Aria and Coco

After a night of cleaning up after Cedar, the ballistic escape artist/shaker of peaceful home - dog, I woke up tired and stressed. And to the sound of Coco making more of her loud laying sounds. They sounded a bit different this morning so I ran to the coop, let the girls out and checked the laying boxes. In an instant the disappointments of last night disappeared as I saw the most beautiful egg in the world. Coco's first egg. Beautiful, perfect, light brown and still warm. I held it in my hand and was surprised by my eyes getting watery. I felt proud, happy, thankful, a little sad and most of all, in awe. Proud of my beautiful Coco, of course she would lay the perfect egg on her first try. Happy and thankful to be so close to the source - to be able to know and love our girls. Sad for many reasons... and in awe of how amazing it all is. I have to go hold Coco for a while now.