Comments on: Returning to the Norm http://www.romancingtheblog.com/blog/2005/08/10/returning-to-the-norm/ What's hip, what's now, what's tomorrow in the romance genre world. Sat, 09 Jan 2010 20:26:04 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Robyn Harper http://www.romancingtheblog.com/blog/2005/08/10/returning-to-the-norm/comment-page-1/#comment-5201 Robyn Harper Wed, 10 Aug 2005 19:33:00 +0000 /?p=289#comment-5201 Mine go in 14 days. I'll have two in middle school- one teen and one tween. ~sigh~ My son will permit a "shoulder hug" (arm around the shoulders and squeeze) in public, but no embraces and absolutely NOTHING involving the lips. Which cracks me up because at home in private, he's a leech. I can't wait. They will both be on the bus- hooray! No more playing SUV dodgeball in a tiny elementary school parking lot! Mine go in 14 days. I’ll have two in middle school- one teen and one tween. ~sigh~ My son will permit a “shoulder hug” (arm around the shoulders and squeeze) in public, but no embraces and absolutely NOTHING involving the lips. Which cracks me up because at home in private, he’s a leech.

I can’t wait. They will both be on the bus- hooray! No more playing SUV dodgeball in a tiny elementary school parking lot!

]]> By: Sharon http://www.romancingtheblog.com/blog/2005/08/10/returning-to-the-norm/comment-page-1/#comment-5199 Sharon Wed, 10 Aug 2005 17:16:09 +0000 /?p=289#comment-5199 *sniffle* My baby is heading off to kindergarten tomorrow. She's the last of my three children, and I'm not going to know what to do with myself with all three in school. *sniffle* My baby is heading off to kindergarten tomorrow. She’s the last of my three children, and I’m not going to know what to do with myself with all three in school.

]]> By: Sela http://www.romancingtheblog.com/blog/2005/08/10/returning-to-the-norm/comment-page-1/#comment-5196 Sela Wed, 10 Aug 2005 15:47:22 +0000 /?p=289#comment-5196 Same here. One went back this week, but I still have the little one for another month. It's so quiet here now! They're not screaming at each other all day long -- only in the afternoons. And I've gotten so much done already. But I'm already missing having both of them close. And the little one really misses his sister. Same here. One went back this week, but I still have the little one for another month. It’s so quiet here now! They’re not screaming at each other all day long — only in the afternoons. And I’ve gotten so much done already. But I’m already missing having both of them close. And the little one really misses his sister.

]]> By: Lynn Daniels http://www.romancingtheblog.com/blog/2005/08/10/returning-to-the-norm/comment-page-1/#comment-5193 Lynn Daniels Wed, 10 Aug 2005 14:33:32 +0000 /?p=289#comment-5193 Great post, Shirley. I admit to happy dancing when my kids returned to school last week. I love the silence in the house all day. The absence of fights. The idea that I can actually go shopping without somebody whining, "But I WANT it!" However, on the other side of the coin, I do love the snuggles (my son still will, my daughter never would), the occasional hiking daytrips, and the conversations. I can't have it both ways. I'm glad they're at school, but I still miss them. Great post, Shirley. I admit to happy dancing when my kids returned to school last week. I love the silence in the house all day. The absence of fights. The idea that I can actually go shopping without somebody whining, “But I WANT it!”

However, on the other side of the coin, I do love the snuggles (my son still will, my daughter never would), the occasional hiking daytrips, and the conversations.

I can’t have it both ways. I’m glad they’re at school, but I still miss them.

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