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My Hero

The other day, my husband was amazing.  I had driven to BYU to attend my family history class which I have been enjoying.  I noticed that the car hesitated a little before starting which was a little worrisome but I didn't let it bother me too much after I got going!  I parked at BYU and walked to class.  Meanwhile, my daughter came to get the car because she is living at BYU and likes to borrow it during my class to do her shopping.  Unfortunately she couldn't get it to start.  So she texted me (no answer) and then called her father (who is a much better resource when it comes to car problems).

In the Harris Fine Arts Center at BYU where we first started dating.


He told her it was probably a dead battery.  So he hopped on his bike (which he rides to work most days) and rode to Auto Zone, about a mile away.  He bought a new battery and then rode back with it (these things weigh about 30 lbs.).  He had borrowed a wrench from the machine shop in his building.  He proceeded to change the battery and then walk back to meet me at the end of my class.

I was completely oblivious to all this.  I walked out of class and saw my daughter's text and then called my husband who was walking towards me.  Something that would have been a huge problem for me (how to get home with a dead battery!) was completely solved before I even knew it was a problem.

What can I say except he's amazing!

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