craved grand gestures from him just as my mother had from Ben and wanted to be able to ignite Jack’s passion and cause him to do spontaneous things. Did he want to sleep in on Sunday morning and linger in bed for a long while? He did not. How about breakfast just this once, a bagel and cream cheese while we read the paper? Nope. Or maybe a morning hike together in lieu of his run? Jack would not budge.

