<p>Haha Harriet!!! 2 on skype. (yours is better)</p>
<p>“I can’t talk now, Mom”-
words of a busy student.
But the voice is his.</p>
<p>Four M.E. classes?
Taken all at the same time?
Can you even breathe?</p>
<p>I see these questions
on CC in many forms
Over and over:</p>
<p>Am I a bad mom
if I love the kid on the couch
but wish he’d try harder?</p>
<p>Is her life over
if she doesn’t get into
HYPMS?</p>
<p>Or if she gets in
but EFC is too high…
we’re both failures, yes?</p>
<p>This is the dark side
of College Confidential –
artificial stress.</p>
<p>Parents, don’t worry…
“average kids” and high achievers
can all find a place.</p>
<p>So many choices,
and most of them terrific.
It will all work out!</p>
<p>Ha, creative moms!
I’m loving all your haikus.
This thread is great fun!</p>
<p>Half hour of homework,
two-hour computer game “break.” 
But who’m I to talk? :o</p>
<p>Eighteen…all grown up…
Calls me from school science fair,
“Bring my dressy clothes!”</p>
<p>(this actually happened yesterday!)</p>
<p>Greatest thread ever
Cutting angst to syllables
Gets to heart of things</p>
<p>“Jacket is too small;
interview’s in three minutes”
He thinks I can help?</p>
<p>“Then wear the black one.”
“Really? And with the gray pants?
I’m going to trust you.”</p>
<p>Twenty year old son
Can live abroad by himself
But cannot get dressed.</p>
<p>Once their Dad knew best
Now they’re my new role models
I welcome the change</p>
<p>We thought we’d use Skype
internet slow, speech delayed
MOM, Skype $ucks–won’t use! </p>
<p>five cents per minute
our long distance rate to Eire
cheaper than at home</p>
<p>how would we survive
if not for cc advice?
thank you faceless friends!</p>
<p>BBmom-</p>
<p>Too bad about Skype!
It was a godsend for us.
But cheap calls are good!</p>
<p>College counselor
Asked my eleventh grade son
“What’s your major, kid?”</p>
<p>How the bloody heck
Is he supposed to know now?
He’s still in high school!</p>
<p>The pressures kids face
It just makes me want to cry
Tough boy’s lip quivers!</p>
<p>thoughts now turn to spring
green grass, red clay, white chalk lines
baseballmom can’t wait</p>
<p>each game brings new hope
can he hit out of the park?
eye on the ball, son!</p>
<p>son’s ready to pitch
shhhh, focus. one pitch, one strike
two strikes, three. he’s out!</p>
<p>Each boy stands alone
every eye upon him
heavy weight to bear</p>
<p>swing that bat, be strong
not too fast, not slow, just right
A hit! He runs! SAFE!</p>
<p>One more hit, they run!
Feet on fire, heading for home!
Run like the wind, boys!</p>
<p>The whine of Jet Skis
The tube skips across the wake
Spring on the lake</p>
<p>OR 101
you will surely see us there
Jeans and sweatshirt gals</p>
<p>I asked my D this
Are you more excited now?
“Yes” but then “and no.”</p>
<p>son’s facebook status
says “sick,” updated today
guess I’d best call him.</p>
<p>My boy, seventeen,
Next week you will be a man.
How did this happen?</p>
<p>Harold and Kumar
We watched with our teenager
Hope he didn’t take notes!</p>
<p>Go ask your teachers
For your recommendations.
Time to get going.</p>
<p>Please write that report
For your Girl Scout Gold Award
It needs to get done.</p>
<p>Do that last essay –
Application’s nearly done;
Press “submit” and pray!</p>
<p>It’s time to write notes
Saying “thank you” to teachers:
It’s only polite.</p>
<p>Stop by the office
Have them send midyear report:
You’re almost there now.</p>
<p>After the nagging,
Coaxing, persuading, and tears,
Ev’rything is done.</p>
<p>Nothing left to do;
But watch the mailbox, e-mail;
Waiting, together.</p>