• When Life Stops: Surviving the Storm

    Life is complicated. Full of out-of-reach dreams and in-your-face commitments. We are busy with bosses and deadlines and spouses and kids and extended family obligations. Even time with friends doesn’t always come baggage-free. Throw in a few hormonal teens, an excess of extra-curricular activities, an aging pet, and piles of laundry and dishes that never deplete, and peace feels far-fetched. Sometimes I want off the Tilt-a-Wheel. Sometimes I need to be more careful what I ask for. Want to know a sure way to find perspective in less than half a second? Wake up in the storm of serious illness. Life stops. Everything going on around you fades. Because all…