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Yesterday we made the biggest, most expensive purchase for the new baby... we had to get a bigger car.  Thinking my kids would be excited about it, my mom asked John how he felt about trading in our Honda for a new car... It was evident he hadn't realized that to get the new one we had to sacrifice the old.  He was upset.  When his anger had subsided, I tried to comfort him and that's when the tears began to fall.  In my attempts to make him feel better I reminded him how much he likes his Grammie's new car.  But then I made the mistake of saying, "and I bet you don't even miss her old truck."  Another suprise-- he hadn't realized that she had traded her truck-- the tears intensified and he started sobbing.

He was afraid someone was going to buy the Honda and not take good care of it.  I assured him that someone who really wanted a Honda was going to buy it and it was going to make them very happy.  You would think we were giving away a family pet!

Before we gave up the CRV he went through to touch and open everything one last time.  Needless to say, he loves our new car and I think the CRV has been adequately replaced.