know Jason very well so this won't be a surprise, but he kind of loves his car. Not just his car, most cars. Well, not really many American cars, but any performance vehicle that has sufficient horsepower to just scare you a little when you drive with him. Over the past eleven years I've learned a tremendous amount about automobiles from him, and his passion has become mine in a way. For hours on end you can have a conversation with him about anything car related. He knows more than most car dealers, and refuses to let other people change the oil, brakes, clutch etc. whatever maintenance you can think of. Years ago he made me listen to different kinds of exhausts over and over again on YouTube until I found one that he could order that didn't sound like some teenager slapped on his car. He spent two years searching for my car and he was like a kid in a candy store when he finally found it.

He bought his convertible, not his first and not his last one, right before I found out I was pregnant. For the past few months he's been deliberating about when to put it up for sale. Don't get me wrong, it was a really fun car to drive. I know I didn't shift at RPMs high enough for him, but I know why he enjoyed driving it so much. This past week he put it up for sale. He just came home from work one day and said he had finally done it. Being that the weather has been beautiful he got a few bites immediately, and today the first person that test drove it gave us an offer too good to pass up.

Although he picked the title of this post, he had no idea what I was going to type. Even though he is getting rid of his baby, he's trading up for another one that is truly priceless. Jas gets excited when he talks about cars, but he lights up when he talks about Chase. He is so proud to be a father, and I couldn't ask for a more wonderful husband. So even though life sometime requires you to part with things you love, often you are making room to give your devotion and attention to other things.