A loving haiku
Saturday, September 26th, 2015As mentioned here before, this is the absolute craziest time of year in my office. There are long days, intense meetings and what feels like never-ending to-do lists, and I often come home in the afternoons totally worn out. (I’ve historically been open with the girls about work things: I love my job, I tell them, but sometimes it’s hard – similar to a tough day at school.) The other night I was feeling particularly tired and, worse, overwhelmed, and Zoe had an idea to cheer me up. “Let’s do a haiku!” she said and ran to get some paper. She proceeded to ask me for and jot down my “emotion words” and within a few minutes had prepared a poem for me. I won’t embarrass myself by sharing the poem (and my emotion words here), but I will share that I was touched that she had thought to do this. And, yeah, it made me feel better.
-M