All the Time in the World

While at the park one day,
a woman sat down next to a man on a bench near a playground.
"That's my son over there,"
she said, pointing to a little boy in a red sweater who was gliding down
the slide.
"He's a fine looking boy,"
the man said. "That's my son on the swing in the blue sweater."
Then, looking at his watch,
he called to his son.
"What do you say we go,
Todd?"
Todd pleaded, "Just five
more minutes, Dad. Please? Just five more minutes." The man nodded and
Todd continued to swing to his heart's content. Minutes passed and the
father stood and called again to his son.
"Time to go now?" Again
Todd pleaded, "Five more minutes, Dad. Just five more minutes." The man
smiled and said, "O.K."
"My, you certainly are a
patient father," the woman responded.
The man smiled and then
said, "My older son Tommy was killed by a drunk driver last year while
he was riding his bike near here. I never spent much time with Tommy and
now I'd give anything for just five more minutes with him. I've vowed not
to make the same mistake with Todd.
He thinks he has five more
minutes to swing. The truth is, I get five more minutes to watch
him play."
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