Curveballs
This picture always bring me back to a lot of happy memories. It was New Years Eve 2017 and I had managed to convince everyone I love to get out for a night of shenanigans and debauchery, and it was probably one of the best nights of my life. We sang, we laughed, we brought in the New Year together as a tribe and it is a feeling I will never forget. I held on to that memory a lot that next year. It happens to all of us eventually- we have a defining moment in time where we realize that life isn’t within our control. Try as we might (some of us harder than others), eventually experience and hurt catch up to all of us. I thought I had experienced that already. Truth be told I had when my dad passed away suddenly as a teen. It was a defining moment in my young life, and I remember that feeling of desperation and deep ache to never feel that lost again. So, I crafted a tidy little life for myself. I worked hard, I saved, I invest...