Friday, as I was driving my kids to their dad’s for the weekend, my “check engine” light started blinking at me. I told the kids, “We’re going home.” I talked to the car all the way home, “You can do this, baby. You’re a good car. We’re almost there, honey! Oh, you’re so good. I’m so sorry, I promise to take you to a shop on Monday morning.” The kids said it would have been funny if it hadn’t been for the danger of us being stranded on the side of the road.  Does anyone else do that? Talk to

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