Proud mom admires son’s compassion

FILE - In this Oct. 13, 2015, file photo, a Volkswagen Touareg diesel is tested in the Environmental Protection Agency's cold temperature test facility in Ann Arbor, Mich. Volkswagen will spend more than $15 billion to settle consumer lawsuits and government allegations that it cheated on emissions tests in what lawyers are calling the largest auto-related class-action settlement in U.S. history. The settlement was revealed Tuesday, June 28, 2016, by a U.S. District Court in San Francisco. Carlos Osorio AP

My son Mike is a master mechanic for Boast Volkswagen. One recent day, he was working on a newer car that had wiring problems.

When he removed the dash to get to the wiring harnesses, a big rat was staring at him before it scurried back into the abyss of the car’s complex dashboard interior.

As he worked to solve the problem of the car’s short, there it was —a neatly made little nest of grass and VW wires and six little pink babies with eyes not yet open!

He said he carefully took the nest and placed it in a bin and left for lunch, hoping mom would come back when all was quiet. Unfortunately, momma was not seen again and by the close of work, my son contacted Ed Straight's animal rehab on Anna Maria Island. After work, he drove the tiny rescues out to the island and gave them, hopefully, a chance of survival.

I was so proud that I raised such a compassionate son.

Sherry Mustic

Bradenton

This story was originally published November 21, 2016 at 4:41 PM with the headline "Proud mom admires son’s compassion."

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