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<\/p>\nSee that helmeted blur in the picture below?<\/p>\n
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Yes, that’s my daughter.\u00a0 Becky.<\/p>\n
Becky is driving a dirt bike.\u00a0 She’s done it several times now and fallen each time (not badly), but she’s gotten up and gotten back on every time.\u00a0 And asked to go again.<\/p>\n
I can’t even bear to watch her ride it makes me so nervous (I can’t watch the boys either!).\u00a0 I don’t know how I’m going to survive once she starts driving cars.\u00a0 That’s only FIVE YEARS AWAY!<\/p>\n
Can I make her wear a helmet in the driver’s seat?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
See that helmeted blur in the picture below?<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Yes, that’s my daughter. Becky.<\/p>\n
Becky is driving a dirt bike. She’s done it several times now and fallen each time (not badly), but she’s gotten up and gotten back on every time. And asked to go again.<\/p>\n
I can’t even bear to watch her ride […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7274","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","odd"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pKyNb-1Tk","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1103,"url":"https:\/\/myfaithandjoy.com\/?p=1103","url_meta":{"origin":7274,"position":0},"title":"Sigh of Relief","author":"Emily","date":"March 20, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"I think\u2026I pray\u2026that our family is all healthy\u2026finally. 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