"When it rains, it pours."

 "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 father became ill shortly after starting back to school. She went to be with her family during his last days, when she returned home after his death her husband had a medical emergency and she had to be away from school even longer. Again, it started raining and began to pour. 

In the USA, we started with a few cases of this awful virus and now it has swept our nation leaving many people dead or sick and suffering from long-lasting effects. Friday, we learned that our President and First Lady now have the virus, along with many other political figures. It started raining and keeps pouring. 

Fortunately, I think we can all find peace in knowing that no storm lasts forever. Some are definitely worse than others and cause a lot of damage, but ultimately they all end. May we as people and as a nation continue to weather this storm as good as we can, knowing that there will be an end, someday.

This picture was taken on the peak of Sargent Mountain last year after hiking through a little rain to get to the top. The beautiful rainbow was below us in the valley between the two mountains. It was beautiful and such a nice view to have while taking a rest after a long, hard hike. When we started the hike down, we ended up running out of water. We stopped at a brook and collected some in our bottles- hoping we wouldn't get sick! Thankfully, after over 8 miles of hiking, we made it back to the car exhausted- and we never got sick from the brook water!