On Nov. 23 at around 6:30 a.m. our daughter-in-law's car broke down. She works third shift and had been up all day Sunday with her three daughters and then worked all night. The girls stay with her mom and her husband at night while she works.
She was on her way to get the girls and get them ready for school when the car broke down. Her priorities were to get a ride home and be sure that the girls got ready and off to school. What she did not do was go up to a stranger's door at 6:30 in the morning to wake them up and let them know that her car broke down. She did not think to leave a note with all of this going on but did call my wife in tears to let us know what happened and where the car was so that we could affect repairs after we got off work at 2 p.m. She was on CR 250E between New 30 and Wooster Road and she had gotten the car off the road and into the grass since there is no berm and she was not blocking the drive of the house she felt safe.
What she had not expected was for the property owner to immediately call the police and have the car towed away. I looked for the car for over half an hour before calling her to confirm the location where she had left the car. I went to the police station and was told that they were called and being unable to contact the car owner they had no choice but to two the car. The towing company was very nice, but I still had to pay the tow bill and then get the car clear back across town to the repair shop, which was less than a half mile from the original location.
The car owner is a single mom caring for three school-age girls and struggling to make ends meet in the first place and the extra cost hurt pretty deeply.
I would personally like to thank the property owner for their forgiveness and holiday spirit and hope that they are returned to them ten fold.
