Life ain't always beautiful...

...sometimes you fight with your husband

...sometimes your teenage son makes you cry

...sometimes your kids tell you to leave them alone

...sometimes when you love someone you have to let them fall as long as they know you are there to catch them

...sometimes life is just hard

but there is always tomorrow and chances are it will be better.

For about the last four years this bird and its mate have made a home on our front porch. That is when I know it is spring. For me, spring reminds me of new beginnings. Often I find myself in a rut, sometimes I think the situation I am going through is the way it's going to be. But as sure as the flowers are going to bloom and those birds are going to come back, things come and go.

And sometimes, no, most times, life is beautiful!

Sometimes I need to be reminded of that