Gephyrophobia

Gephyrophobia is actually Greek for "fear of bridge". Now you are probably wondering why I'm blogging about this phobia. Here goes...I was driving along just like any other day when I heard a gasp in my back seat. I was driving and Terry, Triston, and Tara were all with me. The gasp caught my attention and was followed by a "I can't believe you drove too fast on the bridge". That was my little Tara and she has requested that we not drive on bridges any more. The bridge and her newly discovered phobia were the subject of conversation that evening. She is really scared that we will slip off the bridge and into the freezing water. She thinks it is a common occurrence, especially with the roads being wet, snowy, or icy. We did explain to her that not driving on bridges would be really hard since we have several in our town. We also talked about some of the most popular bridges in the U.S. How would we ever be able to take a vacation if we can't drive on bridges. Tara is pretty sure that we will be able to drive on bridges again once summer arrives but, until then, I'm not sure what we are going to do. How crazy is this?