Helping Dylan With Homework

This Haiku is dedicated to my sweet boy who hates homework. I am trying to teach him that he can do hard things, and yes, hard things are HARD, but when we complete them we are rewarded with the sweetest success of all.


This evening I watched him get frustrated, cry, flip out, try to give up, almost have a full fledged panic attack. Then I saw a light go on in his cute little dark blond head and he got it! He wrote his Haiku, without even using the word “very”. When he was done he jumped up out of the chair and danced around the kitchen a blur of smiles and pride.


My son does not experience many of these moments. In honor of this beautiful moment here is Dylan's Haiku with love...

 Homework

Dylan writes Haiku
Frustration turning to tears
Dry into a smile.

Here is Dylan's Haiku:

Bunny
Cute bunny is small
he eats from my big garden
fuzzy little friend

Of course. Spoke too soon. Boy lost homework, yes 5 minhutes after he finished it and freaked out. Lost all self esteem and started to tidal wave into ocean of doom. I found the poem lying in the couch. Yes in the couch. Please let me look back on these years when he is a well ajusted adult and laugh.