Never Wake a Sleeping Baby

It's one of the first things new parents learn:  if the child is asleep, let him/her sleep.  But, does that still apply when the kid is college-age?

My eldest returned home for a break late last night.  Despite my best efforts, I fell asleep around midnight, probably 30 minutes before his arrival.  Now it's morning and I know he's here.  I see his dopp kit in the bathroom, coat and shoes in the hallway and a half-eaten sandwich in the refrigerator.

I am tempted to go into his room.  Just to watch him sleep.  To see how he looks.  And maybe, just maybe, to wake him to talk.  Merely opening his bedroom door, will likely rouse him.  I won't.  I know intuitively that he's exhausted from finishing papers and midterms.   He needs some rest.

I'm still his mother, though.  I'm still fighting that instinct to wake the sleeping baby.