Bye bye Birdie

What is the purpose of this blog? That is an excellent question. Thank you for asking. To your excellent question, I have an excellent answer. The purpose of Apozitude is to raise awareness to the positive affects a positive attitude can have on a persons life, how ever that is not the sole purpose. Apozitude is also about creating levity and light heartedness around some of life's more challenging situations.

Do you wanna know what the amazing thing about the intro you just read? I thought you might. The amazing thing about that intro is I wrote it about an hour ago for a totally different story. I took a little break from writing to join my wife on our back deck for some sitting in the sunshine and reading. It is a beautiful day, but then a cloud came along and blocked the sun from shining down on our bodies. A little bit of a chill set in and Keri decided to get a shower and I decided to clean up the wood pile corner of our deck.

Last summer I had purchased some sawdust fire starter blocks that seemed to be starting to deteriorate, so I decided to sweep them up and place what I could in the chiminea for a future fire. I have a couple of brass looking buckets out there too that I keep wood in for fires. As I was sweeping up the saw dust, I moved one of the buckets away from the wall a bit to accommodate access for better sweeping. My eyes peeked further behind the second bucket to reveal a little bird that had died back there. I let out a little whimper and a wave of sadness came over me like a sheer scarf had blown up on my deck out of nowhere and lightly landed on me.

I paused in my action of cleaning and squatted down for a moment. I never formally met that bird before, but I have spent many hours with my baby watching the birds flutter around our deck, bickering over who will get to be next on the perch, hopping around peeking at seeds that have fallen from the messy ones that do get to the perch. We provide those birds with fresh water, fresh food and undercover from rain and snow. They are cute little birds with funny mannerisms.

I was sad for a moment and knew that lots of birds die all the time, but this particular bird (though I realize his spirit was gone from this little feather covered body) was going to get the privilege of a proper burial, but I was going to need help. I went to get Keri and she helped me. We placed him in a little box lined with tissue and little pink heart shaped confetti. We buried him in our from yard.

So what's the amazing thing about the intro? I came back to write about the bird. I came to the conclusion that yes, birds die all the time, but this little bird, unlike most, was going to have the privilege of a proper burial. I am sure his little bird family will miss him and that they are grateful to us for the reverence we had the opportunity to give him and took it. I was sad, but then I made a choice to look at the positive. That, my friend, is Apozitude in action right there.