On his sixteenth birthday, he got a car.
For his graduation from high school, he got a scholarship.
For his graduation from college, he got a job.
For his promotion at work, he bought a house.
On his wedding day, he got a ring.
When his first son was born, he got the baby a stuffed bear.
On his son's sixteenth birthday, he got his son a car.
On his fiftieth birthday, he got a cancer diagnosis.
As a result, he never got to see his son graduate from high school or college; he never had the chance to see his son get a job and buy a house; and he never got a chance to see his son marry a beautiful wife and then raise a family.
All of these thoughts were in the periphery, however, because the only thought that really mattered to him was that his life, such a success by many standards, was so very
ordinary.
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