When I learned to drive

My older daughter Sandy read somewhere that there are 191 million drivers in the U.S. I guess everyone wants to drive and have a car. I've always liked driving myself. When I learned to drive, there weren't so many drivers, and there weren't as many cars as there are now.

I was 17 years old, fixing to turn 18. I remember it was a girlfriend who taught me. After I had spent some time driving out in the country, we started to go back home. All at once, I realized we had to pass through the town, so I said, "Goldie, would you take over this wheel? I don't want to drive through this town." She answered, "No, I won't. You drive through this town!" I did, and I've been driving ever since. Like I said, I've always enjoyed driving!