A Bumper Like No Other

I have trust issues. I mean, SERIOUS trust issues. How about you? How is your level of trust today? I recently had some work done on my Ford Bronco and I had trust issues with the man who worked on it.

Why? Did he give me reason to doubt him?

NOPE.

It was all me. Just me. It is something I need to work on.

We needed to replace the bumpers on my vehicle and my husband had to find someone to do it. A complete stranger, who has a mobile service. I have had problems with mobile service type of people as they most often do not show up to do a job for me, nor call and let me know they are not coming. But this one was different. He showed up to look at the bumper situation and we made arrangements for him to fix it elsewhere as it could not be done where we are staying.

So, off my vehicle went, to a stranger’s house, even though we met him, getting new bumpers, hoping nothing would go wrong. But my distrust antennae went up. And for what reason? No reason! I always think someone wants to still my vehicle and we put a lot of money fixing it and some cool looking exterior work, like the paint job as you can tell with the photo. But I still worried and probably pissed off my husband!

So I bugged the mechanic when it was getting later in the day, checking the “status,” more or less, where is my vehicle and are you still working on it?

Yes, it got done and looks fabulous. We plan to paint the bumpers purple, even though my kids want it to stay black. The mobile mechanic did a really good job, was honest and caring and I should have let it go and gave it to God. Did I learn not to distrust yet?

Maybe. I am a work in progress. How about you?