Reflecting back and TRYING not to get scared

[old2soon]

My youngest a beautiful young lady turned 16 back in may. When we moved here to the ozarks 13 years ago she was 3 yrs old. We were coming into Springfield Missouri in my semi when my two daughters woke up and asked if we were in Missouri yet?? I told them yes and we had been for a little while. They got out of the sleeper and shared the front seat the last one and a half hours into Willow Springs Mo wide awake. Fast forward 13 years to yesterday. My daughter had a doctors appt which i took her to. After we got done at the doctors and went out side i gave her the keys to my car. Up to this point in time she had been out with her mother her uncle her nana and her sister. Daddys turn and time arrived yesterday. I will admit to being rather pleasently surprised. She has a good basic knowledge of driving. Not one of these was required anywhere on the 50 miles i let her drive. She admitted to being surprised to on my good conduct while she was handling my cage. That B T W did NOT come easy. My tongue is still a little sore from bitting it once or four times. My point-i wish i knew. Some how some where she growed up on me and turned into a rather beautiful young lady. Her entire little body USED to fit into the crook of my arm. Now she be driving. In 2 years she be off to college. She gonna run me an extra $500.00 a year on car insurance. Yuppers-love her a lot. Just hope and pray she does as well as she expects her self to do. Give yer kids a hug and a kiss-even if they don't want it. They get growed up afore you know it. RIDE SAFE.

[sugerbear]

   my baby just turned 30!!!!!!!!!

two wonderful grandkids 6 and 2.
oldest(33) and his wife expecting #1 the end of the month!!(can't wait)
#2(32) still acting like he's 12................hurt in the navy now paralyzed from the waist down.
hope he grows up soon

i agree, enjoy them while you can.

[Serk]

My babies turn 8 weeks tomorrow... And while I'm in no rush for 'em to grow up totally, I am looking forward to that blissful time when they can feed themselves and wipe their own butts...

[shortleg]

  Mine is now 26 , where did the time go?
        Shortleg[Dave]
http://youtu.be/TTA2buWlNyM

[MacDragon]

My 2 are 27 and 31... It seems like I was just wiping the snot off their noses not too long ago.  Now they are well through college and have left the nest.      Now I have a Man-Cave...

I miss the days when they were home every day... but also enjoy the quiet at the same time.   

They grow up super fast and I realized that nothing changed over the years but the price of their toys.

[G-Man]

Mine'll be 17 in two weeks.  She took drivers ed in school and the first time I took her out (after taking and completing drivers ed) she went two blocks, both on the wrong side of the road, then made a right turn, from the left side of the road and wound up on the left side of the road after completing the turn.  I made he pull over and asked if her driving instructor at school was from England.  She looked at me puzzled and asked "Why?"  This one's gonna cost me some dough.   

[Jess from VA]

Speaking of driving, when up in Ann Arbor, I visited one of my best old friends from college.  After a couple beers and dinner, we waited out a big rain, then left for home, very late.  He turned down a street but it was full of cops and ambulances with lights flashing, so rather than backing up and resuming the street we were on or doing a three-point turn (no traffic anywhere), he whips a hard right up on the sidewalk and drives down that for about 100 feet until a driveway presents itself for our return to the lawful roadway.  He was not drunk (nor was I).  I laughed so hard I almost peed myself.

This is the guy who stood up for my wedding in '77, in white tuxes (Lord), and he hit it off so well with one of the bridesmaids, he comes back from a walk with her with grass stained knees and elbows. 

OK sorry for the drift, back to the regularly scheduled thread.   

[Stanley Steamer]

My youngest a beautiful young lady turned 16 back in may. When we moved here to the ozarks 13 years ago she was 3 yrs old. We were coming into Springfield Missouri in my semi when my two daughters woke up and asked if we were in Missouri yet?? I told them yes and we had been for a little while. They got out of the sleeper and shared the front seat the last one and a half hours into Willow Springs Mo wide awake. Fast forward 13 years to yesterday. My daughter had a doctors appt which i took her to. After we got done at the doctors and went out side i gave her the keys to my car. Up to this point in time she had been out with her mother her uncle her nana and her sister. Daddys turn and time arrived yesterday. I will admit to being rather pleasently surprised. She has a good basic knowledge of driving. Not one of these was required anywhere on the 50 miles i let her drive. She admitted to being surprised to on my good conduct while she was handling my cage. That B T W did NOT come easy. My tongue is still a little sore from bitting it once or four times. My point-i wish i knew. Some how some where she growed up on me and turned into a rather beautiful young lady. Her entire little body USED to fit into the crook of my arm. Now she be driving. In 2 years she be off to college. She gonna run me an extra $500.00 a year on car insurance. Yuppers-love her a lot. Just hope and pray she does as well as she expects her self to do. Give yer kids a hug and a kiss-even if they don't want it. They get growed up afore you know it. RIDE SAFE.

  .......The Uncle who taught me to drive just passed away a couple of months ago....I can remember him letting me drive his Chevy Scottsdale back and forth to the store just a couple miles from the house.....

[Stanley Steamer]

This video is just for you Old2Soon....OOPS....Shortleg beat me to it.....

Alan Jackson - Drive (For Daddy Gene)	powered by Aeva

[R J]

Wow, ya'll is a bunch of young uns.

#1 daughter is 57 with 4 kids, oldest is 33, his oldest is 16, others scattered in their about 3 or 4 years apart.   3 Great grandkids here.

#2 son is 54, single now, no chillins.   Thank God.

#3 daughter is 51, divorced, with a boy and girl.

#4 son is 46, divorced,  2 boys, 16 and 13.

#5 daughter is 36, soon to be divorced with 2 girls, 8 & 5.

All of them except #1 seem to have trouble keeping a partner.

God that makes me feel old.

Now back to our normal programming.

[johnhunter44]

I know that feeling, as well.  My oldest is 29 and has given us a beautiful grandson that we love with all our hearts.  My youngest, almost 26 now, is getting married in October and is presently a 3rd year medical student at MUSC in SC.   So proud of them both, I just can't stand myself......

[Bama Red]

Old2soon - congratulations! Sounds like you did things right!

Our oldest girl is 48, no kids.

Our middle girl is 47, two girls, one of whom is pregnant withour first great-grandchild.

Third girl is 44, two girls, 6 & 8, and they are the apple of our lives!!

All are married to their second husbands and seem happy this time around. Can't ask for much more than that, I guess.

[big d]

married with no kids but that video reminds me of my father letting me sit in his lap and steering his old '57 chevy truck up the old lane at 7 years old. and as i got bigger and could reach the pedals he would let me do it on my own including shifting gears. he is now 85 and i still think back on occasion about those times growin up and smile. very happy memories.

[Smokinjoe-VRCCDS#0005]

My babies turn 8 weeks tomorrow... And while I'm in no rush for 'em to grow up totally, I am looking forward to that blissful time when they can feed themselves and wipe their own butts...

I'll take that as " They are ALL doing great ?