11 Minutes
Minute 1: They’re in the corner of a coffee shop. A dad and his two-year-old son. The boy is awkwardly perched on a chair. The dad looks at his iPhone. The boy slips down from the chair and toddles to his father, grabbing a pant leg. The dad smiles affectionately and looks back at his phone.
Minute 2: A young man with a tattoo on his forearm that says “Live and Let Live” brings the dad a coffee and the boy a muffin. He kneels, eye-level with the boy, and says, “Need a lift?” The boy smiles and nods. The young man picks up the boy and puts him back on his chair.
Minute 3: The boy chews his muffin. He has crumbs on his face. He smiles at his dad and says, “Smuffin good Daddy!” in a moment that will never be again.
Minute 4: A young woman pushes a baby carriage up the wooden ramp to the coffee shop. A bell rings as she opens the door. The young man behind the counter races over to help. The baby carriage is too wide to fit through the doorway. The man suggests leaving it outside. The woman whispers that her baby is asleep. “We can leave the door open,” he says. The woman parks the carriage just outside and takes a seat by the window. Her back is to the door. If she stands, she can look through the window and see her baby sleeping in the carriage.
Minute 5: It’s a glorious spring day. A cool breeze blows, picking petals off a cherry blossom tree. If…
