May 21: The Rapture Meets My 40th Birthday

My mother, a former preacher, would call it a warning. She may not have her own church anymore, but she still believes the Second Coming is nigh. She may, in fact, actually expect to be whisked off to heaven on my birthday. I’m not going to ask.

Source: The Awl
Published: May 19, 2011
Length: 13 minutes (3,406 words)
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