You blew me away with your haikus–some of them made me laugh ’til I cried, and others…well, they just made me cry. But we had to have finalists, so I reluctantly narrowed them down. Here are the top five:
World’s Greatest Mommy knows the power of a good breakfast:
Smell of new crayons
Mixes with muffins and fears
Another first day.
Traci at Whosoever Believeth has her own set of challenges:
School at home is hard
Explaining Math makes Mommy’s brain
need more coffee.
Carol at A Second Cup got me all choked up with this one:
Tall as an adult
A little boy yesterday
He walks to high school
This one by Crying Moms just made me LAUGH:
Spazzy 1st grader
Is it wrong to drop kick her
into her classroom?
Angie at Spring Of Joy gives us another tear-jerker:
Up the stairs he runs
Then turns to sign "I love you"
When did he grow up?
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Rocks In My Dryer 
this was such a fun idea…thanks for giving us all a laugh…or a tear…both for me!
drop-kick… bwahahahahahaha… hysterical. And I can SOOOO relate!
That was a hard choice. I’m so thankful for funny moms!
Congrats finalists, nicely done! All so true. I prefer my coffee right before the drop kick. Then maybe another cup as I wonder how it’s all going by so fast…
So timely… I wanted to drop kick all three of mine out the door this morning! Crying Moms definitely gets my vote.
So hard to choose!
What a fun idea.
I didn’t know about the contest until today. Don’t expect a prize or even an honorable mention, but wanted to share.
Oldest starts high school
Youngest to kindergarten
Mommy cries alone
Thanks for being a continued source of inspiration & entertainment!!! I love lurking on your blog!!
I just realized you’re back! Hooray! I missed you 🙂
I’m so excited to be a finalist!
Thanks, Shannon!
I am excited to be a finalist also!! Thank you!!
I had to vote for Crying Moms…we all want to do it sometimes, we seldom put it in writing. 😉
Love “Up the stairs he runs”! So true. From
a mom of a 33, 31 & 28yr old.
these are all lovely. truly. i boo-hooed a bit and am not even a mom.
That was the hardest decision I made all day! I totally cried.
These are all great! How fun!
I’m having a giveaway at my blog this week, come check it out!
Can I vote for everyone? I’m having a little non contest of my own, if anyone would care to visit.
Please get a nun
with a ruler
to take over so I can go sit down