If necessary, God will move heaven and earth to show us His will.

                                            by Charles F. Stanley 

Can't Make This Stuff Up!

The last time my mother-in-law drove, was the last time my mother-in-law drove. And she shouldn't have been a licensed driver on that day. She had finally passed the written test after four tries but was unable to pass the vision test. DMV referred her to an eye doctor. She was given a letter saying she had cataracts. Back at DMV the unfortunate employee looked for her vision test so he could give her a license. He couldn't find one, because it didn't exist. When he told her she would have to take a vision test, she initially started yelling at him that she had already taken the test. He looked again and I told him that she had not taken the test. So, she starts yelling louder at him that she has a letter from her eye doctor and didn't need to take the test. He kept insisting that she needs to take the test and she keeps yelling louder that she doesn't. She won. He was a wreck.  

Now 96 years old, she was 90 at the time. She couldn't see very well, and her hearing was about as good as her vision. One lovely June day she was driving along and didn't see the stoplight, or the car stopped at it, in front of her. Not even attempting to slow down, she plows into the stopped car, sending it into the intersection, throws it in reverse, floors it, and slams into the BMW behind her. The driver of the BMW said he saw what happened, so he stopped way behind her so as not to be involved in the wreck. Poor guy.

Mother-in-law's version: "If she had not stopped in the middle of the intersection and then backed into me, I wouldn't have hit her." I corrected her by pointing out that the lady ended up in the intersection after she hit her. I only made that mistake one time. Oh, and the guy she backed into...he ran into her. OK.

Since the accident "wasn't her fault," she was sure she could pass a driving test. Because she can "drive better than those NASCAR drivers." I suggested she start with the vision test. When I told her the appointment was Friday at 2 p.m. she said she wanted the appointment in the morning because she can't see in the afternoon. I guess that explains the accident. It was in the afternoon. Apparently, she couldn't see any better in the morning. She couldn't even see the eye chart, let alone the letters on it. So, no, she didn't get a license. But you better call her new DMV ID a driver's license, because "that's what it is."