Comments on: Driving Miss Emily http://www.thefavoriteaunt.com/2007/12/18/driving-miss-emily/ Not that it's a competition Thu, 04 Dec 2008 18:22:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Kate http://www.thefavoriteaunt.com/2007/12/18/driving-miss-emily/#comment-10 Kate Sun, 23 Dec 2007 16:59:37 +0000 http://www.thefavoriteaunt.com/2007/12/18/driving-miss-emily/#comment-10 Boy, Jean, next year it will be time to teach Everett to drive. He turns 16 in November. Maybe, after reading about your experience, I will wait till the fields dry up in the spring so I can let him drive with nothing to hit for a half-mile in every direction. I remember how nervous I was, the first times I drove. Some people never get over that; my own mother believed it would always be like that, so she never pursued her licence. I told her the nervousness would disappear as her confidence increased, but it didn't matter what I said. She couldn't handle it. I'm like you; couldn't wait to have a licence the minute I turned 16. Boy, Jean, next year it will be time to teach Everett to drive. He turns 16 in November. Maybe, after reading about your experience, I will wait till the fields dry up in the spring so I can let him drive with nothing to hit for a half-mile in every direction.

I remember how nervous I was, the first times I drove. Some people never get over that; my own mother believed it would always be like that, so she never pursued her licence. I told her the nervousness would disappear as her confidence increased, but it didn’t matter what I said. She couldn’t handle it.

I’m like you; couldn’t wait to have a licence the minute I turned 16.

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