“Brace yourself” a song so innocently declares on the radio, yet my mind entangles into that idea. How do you brace yourself for something so imaginatively life altering it leaves you unsure of reality?  Just one word, one gesture, cracking destiny and leaving the atmosphere so thick it suffocates.  You stand broken open, vulnerable yet excited at the adventure the utterance brings.  Suddenly nothing before this has ever seemed to matter. Now every nerve in your body can feel the cool air wrapping around you, holding you tight in this frozen moment, as you realize that nothing will ever be the same.