My name is Linda Diehl-Darms from Middletown. Due to circumstances out of our control and with mixed emotions, my husband, Tom and I closed our auto repair business, Tom's AutoDynamics, on April 13, 2016.

We opened our shop January 2005 and with gratitude to our loyal customers and our community, we have managed a successful business.

We have found in life that it is important to stay tuned into divine guidance and to trust when we are given signs to change directions. We explored many avenues to continue with our business, but when the doors we opened continued to close, it was clear it was time.

Our success was due to coming from a place of integrity, doing our best to generate good quality repairs and standing behind our work.

There are two shops that Tom and I would recommend who run their auto repair businesses with this philosophy, Pete and Denise of Big 'O' Tires on Lakeshore in Clearlake, 707-994-2374, and Steve of Fischer Auto Electric on Old Highway 53 in Clearlake, 707-994-8629. We have contacted both of these shops to let them know we would be referring anyone who asks to them.

To our customers, thank you again from the bottom of our hearts for your support, without you we would not have had a successful business.

Through our business we have developed many friendships and we are grateful. We are not leaving the area. We are looking forward to the adventure ahead, which will continue to include the rebuilding of our home.

Linda Diehl-Darms lives in Middletown, Calif.