Slipping through my fingers

There it was. Hakan's first school day at the middle school.
Today another new era begins. Don't know what happened; I still clearly remember his first day at the Kindergarden, then the elementary school, Oh My God, it all went so fast.

Like I said, don't know how 8 years went by.. but the following song exactly tells how I feel today (with a little changes that I made because it's a boy). One tip for moms with middle schoolers: Get tissues, because I don't think you'll end reading this without crying):

Schoolbag in hand, he leaves home in the early morning
Waving goodbye with an absent-minded smile
I watch him go with a surge of that well known sadness
And I have to sit down for a while
The feeling that I'm losing him forever
And without really entering his world
I'm glad whenever I can share his laughter
That funny little boy

Slipping through my fingers all the time
I try to capture every minute
The feeling in it
Slipping through my fingers all the time
Do I really see what's in his mind
Each time I think I'm close to knowing
He keeps on growing
Slipping through my fingers all the time

Sleep in our eyes
Him and me at the breakfast table
Barely awake
I let precious time go by
Then when he's gone
There's that odd melancholyc feeling
I try to capture every minute
The feeling in it
Sometimes I wish that I could freeze the picture
and save it from the funny tricks of time

Schoolbag in hand
He leaves home in the early morning
Waving goodbye with an absent-minded smile

(Bjorn Ulvaeus/Benny Andersson)