A Little Proud but Mostly Scared

 So as I get more and more unable to do the little things in life I am forced to rely on my kids more and more. Well the latest help has been in the form of driving. My oldest son is now 15 and has passed his drivers test and for the last few weeks has been on the road driving with Anne. So first let me say I am proud that he passed his test and is learning to drive. 

Now let me also say I am a bit scared as well. Not so much for me but for the rest of our state who has to share the road with him. Jacob is an amazingly intelligent kid who is oblivious to everything around him.  For example we have lived in Minnesota for 15 years and for the last 6 in a house that is less than 2 miles and three turns from church. He still needs directions to get to church. He is also the kid who I always knew when I asked him to mow the lawn that I would never get straight lines and there would always be these patches of grass that always seemed to be longer than the rest of the lawn. 

So with that said I actually feel confident that he is doing a good job. He is actually very cautious. Getting him to drive the speed limit is very difficult. He also tends to go to far to the right on the road because he's scared of the cars coming towards him in the other direction. And I am not yet confident in his parking skills. 

With all that going on I am very excited for him and his new found freedoms. I just think I should warn the people of Minnesota and north branch in particular that there is a new driver on the road and if you happen to be behind a car or van that is going a bit to slow and seems to be leaning right a bit, back up!!!!!  Or maybe go around him. Or pull over and wait 10 or 15 minutes for him to get to where he is going. Just keep him in your prayers or maybe I'll keep all of you in my prayers. That might be a better idea.