What's In Your Car?

My heart is so heavy over this that I'm finding it hard to move ahead with something silly.  But I promised, so here we go...

Inspired by this post, several of you offered to submit yourselves to the humiliation of listing the random assortment of things in your car at this very moment. 

So go clean out your car this very day, and post your own list of automotive treasures.  Enter your direct link in the Mr. Linky below.  Feel free to grab the image at right.

This is gonna be good.  Check back later, and I'll post some of the highlights.

1. Cindy (3 kids, ages 4 and under) 2. We are THAT family (My Gross Van)) 3. Kelsey(Welcome Summer) 4. Melanie 5. Overwhelmed With Joy! 6. hm 7. Land of Lovings 8. Jean 9. Jen 10. Rach (Finding Wonder in the Mundane) 11. Life with Three (a scary sight) 12. April 13. Just Me 14. Lindsey (Douglas Drama) 15. Celly B (Busy at Home) 16. Kirsty @ Momedy 17. Suzanne @Adventures in Teething 18. Liza\'s Eyeview 19. Katie @ Endless Day (7 months of yuck) 20. Ahorros y cupones(always ready!) 21. Abbey 22. Life Lessons Learned 23. Lady Why (Look Away! It is hideous!)

24. Jeni (Eww.) 25. Amy@P2P 26. jubilee 27. Happy Mommy 28. TongguMomma (Those Cars Get Around!) 29. Lynellen 30. Karelle 31. thefarmerfiles (LOST on oahu) 32. KD 33. Anna (One Messy Car) 34. AmyG 35. WorldsGreatstMommy (Van Song) 36. Ashlee 37. margalit 38. Mandy (not too shabby) 39. Seeryus Mama ~ Sky 40. LIL DAISIES 41. thrifty mommy 42. Bitsy 43. Jendi 44. Dorey @ Me and My Boys 45. Lee 46. Donna (should people fit in the car?)

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Comments

[Rebecca]

Shannon, silly is o.k. Silly is good. Sometimes we need silly so we don't drown in the sadness. As sad as the Chapmans are today, I bet there will be at least a little "silly" in their household, too.

My car is actually fairly clean at the moment (despite what I said on your original post on the subject), but I'll play when I get home from work. :)

[Jen]

Sometimes in the midst of such heart-breaking tragedy we need to bring some silly in.

I did have a good time with this and of course will keep the Chapmans in my prayers. So, so sad.

[pam]

Silly is fine and a good bit of levity goes a long way toward healing in the end. My heart's just not in it today. I'll watch from the sidelines this time.

[TheCottonWife]

Hmmmm... antifreeze, diapers, kids' jewelry, Diet Dr. Pepper, cotton bolls, a baseball made out of clay from our pond, fingernail clippers, tweezers because the cd player is 'bout busted, lollipops from the bank and like 50 million car seats.

[Lindsey]

Praying for the precious Chapman family. Thanks for the silliness today:)

[Sally]

Let's see....candy wrappers, loose change, sunglasses, pens, extra ketchup packets and napkins from fast food places, water bottles, crackers, a letter from my younger daughter's penpal, a bazillion bottle caps from the pop (or "soda" depending on where you live) that my older daughter drinks, lip gloss, and a bottle of bubbles from a graduation party in 2007.....So I guess that tells you that some of this stuff has been in the car for a year............

Praying for the Chapmans after hearing the devastating news last night.....

[Celly B]

This is such a fun idea. There's nothing like knowing you're not alone in the archeological dig known as the car clean-up!

I was so sorry to hear of this tragedy in the Chapman family. They are in my prayers.

[Madkatmom]

As Truvey says in "Steele Magnolias," "Laughter through tears is my favorite emotion."

[Mrs. Pear]

Sometimes we need silly - it is either laugh or cry, and while crying cleanses our souls I think God gave us laughter to heal them.

Besides - when we moms laugh it makes out kids laugh too.

Oh, and in my car I found a collection of Thomas Takealongs, 2 matchbox cars, and 2 matchbox airplanes - right beside the little bag they SHOULD be in!

[Val]

I am definitely doing this...but it will have to wait until tomorrow.

Hubby is away, and cleaning out the van tonight is just not in the cards.

[Abbey]

I am glad I am not the only one with a yucky van! I just had to share!

[Jolynn]

i just couldn't sit back and not participate... even a just a little bit. It actaully makes me feel a little bit better.

[Lynellen]

Not that the Chapman's don't deserve it, but let's also pray for the other families who lost children in the last few hours...they just aren't as famous so they're not getting the news coverage, the donations, and the prayer support:

Child Killed in Gwinnet County Crash: http://www.cbs46.com/news/16364826/detail.html

Man, Child Killed in Berks County Crash:
http://cbs3.com/topstories/accident.jesse.denton.2.729088.html

Child Killed in Driveway in Brantley County:
http://news.jacksonville.com/justin/2008/05/22/child-struck-and-killed-outside-brantley-county-home/

[thefarmerfiles]

This was a good distraction for today and lifted my spirits. The Chapman tragedy is giving me shivers and breaking my heart for them, and for their teenage son. And to ponder how they will accept that God is bigger than this tragedy...painful.

[Anna]

Wow, I didn't realize how much junk was in there. I thought I had been keeping it rather clean.

Awful news for the poor Chapman family. The son must feel beyond horrible. :(

[Worlds Greatest Mommy]

It's hard to laugh when you know someone else is crying.
But I appreciated the chance to laugh, and the chance to clean out the van. Maybe laughter and joy are some things I should be more appreciative of.

My heart and prayers go out to them.

[Fox]

I just finished. It took a while...

1) 6 man tent
2) 4 bundles of rope
3) tire chains
4) first aid kit
5) expired flairs
6) 3 packs of Kleenex
7) ice scraper
8) baseball bat
9) tackle box
10) Yoga mat
11) Ouija board (??)
12) Spare regulator
13) wet suit
14) can of fix-a-flat
15) Protective eye wear
16) Protective ear wear
17) several spent 38 shell casings
18) Two used targets
19) Fishing rod
20) Pair of NB running shoes
21) Garmin GPS
22) Jack and Sally dolls
23) 6 pairs of sun glasses
24) 1 metal cd case containing 25 cd's
25) an external hard drive.
26) Small bottle of Febreeze
27) Mosquito repellant
28) Windshield sun blocker thing
29) Where the wild things are (book)
30) American flag
31) 5 single packs of Tylenol
32) Small box of girlie supplies
33) Hair clip with sparkles on it
34) Tin of Mentos...all stuck together
35) USA map book
36) Box of Spruce Gum
37) small tool box
38) shoe box full of back up scuba junk
39) Spare scuba mask
40) Pair of neoprene gloves
41) several lead weights
43) Diving knife
44) Pool Cue

That's it.

Wow...there's a lot of crap in my car.

[kellys]

I can't imagine what the Chapman family is going through. Imagine that poor boy having to live with that for the rest of his life. My car was actually clean this time. Perfect timing.

[Rachel]

This was so interesting to read through these posts. I thought my van is bad sometimes but now I'm not so sure... Anyway, I don't feel as overwhelmed as I did five minutes ago cause I see its all normal!

[Donna]

I know I'm late to the party... been busy.