THE LAUGHTER

This morning

we heard from

both of our children.

So it is already

a good day.

It seems now

so long ago,

when they were

going off to school

for the first time,

struggling with homework,

learning to drive,

fighting in the back seat,

sleeping upstairs.

At the time,

it seemed it would

go on forever:

the homework,

the driving lessons,

friends coming over,

the noise.

It is quiet now,

except when they

come home.

I would not wish

them back,

nor would they.

But I am glad

for the memories

and the laughter

of that time

long ago.

Gary