The Day Uncle Jaleel Called for Help

Description:

Dad's phone rang before breakfast. Which meant either someone needed help, or someone had made the mistake of believing Dad was off duty.

Uncle Jaleel has a flat tire and does not know what to do. Dad brings the kids because real lessons do not always arrive on a schedule. What follows is a roadside education in tire changing, safety, and something harder to teach: the difference between refusing help and learning from it.

Jourdan asks the question nobody said out loud. Renee finds the edge of the lesson where safety lives. And an uncle who called instead of staying stuck discovers what competence feels like when it arrives.

Funny, warm, practical, and emotionally honest, Book Nine teaches real roadside skills alongside a lesson about humility, independence, and what it actually means to be capable.

A capable person is not someone who never needs help. A capable person learns what to do after help arrives.

Publisher: McKenna Books