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Back To School Haiku

September 10, 2008 by Kathryn

Kids are both at school
All is quiet and lonely
Sanity is nice

Filed Under: Education

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  1. All Adither says

    September 10, 2008 at 10:25 am

    I am partial to sanity myself. Usually.

  2. Sue says

    September 10, 2008 at 10:52 am

    Oh, I wish mine would all go to school. Kindergarten should really be for three year olds, you know?

  3. Janel says

    September 10, 2008 at 10:59 am

    So silence brings inspiration and poetic tendencies? That gives me hope that my creative juices may one day return!

  4. mother of the wild boys says

    September 10, 2008 at 11:00 am

    AMEN!

  5. Millie says

    September 10, 2008 at 12:05 pm

    I’m really considering putting Roz in preschool. It’s my last year with a little kid at home EVER and I’m trying to enjoy it. (“Trying” being the operative word there.) But I would really like to be able to think an uninterrupted thought once or twice a day, and I know she gets bored… hmmmm…

  6. bananas says

    September 10, 2008 at 12:13 pm

    Who is this “sanity” person? can I meet her?

  7. D-D mom (no, that's NOT my bra size) says

    September 10, 2008 at 2:03 pm

    Here’s a clip from my recent blog post that totally echoes your lovely poem:

    My apologies to all you moms who weep when your children start kindergarten or go back to school, but I am loving it! . . .So I’m just celebrating this new school transition because it’s so nice to reach [a transition] that actually feels manageable.” diapersanddivinity.com

    Enjoy the sanity!

  8. Thea @ I'm a Drama Mama says

    September 10, 2008 at 2:51 pm

    And this is why I live for Tuesdays and Thursdays when I have 2.5 hours to myself…

  9. Shalee says

    September 10, 2008 at 2:58 pm

    Amen and amen!

  10. Melanie @ Mel, A Dramatic Mommy says

    September 10, 2008 at 4:20 pm

    The son is in school all day and the husband is away for 2 weeks! I’m delirious!

  11. grammyelin says

    September 12, 2008 at 5:46 am

    Sanity? What is this sanity that you speak of? Where can I get some?

  12. Signe says

    September 14, 2008 at 5:26 pm

    πŸ˜€ That’s great!

  13. KYouell says

    September 15, 2008 at 10:08 am

    I’m just waiting for the day that The Biscuit can stay at preschool for 2 whole hours without me being there. Then I can run an errand! Or take his sister on a walk! I’m barely able to imagine the freedom of only having one for 4 hours a week, I cannot wrap my brain around both of them at school. I think this is science fiction and you are cruelly teasing me. πŸ˜‰

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