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Just to get the story idea rolling, I will share one of my most memorable stories.

As a teen-ager, I had the privilege of warming up Brother Bates' car in the winter and pulling it around to the door after church. I was a young kid that didn't have my license yet, and I loved doing it. On one Sunday evening, I was backing up Brother Bates' car and I hit another car. To make things worse, I realized it was Myrtle's car. In one fell swoop, I had dented both of their cars. When I went inside to tell Brother Bates what I had done, his only concern was that I was all right.