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"When it rains, it pours."

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 "When it rains, it pours." Today was a rainy day here on MDI and although it was dreary, we needed the rain and I quite enjoyed a day of resting, with a good excuse. Growing up, I constantly remember hearing this quote. I don't know who originally said it. Apparently, it became popular after being used in Morton Salt advertisements many years ago. I think it's mostly used to describe tough life situations that seem to get worse before getting better. I think there are SO many of these situations going on in our world today.  Our best friends were both diagnosed with COVID-19, the next day a hurricane trampled through the area in which they live. After a hospital stay from COVID-19 complications for one of them, he was recovering at home and started having severe pains. He wound up having an emergency appendectomy on top of everything else. It started raining, and wound up flooding. Thankfully, it appears they are both on the mend now, thankfully! A co-worker's fa
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"Autumn is a second spring, where every leaf is a flower."

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    When I was in junior high school, I had an amazing, quirky teacher that had us keep "quote journals" in her english class. She would write a quote on the board each day and we were supposed to write about it. We could write about our interpretation or opinion- basically whatever we felt about the quote. I held onto those quote journals for a while, but I am pretty sure they got tossed in one of our moves. With that being said, I was recently thinking about how much I enjoyed that activity. I still enjoy pondering different quotes, and writing. So, I thought it might be fun to share some quotes I like- along with my thoughts and maybe a photo or two! "Autumn is a second spring, where ever leaf is a flower." -Albert Camus     Growing up in the deep south, fall was more about football and a respite from the hot, humid summer days. The leaves changed, but mostly just a crispy brown from dehydration and the summer heat. We had a few colors, but nothing to write home
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