{"id":2250,"date":"2017-06-02T22:30:06","date_gmt":"2017-06-02T22:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.youngernissan.com\/blogs\/52\/?p=2250"},"modified":"2017-06-02T22:30:06","modified_gmt":"2017-06-02T22:30:06","slug":"driving-with-a-confidence-that-inspires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.youngernissan.com\/blogs\/52\/uncategorized\/driving-with-a-confidence-that-inspires\/","title":{"rendered":"Driving with a Confidence that Inspires"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Driving with a Confidence that Inspires<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n
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Driving around in my 2017 Nissan Pathfinder Midnight Edition<\/a>\u00a0from Younger Nissan of Frederick<\/a> helps calm the voices in my head that say I\u2019m not good enough or I\u2019m unworthy. Mind you, every day is a battle, and my confidence in who I am as a person is, much like a roller coaster, not a linear or steady feeling. Just like every other woman out there I have doubts about who I am and if I\u2019m making the right choices so feeling so in control of something is a reassuring feeling. Especially as a mother desperately trying to impart wisdom and confidence into my daughter, it\u2019s hard to say if she will absorb the confidence I\u2019m trying to instill. She is her own very independent little person, and unfortunately, I have limited control, even at this age.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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My daughter brings me an endless amount of joy. Watching her little personality develop into the intelligent and funny little woman that she is both amazing and terrifying. Sometimes I look at her and see my own face looking back at me. It\u2019s startling, really, to see how many of my mannerisms she has picked up. Seeing those faces always makes me wonder what other characteristics of mine she has watched, learned, and made her own.<\/p>\n

Logically I know that she is absorbing just about everything that I do at this age, it\u2019s just what two-year-olds do. They soak up everything around them like a sponge. So I know that she is taking in both the good and the bad. As such I\u2019ve been worried that she will pick up on my insecurities and unsteady confidence. She\u2019s pretty independent and strong willed now, but she\u2019s two so the trick will be to continue to continue to support her independence and confidence as she grows. With that in mind, I have been making a more concerted effort to be the woman that my daughter thinks I am and to be the strong and confident mother she deserves, but it\u2019s hard. Everyone needs a little confidence boost to get through.<\/p>\n

Some people put on some makeup and high heels and feel ready to take on the world, but I feel truly on top of the world in my Nissan Midnight Edition. Honestly, it\u2019s hard not to. When I\u2019m driving I feel in total control. It seems that my daughter picked up on that and decided to give her trike an \u201cupgrade\u201d. What was once a pink trike is now painted black \u201cjust like mommy\u2019s\u201d. She\u2019s been driving around the neighborhood like she owns the place.<\/p>\n

I may not always be a perfect mother or role model for my daughter, but I\u2019m learning to Be One<\/a> as I go and trying my best. If my daughter learns nothing else from me, I hope she holds onto that confidence and spark. Life has a way of making you question your confidence, but if her current little personality is anything to go by, I don\u2019t think I have anything to worry about. Parenthood is hard, but as long as I can make my daughter\u2019s life even a little bit easier I\u2019ll have done my job.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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