For the Love of Life and Lemons
The poetically epic story behind the man who coined “When Life Hands You Lemons.."
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7 min readApr 28, 2024
Back in the day — lemons were a reference to the sour pucker of life’s unfortunate setbacks. Finding the positive in the negative was like pouring sugar on the bitter taste of hard times. I’m no stranger to life and its lemons but I thought the quote was overused…