My son passed his driving test today!! 😃🥳

@BlueVeins Yes, I agree. 😇

@BlueVeins indeed

@FreeSpirit1 Thank you! ☺️

@CrazyMusicLover You've gotten it, that's what matters. 😌

@CrazyMusicLover Thanks & congrats too! 😇

@Freetime Honestly, unless you spend a lot of time with my son, he may seem like a normal teenager. Even his teachers said that his ADHD and autism weren’t as obvious as other students they had. But he does have his shortcomings that he has to work on. We had him drive with two different instructors, and one was better than the other, but they weren’t instructors specifically for special needs kids.

@marsbar Thank you for the information. My daughter is about the same as far as her autism not being very obvious. Do you think your son has less drive to be independent than a typical teenager?

@Freetime You’re welcome.

If he could stay at home instead of going away for college, then he would. But he has to live on campus. It’ll be good for him. He moves in on Sunday.

@carpediem Thank you 😇

@easterniowegin Thank you. Even if they fail, as long as they pass, it’s still a huge accomplishment. 😊

@Harmonium1923 Awww congrats. Thanks B ☺️

@nightjourney Thank you so much. I didn’t get mine until I was 20. Many of my friends got it between 16-18.

@nightjourney Yes. For me it was because I was living in Toronto then, and we have a fantastic public transportation system. Also, I didn’t really have a car to drive, so I didn’t feel any rush to get my license.

@Sutten Thanks 😊

@marsbar does he have his own car now

@misterhat No, we’ll see what happens when he finishes university.

@marsbar sounds good

@Ontheroad Thank you ☺️ He is happy & relieved.

@marsbar He should be. I have a 23 year old stepdaughter with Down's and every time she learns something new I see the delight in her eyes... it's always slow going, but so worth every moment of working at it with them.

@Viper Nope. I’m never out late these days. 😅

@darkknightt Thank you ☺️

@Bill1372 It is nerve-racking. He will not get an opportunity to really practice driving because he will be going away to university soon, so he will need to practice all over again when he’s home for the holidays and when he’s home next summer.

@Turtlepower Thanks B 😊 My daughter is next. She’s 15, but she can do the written at 15 1/2, so she will get her drivers license earlier than her brother.

@saragoodtimes Thank you ☺️

@marsbar Katie has her permit, her test is in early December

@saragoodtimes I’m sure she’ll do well. 😊

@Degbeme Yes Deggy, & he’s leaving me in a few weeks for uni. 🥺

@TurtleEclipseOfTheHeart Thanks. He still gets nervous. 😄

@Rutterman Thank you ☺️

@LookingForTheSummer Well…I wouldn’t go that far. 😅

@LiLShrimp Thank you ☺️

@BluntSm0ker Thanks 😊

@marsbar Welcome

@ImRileyTheDog Thanks! 😊

@GJOFJ3 Thank you 😊

@BeachGirl47 Thanks 😊

@marsbar you're welcome

@SW-User Thanks 😇

@Classified Thank you ☺️

@JustNik Thank you 😇😊

@vetguy1991 Thanks 😇

@DL1973 Thank you 😇

@JaggedLittlePill My son was nervous too. My ex said that he was so nervous he wanted to vomit.

@marsbar Well, this is so awesome for your son and you! I bet he feels good!

@JaggedLittlePill He does, but he still needs more practice. He’s never driven on the highway, so until he can be 100% confident on local roads, we are not taking him out on the highway.

@basilfawlty89 Thank you 😇 Good luck! Driving isn’t easy for a lot of people.

@Justenjoyit Thank you 😇

@SW-User Yes 😊 Although he drives me bonkers at times. 😅

@marsbar
It was your mother who loved you before you were born - who carried you for a long months close to her heart and in the fullest of time took God's hand in hers and passed through the valley of shadows to give you life. It was she who cared for you during the helpless years of infancy and scarcely less dependent years of childhood. As you have grown less dependent, she has done the countless, thoughtful, trouble-healing, helpful and encouraging things which somehow only mothers seem to know how to do. You may have accepted these attentions more of less as matters of course and perhaps without conscious gratitude or any expressions of your appreciation. You are rapidly approaching the time in life when you will be entirely independent of your mother. The ties which dependency has bound you to her may be served as you grow older, but the tie of mother-love can never be broken