<p>I am trying a Waka (5-7-5-7-7)</p>
<p>Coming back from camp
Plans always remain as plans
Time is passing by
Wherever he wants to go
No work makes no difference</p>
<p>“One week” - such small words;
Why am I fighting back tears
Each time I think them?</p>
<p>Packing on going
But not sure when room is clean
Time is running out.</p>
<p>you about to cry
queries DS just 14
a constant state</p>
<p>of controlled sadness
for at least a few more days
his arm round me helps.</p>
<p>Son drove off today
Eager to get back to school
He won’t miss home - much.</p>
<p>But we will miss him.
Isn’t this what I wanted?
He is happy there.</p>
<p>a lack of contact
a good sign so I am told
oh but so hard now</p>
<p>I just can’t believe
In June my son graduates
I am scared as hell</p>
<p>I wish I could have
A do-over with that boy
I’d do things diff’rent</p>
<p>New dress shoes for school.
One is in the dorm room but
the other is where?</p>
<p>She says in Texas -
I think back in Ohio -
Maybe in-between.</p>
<p>It’s the little things:
Emptier laundry baskets,
Fewer milk cartons.</p>
<p>The big picture’s great.
They’re where I want them to be.
I just miss them lots.</p>
<p>Unpacked everything
Three hours, never thought it’d fit
Dropped hammer on foot</p>
<p>Our backs recover
Our wallets feel feather-like
We say, job well done</p>
<p>Fledgelings leave the nest
New adventures await them
Parents reminisce</p>
<p>October is here.
My two college kids need me!
“Send my old costume?”</p>
<p>Admissions frenzy
IRL and on CC
Seems so distant now.</p>
<p>I almost miss it.
Then I look at my third kid -
just ten years to go! :D</p>
<p>Controversial thread
Can’t pass it without reading
It’s like a train wreck</p>
<p>Kid’s success story
becomes parents’ brawl over
Ivies/Chicago</p>
<p>On many topics,
College Confidential yields
more noise than signal</p>
<p>Still, I find myself
rubbernecking shamelessly…
break out the popcorn!</p>
<p>Finals are next week,
then he comes home for a month!
First semester flew.</p>
<p>How many more times
will my son return to me
for semester breaks?</p>
<p>Tow-headed cherub…
when that man sleeps in your bed,
I can still see you.</p>
<p>3 p.m. Sunday,
sound asleep in his old bed,
he doesn’t hear me.</p>
<p>He’s home for Christmas!
His essence is everywhere,
his presence is clear.</p>
<p>Mom on a mission –
maternal senses drive me,
(mainly sense of smell).</p>
<p>Three wash cycles, plus
a pound of baking soda –
His sheets don’t stink now!</p>
<p>Haiku thread is back!
Experiences are shared:
concisely and true.</p>
<p>Winter Break - you’re headed where?! :eek:
I’m impressed and terrified
Tufts - all it promised.</p>