We all have them. Days when we forget how big the world is and how small we are. Moments when the minutiae - stress, worry, simple personal concerns - take over and we lose track of everything going on all around us. Laurel D'Antoni knew her husband, Mike, was having one of those days.

So in the days after Hurricane Harvey, Laurel asked the Rockets' coach to drive her to northeast Houston. She had heard of an area where so many lost so much, where simple days had given way to years of rebuilding and recovery.