1. WEAR something (anything!) RED 2. Take a WALK (anywhere, anyplace, anytime!) 3. TAG ME on social media with a cute photo of your red adorned self and #Red4WED

And I decided then and there, I had to do whatever it took to be able to bike with her. In Kate Bowler’s words, I had to try to try.

The message to me is clear: Get online, so you can figure out how to live offline.

Taken together, those books, television dramas, and shirts were simple yet important ways I took action against an unwillable situation.