Rich Tackenberg

I am gonna go and find out and she runs out to the garage and I'm in a room full of people who are very annoyed with me and my body's full of adrenaline but weirdly I'm calm in a way that I don't really know like it's like

the idea that maybe there might be something out there that is bigger than me in the universe is bringing me a weird peace that I haven't felt.

And I realize I've been looking for proof, but maybe the power in believing is in the believing.

And then five minutes later, she comes back in and she says,

Well, we did find the bar, but just to be clear, the bar doesn't actually connect at the wheels.

The mechanic explained to me, the sway bar connects to your car above the wheels.

The damage was above your driver's side wheel.

And then I tell her about Pat and above the wheel, and then we are hugging.

Appropriately.

And I will say, since that day, I still don't believe in God.

But I do allow for the possibility that there is a dead race car driver that is looking after me or my car.

And I believe just to believe, and it feels silly, but it also feels comforting.

And I like feeling comforted.