Life has a lovely way of piling everything on at once. Your coffee spills. Your phone dies. Someone says, "Everything happens for a reason," and suddenly you're considering a life of solitude in a cabin somewhere. Often solitude feels like the choic...

Life has a funny way of reminding us that even the best-laid plans can go completely off the rails. One day you're making grocery lists and planning vacations, and the next you're sitting in a doctor's office hearing words you never e...