Unexpected Path Even today I remember how the experience of death filled me with a sense of bewilderment, speechlessness and namelessness and when I came out of that event, what a deep vocabulary I was gifted with – Amazing, Wow! “My speechless state made me a writer.” My experience of speechlessness that inspired me to become a writer highlights the incredible ways in which adversity can foster creativity. In the absence of spoken words, I have found a deeper voice through writing, a medium that has begun to allow me to express my thoughts, feelings, and stories in deeply personal and expressive ways. Through my writing, I have been able…