Seeing the glass half full

We have these awful, loud, dirty, annoying birds around here called grackles. They kind of look like black birds. They sit in the trees, your roof, the power lines and they poop on everything. They are so loud that I can hear them in the background, through the phone, when I am taking to one of my friends. And these are not song birds. Their name, "grackle" should give you an idea of what they sound like. I think that's what Julie Roberts Daddy was trying to shoot out of the trees before her wedding in Steel Magnolias. Well, I took Ellie to the grocery store today and when we got out of the car there were several of these birds in the parking lot, eating trash. I barely even noticed them, but Ellie, sweet little wide-eyed, three year old, says, "Oh mommy look at those birdies! They are sooooo beautiful! I love them. Aren't they soooo pretty." Kind of melts your heart...