The first time I read the expression “life happens” was in a syllabus of an online course that I was reviewing. The professor indicated that he understood there would always be reasons for students to not complete course work, because “life happens.” In the case of “life happens,” he asked students to communicate with him: “No response, no explanation, or showing no sign of life will result in an F!”
Over the years, the strict yet humorous tone of that syllabus stuck in my mind. And so did the notion of “life happens.”
Life happens. As much as you try to take control, life sometimes just takes its own course of action.
Then, on January 29, 2018, life happened to me.