It's exactly six weeks until Lauren turns 16. As soon as my daughter was the legal age to get her learner's permit back at the end of last summer, we went and got it. She and I tried a handful of times to go out together but I was too much of a "Nervous Nellie" and got her so stressed out that she was convinced she was a bad driver. Her dad has been taking her out as many Sunday afternoons as he could. I really appreciate him doing that while I got over all my anxiety about her being behind the wheel. This past Friday, I decided to bite the bullet, put all the anxiety behind me and let her drive home from school. I told her that I would try not to grip the side of the car, yell out or do anything else that might have really distracted her. I put my arm up once, but that was it on the 20 minute drive back to our house. I'm happy to report that she did amazing!! Her father taught her well. It's hard for me to remember back to wh...
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