“Be faithful to that which exists within yourself.”

– Andre Paul Guillaume Gide, French author and dramatist

“I really appreciate this.”

“No problem,” Mark replied, popping the hood of his truck. “You got cables?”

“Sure do,” I said. I had found my old booster cables buried deep in the garage.

My vehicle was in the shop for service. As a courtesy, the garage had lent me a new car off the lot. Despite searching for one, I could not find the block heater cord. I gambled that it wouldn’t get too cold overnight. My gamble did not pay off when the overnight temperature dropped to minus 35. I had cranked the engine over only a few times when the battery died.  

With both hoods now...

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