A father–son road trip to pick up a racing engine sparks a playful riff on soundtracks, lyrics, and the strange ways music becomes the story of our lives. Then the tone shifts. We open a tender chapter about hustle, calling, and the December miscarriage that exposed the shadow side of ambition—how easy it is to run over people in a good-sounding name. What followed wasn’t a strategy but a surrender. A quiet question—When was the last time you simply sat across a table to listen?—became the d...