Where does the time go?

My heart hurts. John left for sixth grade camp this morning. I remember thinking it was so far away. Now it is here. A long week for all of us. I am grateful that we love each other and don't want to be apart but it is hard just the same. I am using his preschool picture because that is how I still see him sometimes. I want to call him Johnny and I want him to still be 4 years old. I don't want to think that he is collecting girls phone numbers at camp (and he will) and that he will be different when he gets back. I have seen it happen the 5 years on the yard at Wilson after the 6th graders get back, and I don't want to watch it with my son yet. Time goes too fast. James is talking about college and I want time to sl0w down but I hope this week goes by faster than normal....