"One should pay no heed to the faults of others, what they have done or not done. Rather should one consider the things that one has oneself done and not done."
I got up to the toilet at 3am and the rain was banging on the velux window. Most of the snow had gone.
Meg got up at 7am and could hardly contain herself as the snow was lying thickly and still falling. It took until 8am to be sure the school was closed and then a flurry of phone calls to arrange transport (us).
Our car has been behaving badly all year so far, with Spook doing regular check-ups and re-newing bits and pieces - to the cost of £200 so far, and a lot of effort. Yesterday, it seemed like it was all fixed. The day before, pushing it to jump start it, had put a smile on a truculent teenagers face, turning it in to one of triumphant excitement as it fired into life.
This morning, it fired up first time and Spook was jubilant. "Boy have I fixed this car!" he bellowed. As it conked out and wouldn't even offer a splutter.
Two very silent children sat stunned, as children dotted along the defunct school route, waited for a lift to the slopes. It all seemed to hang on Spooks ability to solve the seemingly impossible. New arrangements were made and the children were relieved to know they would still get boarding. But Spook never waivered in his determination to solve the daily problem of the car. The falling snow turned to sleet, but still he soldiered on and hey ho, it came back to life in time to drive me to work and he has every confidence the last hurdle has been jumped. I don't care about the faults of anyone else, but the things my husband can do to keep this family on the road, never cease to amaze me.
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