Eleven

Michael and I saw "The Kids are All Right" last week.  It was....all right.  It included a scene were the oldest child was leaving for college.  The parents cried as the girl stood up straight and proud, and started to unpack her things into the new dorm room. 

"It'll be here before you know it," Michael said. 

I sat there silent, thinking to myself, well, 18 years is 18 years. That's a long way off.

 But them Michael said,



"What we've done with Oliver so far?  We do that just eleven more times, and then he's off to college."

And then I cried.