Eight

I'm standing in the parking lot of the office where I worked then watching a sixteen year old girl who just got her driver's license drive away solo for the first time. (On a side note, how did parents ever let their kids do that in the days before cell phones?) She was poised and confident...I was a nervous wreck. It was about eight minutes till she reached the store she was headed for and called in. I think I breathed twice. But she did survive. (I'm reminding myself of that for a reason you know!)