Inspiration Avenue Weekly Challenge

How did it get so late so soon?
It's night before it's afternoon.
December is here before it's June.
My goodness how the time has flewn.
How did it get so late so soon?
~ Dr. Seuss

~ What I always think at the end of the week
as I finish my IA challenge :)

 

The theme this week at  Inspiration Avenue is 

The Power of Words

 I think the quote above is so true. 

My son left for college this week, and is now

officially on his own.  Only about 50 miles

away, so not so far.

Far enough for him to feel independent,

and far enough for me to throw out

all the shoes he left behind! Yucky shoes!

To pretend his room is now a guest room?

Nah, I think (hope) he'll still be using it

from time to time.

Speaking of words,

I'll leave you with some quotes I like:

Of course there's a lot of knowledge in universities:  

the freshmen bring a little in; 

the seniors don't take much away, 

so knowledge sort of accumulates.  

~Abbott Lawrence Lowell

Twenty years from now you will be more 

disappointed by the things you didn't do 

than by the ones you did. 

So throw off the bowlines,
sail away from the safe harbor. 

Catch the trade winds in your sails. 

Explore. Dream. Discover.
~ Mark Twain

It is always sad when someone leaves home, 

unless they are simply going around the corner 

and will return in a few minutes 
with ice-cream sandwiches.
~ Lemony Snicket

A professor is one who
talks in someone else's sleep.  

~W.H. Auden 

And finally:

If at first you don't succeed, 

do it like your mother told you.  
 ~Author Unknown

(Quote on the door above by

John Ed Pearce)