To All the Twenties I’ve Been Before
Dear twenty-seven-year-old Caroline,
Quit your job.
Dear twenty-seven-year-old Caroline,
Quit your job.
Today I smell dead quail and gunpowder. Today I taste sweat. Good things, and my attention comes on its own.
11. Check your library account again and realize that your book is in transit, which means it is one step away from being in your grubby hands.
I cannot scramble past the darkness this year, so I am looking for signs of God’s presence in the darkness.
Among all of the challenges that I imagined were standing between me and a tree, allow me to share some of my favorites.
But the first time I stepped on the treadmill, I realized I don’t know how to run when I’m not moving myself forward.
What I mean is that we must be skeptical of solutions that simply throw money at complex issues.
Our doctrine limits our impact to a square inch.
These ancient notions about the power and stability of women captured in the biblical text have had lasting power today.
I can attest to the fact that being more is better.