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Looking back over the past year, I can confirm that there are many things I learned – some really useful and others not so much. There were also lessons I already knew that were reinforced, such as be careful what you wish (or pray) for because you just might get it!
At the beginning of last year, our older daughter said she wanted to become a bolder driver. So we asked the good Lord to help her not to be afraid of bully bus and matatu drivers on the road, and left it at that. But in the ensuing months, I became increasingly aware that I was engaging my imaginary brakes more often whenever she drove me. I also realised that I was moving from “there’s a gap in the traffic, you could have joined the road” to “gasp! Did you NOT see that bus?!? And when she confidently drove the family on an out-of-town trip last week – her first ever long-distance driving experience – I realised her prayer had been answered.
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