Have you ever experienced a moment in your life when you became detached? You felt empty, hollow, or completely numb to everyday living—like a part of your life lost its meaning? And you asked yourself the question, Why Am I Here? 

It’s a question I began to ask myself on Christmas Day of 2002, when my first life began to unravel. I felt empty inside, like a tree that had been uprooted—just a hollow shell of my former self.