There are moments in life that take your breath away. There are also moments during which you cannot catch your breath. Although both occur in the span of a heartbeat, often happening with a single word, it is the words that send you to your knees, unable to catch your breath, wondering if you misunderstood, that begins this journey.
These words are common. Frequently found in magazines, overheard in conversations, read on billboards, but, until directed to you, they are benign. When they are directed to you, that is the moment that truly changes everything. In a single word, perhaps just a syllable or two, "Autism", "Diabetes", "Cancer", "Stroke", "Shaken"....the listeners life is forever changed and nearly every life they touch is altered in some way. It is that moment that truly changes everything.
