Goodbye Sophia hello Nabi

It happened… yes, Saturday at 2pm I purchased my next vehicle…. Melody was with me, and let me just say I was a lot more the joyful. She is beautiful, and perfect for my next set of adventures in life… It is a 1995 Honda Accord EX 2 door. Melody and I took my car on Saturday to get her detailed and washed, and afterwards I named her… her name is Nabi (pronounced NAH-BEE), which means butterfly in Korean.

On the other hand, buying Nabi means admitting that I will not have Sophia (my old car) anymore… Sophia and I had many adventures and have traveled quite a bit together, I am going to miss her so much. I went nearly 60,000 miles in Sophia – and now letting her go to be salvaged feels like I am betraying something, I know it is weird to humanize such things – but losing something that you have so many memories in, is hard… Sophia was the first car I took Teri to daycare in, and the first car I drove 600 miles to surprise my mother and grandfather for their birthdays. She was my first serious 4 door vehicle, and is extremely moody. She was my safe haven when I moved away from Missouri and was the only thing that really reminded me of home. She was the first vehicle I bought when my parents moved away… so many many memories, and when I let her go – I know the memories do not go, but the good times with Sophia are over and it kind of scares me, even after the wreck I relied on her and she did not let me down, she wasn’t fast, and was not the brightest…but to me she was beautiful – and the opportunities she helped provide me were incredible, it’s time to move on – and yet I am reluctant to let her go.

*sigh* so much I am letting go of lately… just add it to the list...