I remember the first time I saw a turkey vulture, I was in awe! They are so ugly, they're cute:)

And I'm not going to tell you to cheer up or some nonsense like that. I believe we must feel all of our emotions and learn something from them. We live in a world where we're told to be positive and happy all of the time and that somehow all of our 'negative' emotions don't deserve the same attention as the 'positive' ones. So, ride out the lul and catch the next wave sista'...because it's coming; it always does when you're ready for it :)

Ok, here's a bird story for you: @briancourteau, my husband, and I have a thing for ravens, enough that I got a tattoo which included them; he often writes poetry that also includes ravens. Not sure if you know, but he also has cancer and has terrible seizures now where I often have to use CPR to bring him back. The other day I was out for a short bike ride, and I never see too many crows/ravens here, just magpies (I think that's what they are), but biking home, one suddenly swooped down at me and flew right beside me...at that exact moment, something in my head screamed that Brian was in trouble. This bird was flying so close to me I could have reached out to touch it. It all happened in a flash, but I got that red flag in my head, turned to the bird, I swear he looked me in my eye, like "that's right, you got it...go!" and flew away. Sure enough, I got home minutes later to find Brian passed out on the floor! I revived him; it's all good, but so weird! I truly believe he was a messenger :)