This morning, when I dropped my daughter off at school, I heard two mothers chatting.
They were both talking about how difficult it is to send children off to first grade.

"I thought I would get so much done," one woman said.
"I know," the other woman replied. "But all day I find myself wondering what she's doing."

I'm a lot older than they are, and it's been a long time since I had a first-grader. But I know how they feel.

I've learned that "out of sight, out of mind" just doesn't apply where children are concerned.

In Monday's Home Planet I wrote about worrying about my son. He's 19, and out of my sight a lot of the time. But he's on my mind a lot.
Right now, he's with a crew fighting fires several hours away from Spokane. I'm sure he is safe. But just like the woman who spent the day wondering what her first-grader was up to, he is always on my mind.