This is the site of my firstborn, driving out of my driveway for the very first time with his driver's training instructor. He has never been behind the wheel of a car (as far as I know) - I'm fairly sure he was as nervous as Mom and Dad were! The instructor seems good and competent. There's a brake on his side of the car, so that made feel a bit more secure.
I remember the first time Eric went for a walk on his on, and the first time he took an unsupervised bike ride. He was thrilled by the sense of independence and I was aching with nerves about what might happen to him. My feelings today are more a sense of awe that he's so very grown up, a bit of melancholy over the fact that this is yet another step towards his complete independence, and a happiness for him, that he is maturing into such a wonderful young man. Mix all of those feelings with a large amount of hope that traffic in my surrounding neighborhood will be light for the next two hours and devoid of any large trucks carrying flammable materials.
As I write this, it is 1:16 pm and Eric will return home from this training at 3:00. Let's hope we all survive!
Thursday, June 07, 2007
Prayers Please!
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Darling Lisa --- Let's hope that when he gets to the License Bureau that there are no crazies in the parking lot driving into other cars with the evaluator in the car --- Remember?/I do!
Love and Misses, Dad
Lisa,
How did it go?? I know how you feel, truly I do. But what is way worse is the first time a "child" leaves the driveway WITHOUT the driving teacher!
God bless!
Donna
Daddy, SSSHHHH!
Donna, I'm trying not to think about that day!!! Thanks for putting things in perspective!
Lisa
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