milestones
Family Tradition
graduation tree
she chose Granny Smith Apple
sweet, sour, pie-love

Shoot Photos
Scarlet Artist
HoCo Royalty
my Homecoming queens
who will never win titles
will still win with me

and what have they learned?
just how to love everyone
from all walks of life


Goodbye My Beauty
it's almost over
(we say goodbye tomorrow)
for now, there's a view



Youngest Driver
my baby's driving
(i can't believe she's fifteen)
and finding her way


Disappearing Milestones
the youngest’s birthday
(an early celebration)
before big sis leaves

Grin and Bear It
Toy Story 3. Now.
i could carry the bag out
and cry all morning

a toy, a trigger?
my girl is off to college.
(this is no cartoon).

and so he will stay.
though i know she will leave me.
each grinning their truth.
Permitted
with a perfect score
my youngest surprises me
(she’s ready to drive)
