A Fearful Milestone
My darling daughter was born literally weeks after I started my first "real" job as a video game developer, only a handful of months after I graduated from college. She slept in her cradle in our tiny rented home behind me, as I played X-Com with the sound turned down. As a baby, her very first reaction to music was a delighted giggle to the sounds of the "Magic" pinball table in Epic Pinball. Her love of video game music continues to this day, though when I showed her the game three years ago, she shook her head at what she considered her horrible musical taste as an infant.

In second or third grade, her mother and I fretted because she was spending too much time playing video games... but I was horribly conflicted because it was one of MY video games she was spending too much time playing. As if my name in the credits made it okay! Well, okay, it kinda did. My paternal duty also involved explaining to her how the game kinda sucked, but she didn't care.

And yesterday, this darling daughter of mine obtained a Utah State learner's permit, making it legal for her to drive on the roads under direct parental or instructor supervision. The entire state should probably tremble in fear now. And, though the literal task of surrendering control of my vehicle to her hands as I sit helpless and screeching in the passenger seat fills my core with dread, another terror grips my heart as I wonder, "How did this happen? I'm not old enough to have a daughter who drives!"

Time sure flies when you are having fun.

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