Well- today is the big day. My 21 year old just got her driver's licence. Hallelujah! I learned what the hand rail above the the passenger seat in your vehicle is used for this summer! I generally use the two in the back seat for hanging dry cleaning. The one up front is for parents that are teaching their kids to drive and for trying to hang on for dear life while also trying not to appear to have any fear! The first two weeks of driving lessons were very tense. I have a beautiful, smart, creative daughter-but common sense and basic sense of direction is not part of her normal persona.
If you wonder, why is she just getting her license now and she is already 21-good question. We did get her the permit when she was younger. We did practice driving then. But the primary reason that WE did this was because I made her. The problem is that she has no reason to learn. She takes a bus everywhere at college and has no need to get a licence. Hopefully for her last year of college she will take the car and live in an apartment instead of a dorm and try to be an adult. Have I babied her? absolutely! It is totally my fault. I am always trying to make her life so much better than mine was that I unfortunately made it too Kooshy! I hope I haven't ruined her by making her life easy. Time will tell-but I have a feeling she will become a wonderful young artist and although this summer has been full of internal strive for me ( actually both of us). It was worth it!
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