Sometimes It Turns on a Dime

It's a frightening feeling at the bottom of your gut to realize what you have been afforded in life and how long you've taken it all for granted. No one on this entire planet has been given a promise of life. No matter what control you attempt to create around yourself - whether emotionally, financially, or physically, it's an illusion of walls. Fragile enough that a grain of sand could penetrate.

My grandma was diagnosed with Stage 2 Hodgkin's lymphoma. Bricks have come through my walls.