By skyforbes 
I couldn’t stop the world when it fell apart, but I learned how to give it shape again.
When everything I’d built collapsed — my son’s death, my injuries, the end of my Army career — I had to learn how to live without the structure that once defined me. Years later, I discovered something unexpected: defining “roles” inside ChatGPT helped me rebuild that structure from the inside out. It’s not about technology — it’s about survival, reflection, and the quiet discipline of giving life shape again.
1. When the World Didn’t Stop
A drunk driver killed my ten-year-old son on the Fourth of July.
Three weeks later, I was in Italy, in uniform, reporting for duty because that’s what soldiers do.
The world doesn’t stop because you lose a child. Ask anyone who’s been through it — you still have to show up. You still have to work, eat, sign the forms, take the orders. There’s no “grief leave” long enough to make it make sense.