The Upside of Brokenness

October 30, 2020 started off no differently than several other workdays during the pandemic. I had been working from home since about the end of March 2020 and developed a morning routine where I would groom myself and get a couple of household chores done before settling down at my computer to work for the rest of the day. On that particular morning, I thought I’d get a load of laundry started before work, so I grabbed a laundry basket, filled it with dirty clothes, and started down the steps f...