Goodbye Saturn

Today we said goodbye to our dear old Saturn. It was strangely very sad and sentimental to say goodbye. It was such a faithful car. Back when we were at BYU and it wasn't running well, we always assumed it would be the one to leave us. In time we were able to get the Saturn working great again, and since it is still quite reliable it almost feels like we are betraying the car after all these years. The Saturn has been a consistent part of our life for quite a while - I blogged about it back in 2010 as well.

Here's why the Saturn is sentimental:

• The car is 20 years old
• It has 243,170 miles
• My family had it for 16 years
• I drove it in high school and have lots of fun memories driving in it with my brother
• Tommy didn't have a car in college, so it was the car that took us on all of our dates
• It's where I taught Tommy to drive a stick shift
• Tommy and I had our first kiss in this car
• We drove away in the Saturn after our wedding
• We brought Bradley home from the hospital in it
• It has faithfully gotten Tommy to and from work in Ohio for the last 4 years 

There have been lots of times we thought it was on it's last leg....but it's never actually given us major problems. It has been our miracle car and has been such a blessing to us. It's kinda silly how sad we have felt about saying goodbye.

It's definitely not a pretty car anymore and it has a very distinct old smell, but it has been so so good to us. It's not worth much anymore, so we donated it to Make a Wish Foundation...hopefully it will be good to someone else too. I will forever wonder how long it ultimately lived!

 Thank you Saturn for all you have done for us! You will always have a soft spot in our hearts!!

But any sorrow we feel in saying goodbye is replaced by the excitement for our new car. :)