Sometimes, storms that appear out of nowhere take over your life for an afternoon, a day, a week, or more (if you’re flooded or stuck somewhere you’ve traveled, for example). They’re literal. The lightening strikes nearby. You see something in a flash that you didn’t notice before. Darkness appears again. But you remember that glimpse—what you saw, how you felt while you were startled. And sometimes, storms that come out of nowhere are more metaphorical. The shift in your life you didn’t see coming. Or perhaps, while forecasted, you thought you knew how to be prepared—with your metaphorical umbrella—and then, its edges blurred, and there you were. Facing the thing that you didn’t expect.