You can’t believe the difference that driving a car actually makes!
It didn’t matter that my first morning driving [after two months of sleepless nights, extended waits, untolled hours on public transportation, and endless calling of friends to drive me] . . . involved a multi-accident traffic tie-up that meant I could have ridden the 7.5 miles on my bike in less than the 55 minutes it took in my car.
It didn’t matter . . . because just being able to drive again was truly akin to all those wonderful experiences we have that are like we’ve “died and gone to heaven”!
1. I hadn’t even realized that bits of my self-esteem had been buried under the drama/trauma of finding ways to get where I needed to go. (I had a meeting with one of my Drivers du Jour the next day [he hadn't known me at all BND -- Before No Driving] and he thought I was a different person.)
2. If you personally have never lost your driving privileges, then you just can’t know . . . you just can’t. So I definitely have an increased appreciation for how it had to have felt when we took the keys away from my mom.
3. That being said, we need better answers, i.e., a “moral” to this story.
Do you have one?
DRIVING MISS SHARI, of course, continues . . .
A) We have ALL the stories to tell of my Drivers du Jour, e.g. Bob Crane, our Tax Expert, etc.
B) Your comments on What it Means to be RICH & FAMOUS to be added to my first post: http://sharisax.com/DrivingMissShari/2010/08/how-to-become-rich-famous-on-the-web/ [where to date you can read 237 responses].
C) Those 237 responses are where we discovered Mike Maynard, our British humorist whose comic novel is being written on his own blog-within-my-blog: http://sharisax.com/DrivingMissShari/2010/09/say-no-to-credit-cards-and-yes-to-getting-rich-and-famous/
D) One look at the tragicomedy that too often masquerades as health “care”: http://sharisax.com/DrivingMissShari/2010/09/when-its-very-very-very-difficult-to-be-happy-about-good-news/
E) And last recommendation is an invitation to add your personal stories about taking the car keys away from a loved one . . . or what happens when you don’t: http://sharisax.com/DrivingMissShari/2010/09/call-your-mother-but-keep-check-on-those-car-keys/
It’s the weekend. Have a read . . . and have your say.
As Mike Maynard says: “I’ll be back”
the comment about the driving privilege is so true. Often in life we take things for granted (unless we’re geologists when we take things for granite). I know that that was a rather shale…uh…I mean stale retort, but it’s the best I can do right now. —Barry
Your “best” works for me. Thanks for checking in again.