Thursday, 25 August 2011

MissM takes charge

Interior of the Hermitage Library
Tyranov Alexei Vasilyevich

MrM
Did you collect my books from the library?
MissM
Yes...and I paid your fine.
MrM
Sorry about that
MissM
Don't worry...my treat.

*****

I don't think that I can bear
to let MissM go to university...
the house will be too quiet without her.
Back me up, people.
Posted by alice c at 00:01

17 comments:

  1. blackbirdAugust 25, 2011

    Back you up?

    I'd gladly send you a boy.

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  2. dottycookieAugust 25, 2011

    Awwwwww.

    I know it's nowhere near the same thing but I'm dreading the start of term here. Too quiet.

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  3. LynnAugust 25, 2011

    I guess you two could move in with her...

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  4. magsmccAugust 25, 2011

    If you love something... And Mr M should jolly well pay his own fines! Spoken as the mother of Primary School children who breaks her heart already at friends' empty nests.

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  5. katheAugust 25, 2011

    The pain and anguish is more than a Mother's heart should have to bear. But we do bear it, as it is in best interest of our child and that is why we are Mothers. Consider me a buttress Alice, I have the experience and the strength. I know, truly, I know. XO

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  6. GinnieAugust 25, 2011

    And who will cover MrM's fines? I'm afraid she'll just have to stay home.

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  7. driftwoodAugust 25, 2011

    what, the gap year is over already, how did that go so fast....

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  8. trashAugust 25, 2011

    Would you like ship hawser or baling twine?

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  9. kristinaAugust 25, 2011

    But she'll be back soon for the holidays :) K x

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  10. UnknownAugust 25, 2011

    Am backing you up from here - already despatched mine a fortnight ago as she has a 5 week hospital placement before her 2nd year starts - doesn't get any easier either - where is she going, not as far as her brother?

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  11. JackieAugust 25, 2011

    I'm afraid you can't keep her...but you know you'll always have her.

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  12. PaolaAugust 26, 2011

    Driftwood had my same thought ...
    Is the gap year gone already?

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  13. The Coffee LadyAugust 26, 2011

    Last night, Littlest threw her arms around me crying. "I never want to leave you, mummy." she said. "I'll never move away."

    I look at you and I know she's wrong. But I'm ignoring it. La la la.

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  14. Barb CadyAugust 27, 2011

    When the first Miss C left for University I cried. Openly.
    When the second Miss C left for University I was stronger. I cried into my pilow. Quietly.
    When the third Miss C left for University I was ready. Peace. Quiet. Tidyness. I was wrong.
    I cried. Everywhere.
    What can I say? It's a mother's lot.
    The Misses C's are all grown up.
    They return.
    All is joy.
    It's just the spaces that shift.

    Thinking of you. xx

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  15. ellenAugust 27, 2011

    Like swallows, the do fly back home.
    Still it's hard.

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  16. AnonymousAugust 27, 2011

    Read Anna Maria Horner's account of taking her daughter to uni and then a year on. Really moving and really true.
    Liz

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  17. UnknownSeptember 01, 2011

    Oh Alice, they seem to spend all their lives moving further away from us.

    I wish the generous Miss M would cone and pay our fines, I am rather ashamed!

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