There will be days like this

It happened very quickly...all that was left were feathers in a pile on our lawn...just beside the tree it had laid its nest in. It was the robin that laid its nest there last year. Poor thing had no chance. The hawk just swooped down and the robin was gone in just a few seconds. It made me sad as that robin was a gift from heaven during a difficult time last year. She brought hope to our family. We enjoyed watching the eggs hatch and the babies eventually leave the nest. Her return this year was exciting and meaningful. How quickly the meaning of that robin was taken away.

I am in a slump right now...feeling very sorry for myself. I am focusing too much on everything I have been through and wondering if it will ever end. I am desperately searching for the strength to get through this next period of waiting and healing. So hard to do when all I want to do is crawl in a hole and hide. I hate showing my face. I often wonder if this will be the last and final stretch or if there will be another hurdle waiting for me just around the corner. At times, it doesn't seem like this will ever end.

My immediate reaction to the death of the robin was that it was a bad sign. A bird that was so symbolic of good things to come was taken away. Or was the robin's death telling me to stop focusing on the past? Does its death mean it is time to look to the future and the hope it will bring? Do I need to start looking for hope in other things? It is easy to get really angry and frustrated when I dwell on all of the struggles I have been through. So maybe I just need to work harder on looking to the future even though it seems it is unattainable right now. Looking back does me no good. And as always, I need to continue looking up...and keep close to my heart the promise of better days.


When it's not always raining
there'll be days like this
When there's no one complaining
there'll be days like this
Everything falls into phase
like the flick of a switch
Well my momma told me
there'll be days like this

When you don't need to worry
there'll be days like this
When no one's in a hurry
there'll be days like this
When you don't get betrayed
by that old Judas kiss
Oh my momma told me
there'll be days like this

When you don't need an answer
there'll be days like this
When you don't meet a chancer
there'll be days like this
When all the parts of the puzzle
start to look like they fit
Then I must remember
there'll be days like this

When everyone is upfront
and they're not playing tricks
When you don't have no freeloaders
out to get their kicks in
When it's nobody's business
the way that you wanna live
I just have to remember
there'll be days like this

When no one steps on my dreams
there'll be days like this
When people understand what I mean
there'll be days like this
When you bring out the changes
of how everything is
Well my momma told me
there'll be days like this

Oh my momma told me
there'll be days like this
Well my momma told me
there'll be days like this
Oh my momma told me
there'll be days like this
Oh my momma told me
there'll be days like this