Doug Moran
In the 1970’s I was a young teacher at Edmonson Jr High School in Willow Run, Ypsilanti, Michigan where Australia Brown was a custodian.  With an endless walk with a dust mop up and down the hallways, she always had a happy smile on her face.  One day I asked her how she kept such a positive attitude.  She smiled and replied, “Honey, there ain’t nothing gonna bring me down!”  I took that uplifting advice to heart and never forgot her,
- Doug Moran, retired teacher







