The Familyman’s Guide to Roadside Emergencies
BIG PS – ALWAYS remember to pack your toolbox. My dad did, and on my last trip I didn’t…I wish I had.
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I love the list; I am sure my wife wishes I had that list on trips we have taken
Great list Todd! We’ve traveled probably 500,000 miles now with the kids and had one mechanical failure…PTL…which thankfully I remembered step #1 and we were back on the road in 3 hours!
I’m posting the list in my boat though – because its mechanical challenges bring me to my knees for sure…
Step seven – If you fail at anyone of these steps there is still a great lesson for your kids to see Dad admit his mistake and repent. I wonder if there is a laser eye surgeon that could engrave that list to the backside of one of my retinas so I would always see it.
“Do all things without grumbling or complaining.” So says Philippians 2:14. Our family has a song we sing about this verse, but of course we dads get to practice and model it for our family too! Easier said than done, eh??!
Thanks for the excellent list. My problem is that I can’t think and feel at the same time. And when bad stuff happens, I start FEELING frustrated right away. Then my mind stops working so that I don’t think and remember things like your list. This scripture comes to mind…“But solid food is for the mature, who by CONSTANT USE have TRAINED THEMSELVES to distinguish good from evil”. I’m working on training myself in the ways of this list you mention. Plenty of training opportunities appear.
Great simple insight. The Lord rescued us one evening after I decided to “explore” some logging roads shortly after we moved to Montana. After ditching the SUV and coming to realize the little shovel wasn’t going to dig out this mess, my wife stepped out of the car and said, “let’s pray”. Sure, we were three miles from the nearest one horse town and the sun was setting. At the “amen” we looked up and saw some old guy randomly walking out in the forest. Needless to say, him and I hiked it through the woods and found a guy named Skin who was willing to help pull us out. Fortunately it only took a couple of hours and what’s ever better is that our three toddlers slept through most of it in the back seat.
Quick tip for the ladies…. my wife did the best thing after my stupidity and didn’t say another word. She knew it would soak in better this way.