Sweet Umbrella DIY and Ugly Blog Comment

I found this super cute umbrella at Hobby Lobby before the Stay at Home Order from our governor in Illinois.  Also found some faux spring tulips.

I had the cute double nest so I added that to the umbrella and simply spread out the tulips.  Hung it on my french door going outside from the kitchen.

Cute and easy DIY.  All the spring decor was on sale for 50% off the day I got the umbrella at Hobby Lobby.  I think it was $11.50 with the discount.

Ok now for the Ugly blog comment.  

Rarely do I get an ugly comment on my blog.  

I think in the 10 years I have been blogging maybe twice I have ever gotten something ugly written in the comments.

This comment was left on my last post and it hit my heart.  With how much my family members that are first responders and health care providers on the front lines of Coronavirus are sacrificing and risking.

I had to respond. 

Of course this person is an anonymous and no reply person so I could not handle this through private channels between myself and them.   I had to do it publically on the blog.  

These are serious times we are all facing and because I chose not to explain all the nitty gritty of what my family and myself are doing with all of the Covid 19 on the blog this person felt it necessary to assume and make an ugly comment about me "sticking my head in the sand".

I am coming out of retirement to help out with the Covid 19 testing since they are so short handed of RN's.  

I felt that was not something I wanted to share and I also have not shared the 15 hour days and countless overtime my SIL and husband as first responders are putting in and my daughter with her clinic are doing with all of this.  

Sacrifices and hardships we are making in this family while taking big risks to our family.  This comment just hit me so hard.

Here is the comment:

Anonymous has left a new comment on your post " Spring Bunnies":

Ending soon? And you are a retired nurse? Time to pull your head out of the sand!

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Posted by Anonymous to Junk Chic Cottage at March 22, 2020 at 11:07 AM

Really you want to go here!!!!!

What is wrong with people.  

This is a time we should all be kind and considerate of each other and the sacrifices we are all making.  

My blog is not a political or intimate place of things I want to share about the Coronavirus.  

Comments like there's above are just uncalled for and hateful.  

I think they need to take their head out of the sand and realize that lots of people are making sacrifices and do not need to be posting that on their blogs for personal reasons but it does not mean our "heads are in the sand".

This just really angered me and this has been helpful to get it out here today.  Then after this post I am not going to share this ugly anymore.  That is not what my blog is about.  I thank all you faithful and loving friends on my blog for all your support and sweet comments left each and every post.

On this note I wish all of you in the following weeks and months to stay safe.  Happy we have our blogs where we can find some kind of normalcy and share with each other.   It is nice to have an outlet while we are all trying to stay safe.