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“☎️ The Phone Call I Took for Granted”


 What object have you walked past hundreds of times… but only recently truly noticed?


July 30, 2026 – 6:13 p.m.

Today, is today…

I never noticed it…

until recently.

When I woke this morning, I sat in my bed and thought…

Ahh…

When I wake up, I see my phone ring, and it’s my father…

“Roberto, move your van… please.”

He leaves early for deliveries…

and I take it…

for granted.

Me and him don’t get along most of the time…

We tolerate each other at moments in our lives…

It’s a long story.

But I thought…

It’s not about always getting along.

Even not getting along is information.

Important information.

Not to know why…

but just to know.

Hey…

I am also sometimes intolerable.

I’m just blinded to it.

Morning.

Afternoon.

And good night.

I’m here today…

and tomorrow…

maybe not.


Reader Question:

What’s one ordinary part of your day you’ve always assumed would be there tomorrow—but never really noticed until recently?


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