Karla's Kolumn: Goodbye 'Peggy Sue'

Two weeks ago I said goodbye to an old friend, Peggy Sue. That's what I named my red Toyota Corolla that my husband Alan and I purchased on a Memorial Day weekend in 2004.

She was brand new when we bought her but she didn't have the bells and whistles - no power windows or door locks, no cruise control (yes that proved to be an issue over the years) but she took me down a lot of fun roads.

On July...