Emily Erwin is a writer who lives south of Richmond, Virginia, with her husband and their young son. A graduate of the University of Notre Dame, University of Virginia, and most recently, Jesuit Media Lab’s Spiritual Nonfiction Workshop, she contributes to Busted Halo, Word on Fire, Well-Read Mom, and others. You can find her online at emilyerwinwrites.substack.com.
Just for fun, let’s imagine a young Coast Guard veteran named Carl runs into a frigid Seattle night in his underwear to rescue his ex-girlfriend’s
