Our Truck
I recently traded in my Toyota Tundra for a Toyota Highlander. Although I had been considering trading in the truck for something smaller and more fuel efficient for quite awhile, it seemed very drastic and sudden at the time. I found myself getting emotional while at the dealership, finalizing the paperwork. I kept thinking about Axl and getting rid of my truck felt like I was officially beginning this new chapter of my life- my life without my son. We shared a lot of great memories in that vehicle. Axl loved cars and every type of vehicle so these memories are so bittersweet. A few weeks after I got the Tundra, we took Axl & Layla on their first camping trip- just a short road trip to a wedding camp-out in Kentucky. It was an unseasonably cold weekend in May but we arrived and set up our tents. Axl & I slept in a tent in the back of the truck and Layla and Dave slept in a tent on the ground. We had dinner and enjoyed the live music and when it got late, the kids were snu...