a blink of an eye

Living means that at some point you learn that lives can change, irrevocably, forever, never to be the same, in the blink of an eye. 


The life you knew is gone. 


Usually these moments are momentous: a sudden death of a loved one; the prognosis of a terrible illness; news of life changing portent.


But sometimes these blinks are not as obviously momentous. 


Your life can change just as radically though.