December 26

As of today, two of our kids are fully licensed drivers. That's right: Isaac took and passed his road test this afternoon. 

He was sad when, back in April, he didn't pass the written test on the first try. (At least he was sad until we looked up the failure rate and discovered it was over 50%. That made him feel a little better.) It took him quite a while --well into June, after he'd turned 16-- to get up the courage to try again. And fortunately, he passed on attempt number two.  Since then he's become a genuinely good driver, so I hoped he'd pass the road test on the first go-round. 

So Adam took him to the DMV this afternoon and when the appointed time arrived, I held my breath and prayed that he'd keep calm --because he was very nervous when they left-- and just do what he can do. 

And he did. And he passed with very few mistakes. (I think he said you can have as many as 15. He had four.) He was very humble about having passed when he got home and tried to resist my photo-taking impulse, but I insisted. So here's the official My Kid Got His License photo.

He's growing up. And like I've said before, I'm very proud of the man he's becoming. And I'm very thankful that God chose me to help shepherd him into adulthood.