For all of you who have sent someone off to college this fall...
Tears As We Say Goodbye
The drive was lively Punctuated by poignant silence The drive leaving childhood behind
Boxes, bags and suitcases Pack the car to the roof Cherished stuffed friend not forgotten
Sturdy institutional furniture Draped in bright clothes Roommate met, bed claimed, new home begins
Room full to the rafters Family car empty Throats begin to tighten
She turns to you Eyes momentarily full of fear You smile and pull her close
She clings, then separates You let her go And wipe your eyes
Eighteen years leading to this day Leaving your baby behind Silent ride home
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Compassion is the sometimes fatal capacity for feeling what it is like inside somebody else's skin. It is the knowledge that there can never really be any peace and joy for me until there is peace and joy finally for you too. - Frederick Buechner
If society prospers at the expense of the intangibles, how can it be called progress? -LLP
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