Driven to become an auto mechanic
by Veronica Chater
May 30, 2022
3 minutes
It all started when Mom had baby number six. We needed to upgrade our car, so Dad went looking. Mom’s only request was “something practical.”
Dad being Dad, he pulled into our driveway beeping the toy horn of a bright-green Volkswagen Beetle.
Mom being Mom, she frowned but climbed right in. “I thought at least you’d get something with four doors,” she said.
From then on, we were a Bug kind of family., and off we floated in a cocoon-tight bubble to school, church, appointments, and the beach. Six kids would empty out curbside, like so many clowns from a circus car.
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