Somehow Related: Freedom ~ On the Open Water

52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks 2024: Week 30 (BOATS)

Looking through old photos for last week's prompt I found this gem.

I was in grade 7, and spent the May long weekend with a friend on their boat.

This was my first time driving a boat.

No license was required in those days so my friend and I were permitted to drive the boat all weekend.

I have no idea if I was any good at it, but I wasn't fearful.

Fear of being responsible for vehicles in motion arrived sometime in my 20s.

We have a boat, but I never drive it because I don't have the required Canadian Boat License.

I suspect that is my excuse because I am afraid of being responsible for a moving object on the open water.

Writing my blog this week reminded me that I had started to do the course to earn my boat license a few years ago.

I wondered if I would be allowed to finish it, or if my registration had expired.

First I had to find the website I had enrolled via.

Then I had to use the forgot username and password functions.

Then I discovered I began this course 2 years ago.

I had completed 60% before abandoning it.

Did I let fear distract me?

Looking at the picture I remember the freedom I felt driving that boat.

If you look closely you can see I was chewing bubble gum & had just popped a bubble.

I made a commitment to myself to finish the licensing course I started 2 years ago.

I would like to re-discover the joy that I felt in that photo.

I'm not sure if I will be allowed to just pick up where I had stopped, but my account has permitted me to just click next.

We shall see if I can just proceed to the end.

It might be I will need to pay again when I attempt the exam.

We shall see if I am successful in earning my Canadian Boat License.

When your past motivates you for the present!!!

This is why I search -

Cause ...

You can pick your friends, but you can't pick your family you know!

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