Does your car guy have a fastidious car care habit? Our cars get washed more often than our pug is bathed. In fairness, our pug “Gibbs” hates water. Even at the height of the drought, Car Guy’s car care continued with buckets of collected water poured into plant beds.

One of our former neighbors had an 8-year-old son, Michael, who would ride his skateboard up and down our street, witnessing the hours of care that went into automotive maintenance. We shared this anecdote about Michael at a gathering in honor of his graduation from law school:

“We always knew Michael would pursue a vocation that would allow him to pursue and defend truth. The very first time we met him, he stood over my husband cleaning his Corvette and announced: “My mom says you’re having a mid-life crisis.””