Mama Learns to Drive: Stories that Celebrate Mothers

If you've ever been in the car while a loved one was learning to drive, then think of this as cheap therapy!
Learning to drive has occasioned emotions ranging from reasonable caution to unbridled terror. Learning under the watchful eye of one's spouse is an added challenge. Undertaking the task with anxious children in the backseat can only heighten the sensory richness of the moment. Davis recalls his mother's driving lessons through the objective eye of a patient and restrained child, in contrast with his little brother, whose oft-shouted refrain, 'You're going to kill us all!' rings in memory.



An August House audio production.