
Tyndale: What inspired Twenty Something Else?
Stephanie Mack: My favorite movie of all time is It’s a Wonderful Life. I’ve watched it every single Christmas for as long as I can remember, and for years I’ve dreamed of writing my own take on that classic what-if story. I’m endlessly fascinated by how our individual lives—and the choices we make— ripple outward, shaping the world around us. What would I change if I had the chance? What truly matters in the long run? And what parts of us remain intrinsically true, no matter the path? That longtime dream collided with the timing of my own approaching fortieth birthday. Twenty Something Else poured out of a very real season of reflection—standing at a milestone as a suburban mother of three who married her college sweetheart nearly twenty years ago, and wondering how the past, the present, and the person I once was all connect.
Why do you think so many millennials are looking back and wondering, What if?
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