Web Exclusive: It Defined Who I Was

As I hung up the phone, I saw my hands were shaking. I felt sick to my stomach with a mixture of fear and uneasiness, yet I knew that the call needed to be made. The day started out like any other day you would expect in the middle of December in Rhode Island: cold, dreary and unpromising. Yet this day, unbeknownst to me at the time, would be the day that changed my life forever.