Worst Days Have A Way of Bringing Out the Best

You know when you have a day that you can't wait to end so you can just start fresh tomorrow? That is today for me. It could be worse. It could be much, much worse... but being sick in the wee hours of the morning (like shivers, cramps, needing to be in the bathroom for multiple reasons, etc.), then having romantic hopes challenged, then worrying that your cat might be dead (she's fine), then finding out your car battery has died and the hood is both broken and partially frozen shut is enough for one day, thank you very much.

However, at every step of the way, I encountered kindness and compassion: pulling back my hair and finding medicine and rubbing my back while I was sick, phone calls with supportive friends and soup from sister to listen to woes, buddies willing to go out of their way to check on Lois, and a neighbor and brother-in-law who stay outside in the freezing cold with a crowbar to jimmy open a broken latch. Thank you!!! Interactions with me today provided ample opportunity for karma bonus points.

Is that a silver lining, or what?