There are a lot of sayings out there about overcoming adversity. The cliches have cliches. The mortal journey of life challenges all of us and it is often believed that we must overcome our traumas and tragedies in a quest to return to where we once were. No matter what goal we are trying to reach, that same journey of life finds a way to complicate the quest. So we "pull ourselves up by our bootstraps" and carry on in the face of adversity. But what if we've been thinking about the objective all wrong? What if these tests of endurance, fortitude and perseverance weren't set in our paths for us to simply overcome, but rather embrace? What if these watershed moments in life revealed as much as they washed away?
What follows is a story of self discovery, love and the unwavering determination to prove life is about more than simply seeking to overcome. Through one woman's story we take witness to the evolution that occurs following her watershed moment. Moving through as she creates space to not only survive but turn her perceived tragedy into her strength, she reminds us that at the center of it all love is the force that drives us forward. A journey replete with reminders of the fact that while the degree of one's circumstance differs, a universal truth remains; that too often trauma and tragedy change not only how we are perceived by society, but how we perceive ourselves. It's only when we awaken to the fact that our watershed moments aren't all defining, but rather revealing of the inherent strength that exists within each of us, that we can be brave enough to write our own ending.