Wandering Along the Path: Right Speech

We bought a new car yesterday.  It took two and a half hours to get the paperwork done and drive away in our new vehicle.  We were exhausted.  A big purchase still scares us, and we had not bought a car in eleven years.  Then our younger son helped us make room in the garage for it, as we'd had a smaller car before, and I discovered my younger daughter's stuffed animals and our son's playmobil figures.  So I was washing stuffed animals and soaking plastic cowboys and generally figuring out what was worth saving.  The house is full of little forgotten memories.  And now, with the grandchildren, I discover new uses for some of this stuff.  So a new car, ancient toys, a broken plastic bunny my kids used to ride on at my parents' house, and a beat-up croquet set promised to my older son will finally head up there, as I found the croquet balls.  Before, all I had was the mallets.  I have no lawn, not one inch, so the set is of no use here.  Repurposing, it's called, and it does feel mightily satisfying.