this morning #777.

this morning, we went from wholly happy to HOLY SHIT NO in just a few minutes. the whole thing started right after parting ways with my parents. the kids had had a lot of fun with them this past month. we’d had our own fun in the kids’ absence. as mom & dad passed them back to us at a delaware rest stop, there were tall tales & big laughs & hugs & kisses & talk of labor day plans. the wife & kids hopped in the car & i met my dad’s hearty handshake in kind before joining them. off up I-95 we went. five minutes into the drive, my wife smelled smoke. by the time we’d pulled over to the side of the road, we could see it. by the time we got out of the car & fifty feet away, the car was flames.