Bad News Bears

I am thinking of renaming my blog with the title above, because bad news seems to be coming our way. It started last week with Polly, which I was just starting to recover from when another one of my girls was taken from the coop. I have no idea how anything got in...I had it on total lockdown. I was beside myself and now our backyard is on total high alert. My remaining two chickens have been moved into the garage, and I only let them out during the day when I am home. So now I am a chicken nanny...awesome.

That was all pretty traumatizing, and things only got worse when we woke up this morning to discover that both my bike and my husbands (both brand new) had been stolen. We found the chains cut and laying in the bushes. We use our bikes everyday, my husband's is his sole means of transportation. We are feeling pretty low.

If you are wondering why I would accompany this dreary post with a picture of flowers, then stay tuned. My point in sharing all of this drudgery is that there is always a silver lining to be found, even on the most disheartening of days. We had a wonderful weekend...my parents and little brother were in town visiting and we had the best time. There is nothing like family to pull you out of a slump. I also closed on a major story...an eight page spread in a huge magazine. They are flying me down to a mystery location to write the story. It is so exciting that I am bursting...but I am sworn to secrecy, of course.

The moral of this long winded tale...there are always good moments, moments of pure joy nestled in with the bad. If you are having a rough week, I challenge you to find those moments that will put a smile, however small, on your face. We will get through it.

I wanted to take an extra moment and thank you for all of the amazing comments. It made the grieving easier knowing that all of you were thinking of Polly too! And a big welcome to anyone stopping by from Naturally Nina...I promise it won't be all doom and gloom over here this week!