So many ways

I see your Facebook posts, Elizabeth Molitors and Laurie Vanderlei.  Flank steak and matching roommate pillows.  I can't compete.  IKEA makes me dizzy.  Deviled eggs and potato salad are more my speed. Macaroni and cheese later this week.

So many ways

To launch a child:

Pack a van

Cook a favorite meal

Shop IKEA

Look at all the possibilities,

Dizzying

“For-real” dizzying

For this mom.

Dad gets

The next IKEA trip.

Me

I have made deviled eggs

Potato salad

Beets with feta cheese

For dinner.

So many more meals

To come.

Macaroni and cheese

Comes next.

So many ways

To launch a young woman

Cook a meal

Sit in the living room

Watch the comings

And goings

So many ways.