Do things ever really “go back to normal” after something traumatic happens? Even after the initial shock fades away, even after life resumes to include the mundane everyday routine, there are still remnants of whatever it was that changed things. People liked to say it was a “new normal,” and sure, maybe it was. Or maybe it was just learning to live with the fact that whatever happened changed you, so even when things went back to normal, you never would.
