It Was a Dark and Stormy Night

Clichés aside, in truth, it was a dark and stormy night. I was a young boy, half asleep, in the back seat of the car with my sisters as we were driving home. Suddenly the car lurched a bit to the side and we were woken to a rapid Thump Thump Thump sound. Dad got out into the unfriendly weather to change the tire and before long we were back on the road. Here’s the point: none of us were in the…