Moments D441: It's Pouring, it's pouring....

According to my weather station we had 100+mm of rain fell between 4:45 pm and 6 pm.  That's a LOT of rain.  Typically in the month of July we see an average of 74 mm or so.  That's a WHOLE month of rain!  The one-day record rainfall of  29.2 mm was blown out of the water by today's storm.  Incredible.
(read more here and see some photos here and a cool video here)

Not only did I enjoy watching today's storm hit, I had fun splashing in the puddles on my way to the car after work.  But the best moment of this storm was when I was all cozy eating dinner and I get a near panicked text from my aunt.

"Hey, what the hell is going on there?  You okay?"

"Um.  Ya.  I'm okay.  Why wouldn't I be?"

And then she filled me in.  Oh my.  I had no idea.  What a crazy deluge!  Incredible.  Powerful.  It will be curious to see what the next couple of days bring to clean it all up.  I'm sure many  homes were flooded in the lower areas of the city (likely my old home too come to think of it).  While I'm grateful to be on the 2nd floor, my heart goes out to those dealing with flooded homes.  I've been there, done that.  It's not fun.

In all the years I've lived in Southern Ontario, I've never heard of such a storm or such widespread flooding. Mother Earth....are you angry with us?

Moments enjoying a rain storm.
Moments realizing that the storm turned the city inside out.

Moments D401: No drowning Allowed

Today I want to recognize and celebrate my friends once again. I am such a fortunate soul to have such beautiful caring people in my life.

Here’s the scenario, perhaps you’ve been there before. The feeling that you might drown in the intensity of a situation. This could be extremely joyous feelings, or extremely overwhelming dark feelings. Sometimes just acknowledging that you have the feelings can be overwhelming. What do we tend to do? Ignore. Distract. Deny.

But sometimes, it catches up with you. You are no longer able to deny, ignore or even distract yourself from the flood coming.

Having shared this foreboding with my Bestie in the North, she had a simple insightful premise. (She’s so smart that one!) My friends are strong. They won’t let me drown. I can trust in my friends. Even my newest one. Even the ones that I haven’t spent a lot of face time with.

I kinda loved that insight.

Not only does it remind me of why I love my Bestie so much, it reminds me of how lucky I am to have such beautiful, supportive souls in my life.

Bring on the flood. I am surrounded by support.

Moments of worry and concern melting away.

Moments loving my friends that much more.