Looking back, i suppose my life started with that letter. i don’t think everything necessarily happens for a reason—there’s too much tragedy in the world for that. but there’s no doubt that some misfortunes turn into pivotal moments that can alter the course of a person’s life for the better. alma and i have been together for 30 years now, and i still wonder what that other life—the one in which my letter said “congratulations”—might look like. i expect it would have been pretty grand, full of its own triumphs and pitfalls. my children are fresh to the adult world, and when i see their tears as plans go sideways, i like to imagine that someday they’ll sit where i am with people to love, hobbies to pursue, and maybe even a spare dollar in the bank.
reread paragraph 7 of "a complication or two."
which statement best describes the narrator’s viewpoint regarding obstacles his children face?
he works to his children avoid obstacles so that they will never have to wonder how their lives could have gone.
he regards the obstacles calmly, with the perspective of someone who has faced obstacles and lived through them.
he ignores their struggles with obstacles because he believes everything happens for a reason.
he fears the obstacles and worries that life will not turn out as well for his children as it did for him.