Stuff happens

Everyone has experienced this; while sacrificially performing a good deed, one small bump escalates into a disaster which you feel compelled to correct at even more sacrifice on your part.

My dear husband contributes to our gardens by keeping the green spaces mowed, a project that requires him to work outdoors (not his favorite location) at some of the hottest and most humid days of the year.   During one of these miserable afternoon good deeds, the lawn mower gently bumped into the bird feeder pole.  Much to his horror, Bob watched as the pole slowly swayed and fell, splintering the bird feeder, and shattering the squirrel baffle attached to it.

The bird feeder had been his Mothers Day gift to me 15 years ago and over the years, the entire family had enjoyed observing the birds who frequented it for sunflower seeds.  Within 24 hours of its demise, we knew that we had to replace it. 

Thanks to internet shopping, the new pole, feeder, and baffle were soon delivered to our front door.  Our new feeder resembles a chapel and holds twice as much seed so I won't have to refill it as often. We are good for another 15 years of bird watching in our backyard. 

Sometimes the "stuff" that happens in our lives is really an opportunity to move forward to something even better than what we thought we had to have.