​In an instant, my world was flipped upside down. Everything that was familiar –my purpose, my place in this world, my faith, even my identity – was suddenly and irrevocably stripped away from me.
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Or, perhaps, it was I who had been stripped away from life as I knew it. 

When Rod died, my world was turned upside down; I experienced a total upheaval of what normal means. Since that day, I've been figuring out a new normal (all the while hating that I have to ... and why); it has been a very introspective time. ​It’s kind of like when you’re sick, and the only thing you can focus on is not being sick and what needs to happen to bring that about.