I haven't crashed yet

I don't know where the time went. A little over fifteen years ago I gave birth to a tiny blond baby girl. The parallel universe I live in makes fifteen years seem like the blink of an eye. Anyway, she's taking in car driver's ed this week. She finished up the classroom course a few weeks ago, so we all knew eventually she'd be behind the wheel on a real road.

Yesterday afternoon I got a text message that read:

Mom, I haven't crashed yet! I went 45 mph.

And, no, she was not texting while she was driving. I checked. Anyway, she is on cloud 9. And while her Dad and I would prefer that she still be that tiny little girl, fifteen years did go by. And in another three years her younger sister will be driving too.

I haven't crashed yet © 2009

Janice Arrowood