I started teaching Wookie to drive. We are using a car with a standard transmission and she's been doing pretty good. Sometimes a glimpse of her personality comes out:
"What happened!" she says as the car stalls. She had just stopped and was starting to go forward again.
"You didn't put it back in first gear" I explained.
"Why would I want to do that!? she asks
That's my Wookie - question everything.
I tell her if we could drive everywhere in second gear we would. True story - my brother, when he wasn't much older than Wookie, drove the Ford Pinto we shared five miles in second gear when the gear stick came off. When he got home, he gave the stick to my Dad and said it broke. My Dad took it, went to the car and in two seconds screwed it back on. We learn a lot from our Dads.
Now it is my turn. I enjoy teaching my kids how to drive. It's a nice time to be together and its provided me with fond memories.
