It’s no Small Thing to lose your driving privileges . . . and it’s NO Small Thing to get them back!

at your fingertips 150x150 Its no Small Thing to lose your driving privileges . . . and its NO Small Thing to get them back!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 . . .

Bob Crane Driver du Jour 11 150x150 Its no Small Thing to lose your driving privileges . . . and its NO Small Thing to get them back!A) We have ALL the stories to tell of my Drivers du Jour, e.g. Bob Crane, our Tax Expert, etc.

driving miss shari1 150x150 Its no Small Thing to lose your driving privileges . . . and its NO Small Thing to get them back!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].

Michael Maynard Its no Small Thing to lose your driving privileges . . . and its NO Small Thing to get them back!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/

Chicken tub 150x150 Its no Small Thing to lose your driving privileges . . . and its NO Small Thing to get them back!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/

Grandma 150x150 Its no Small Thing to lose your driving privileges . . . and its NO Small Thing to get them back!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”

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2 Responses to It’s no Small Thing to lose your driving privileges . . . and it’s NO Small Thing to get them back!

  1. Barry Segal says:

    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

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