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Why Not NOT Drive?: An Empowering Guide to Letting Go of the Wheel (2018)
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Why Not NOT Drive?: An Empowering Guide to Letting Go of the Wheel (2018)

Many of us have been there with a loved one when it seems like time for them to hang up their car keys. That time came with my mom in 2018, then newly 90. My sisters and I were at our wits end and wanted to find a way using visuals and humor to give her motivation and agency in making the transition from driving herself to the joys of getting around through other means. Ask me how it all worked out.

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