Sometimes our senses utterly fail us when bad news arrives at our doorstep, disrupting our busy lives. And, so, blind and deaf and otherwise oblivious, our feet and brains plod on in their deep ruts.

Seeing others scurrying around, frazzled and strained, we wonder, perhaps even with a bit of amusement but with little depth or duration, about their puzzling predicaments.

Then, without the least bit of forewarning, so much to our exclamation, the boom lowers harshly on us, turning everything upside down.