“I was so close to him,” the man said. “I was in shock. But I had a ticket. I didn’t know what else to do. I just went.” Those words reduced me to nothing but my ears. “I didn’t know how I could go on with my life,” he said. What to say wasn’t an issue. All I could do was listen. “I was standing there,” the man said, “and you gave me a giant stuffed penguin.” He smiled. “Then I saw that life still had some surprises left. Good things could still happen to me.”
