Stunned, I stood there in utter shock. As I stared at the letter, I thought for sure this was merely a bad dream, at worst; and perhaps a mistake at best. Numbness enthralled me as my mind tried to grasp the full scope of what my emotions were feeling in that precise moment: How will this change my life? Have you ever held something in your hand that you knew would forever alter the trajectory of your life from that very moment on? Ten years ago today I held a letter in my hand that changed everything for us. It meant drastic changes were going to have to transpire without any warning. It would affect my professional career; my ability to do things that I once did seamlessly; and many other unforeseeable outcomes. As I stood there I reflected upon the oddity of the situation at hand. Here my wife and I had just returned from a vacation at the Outer Banks in North Carolina. I drove the whole way home, which was roughly a four-and-a-half hour trip. The letter in my hands—courtesy of the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV)—informed me that due to a failed eye examination two months prior, my driver license had been revoked, effective June 1, 2004. The day I read it was June 4, 2004.
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