Subaru

   The Subaru left the driveway about 12:30 p.m. today, leaving a vacant space in the driveway and other places. Since its purchase in 2009, it was at first a regular weekend  visitor to our driveway until it took up permanent residence in 2011.  During those first years, my heart would lift when it pulled into  the driveway, signaling a most welcome guest. When those visits came to an end, the Subaru came to reside here, and was gone for much of the day. The sight of it parked in the driveway meant I was not home alone.  For the last year, it mostly sat in the driveway with nowhere to go, again, sadly, without a driver.  Even thus, the sight of it there was reassuring in a sense, memory not always separate from reality.  I wish for the Subaru and its new passengers a safe and happy journey, and destination.