Communications pro tip: if you've got bad news to report, just lead with the bad news, don't try to soften it by wrapping it in a bunch of unrelated positive-sounding stuff. All that does is leave the reader with a feeling of whiplash and a vague suspicion that you were hoping they'd miss the bad news inside all the fluffy packaging. It's better to just report the bad news up front so the reader can get past it and then you can both move on.
(How this advice applies to this post will be left as an exercise for the reader.)
(How this advice applies to this post will be left as an exercise for the reader.)