Welcome to the Upside Down Project. Thanks for taking the time to stop by. There isn't much in life that feels right-side up at the moment. Covid-19 has turned much of everything upside down. In life, I've found, however, that it is possible to encounter unexpected and unprecedented beauty amidst intense disorientation, disappointment, even despair. What we see as completely upside-down, God, the Universe, fate, or whatever you want to call it uses to surprise us. We find a hand to hold onto, something that gives us great hope or a portion of meaning, and we are stunned. Suddenly, right-side up is less important because we realize perhaps we were looking at some things upside down. We're stunned because if it weren't for the pain, we wouldn't have been looking for anything to grasp; yet that which we are grasping is now that for which we are grateful. And then, emotions surge, and we don't know what to do with them... the juxtaposition of the pain, the suffering, sickness, and perplexity with beauty and ease, the sense of goodness. Where do we put it? So we grapple, and we adjust our lens, our perspective, to make right-side up of the upside down.  My hope is that through taking some time to reflect together, we can share these experiences and create something beautiful. Below are some questions. Answer as much or as little as you like. After a week or so, I plan to use the responses to craft some sort of art....either a song, or a collage of words and phrases... something...  to express the beauty people are uncovering in the midst of their pain. I want to use each story entered, so understand when sharing that portions of what you share will be reflected or alluded to in the art work. I will not be parroting people's stories to the world, but I will seek to encompass the themes of stories and name the specific beauty. Hopefully the final product will be an accumulation of the goodness we've seen...and it will produce glory... glory that gives us hope and fuels us to endure and endeavor knowing that in those times when nothing feels right, when nothing IS right, that actually, we are upside down, and it will be okay in time, as we adjust, and uncover beauty underneath...