Flying From the Nest

On Tuesday, I had the privilege of attending freshman orientation with my son.  The fact that I will be teaching my third day of kindergarten on the day he leaves for college had not hit me...until I walked the campus sidewalks, breathed the lecture hall air.  
Wow, he is really leaving.  He is really leaving!  

The photo above was taken on graduation day, just a few weeks ago.  The other picture is one of my favs--he was 5 weeks old and he owned my heart! (I took a picture of the photo, no scanner, thus the strange date!)


As we all prepare for a new year with young learners, I hope we will hold them in our hearts and realize that being part of their histories is a privilege.  Our students' parents/guardians are living life, fighting bedtime battles and snapping pics for the scrapbooks, hoping we will love their babies.


So, I have two things for you:  the first is a poem I wrote several years ago, which resonated with me today, and the second is a song for letting go.  {{}}

Making It Fit (written 9/08 by me)

The necessary, the ordinary bits cover parts of the hours  

and Sleep, mmmmm dreamy sleep, fills a certain space 

Then, the money-making stuff, mine  

is fun, busy, creative, passionate 

While Our children go and come  

throughout, stretching my heart 

as they grow wings

Shimmering 

bits floating over 

each

day