The day my sister Michelle turned twenty she got her Learner’s Permit and took her written test along with her road test and got her license. The people at the Department of Motor Vehicles were impressed. The truth be known Mom and Dad were just as impressed even though they had been coaching her for several months.

Her first assignment two days later was to drive our younger sister and I up to the cabin for the week. Dad had been up there most of the last month getting things ready. The ...