I want to start this week by sending out a big thank you to my faithful readers. The last few weeks I have received some interesting feedback. It is refreshing to know that my little corner of the paper is helping people.

As I write this it is 12:15 a.m. and I have spent the majority of my day thinking about a phone conversation I had about 12 hours earlier. This person is dealing with issues that they never thought they would. A common theme in our conversation was, “This is not how I pictured my life going.” Twelve hours later I am wondering how many more of us can say the same thin...