A man is a father to a father to a 16 year old boy in 1973. The boy is the black sheep of his family and the man concludes that his son believes he’d make a better father than him. Another son along the family tree in 1949 is writing a musical comedy for a school assembly. His parents argue downstairs. This unnamed son has a wish to appear on Broadway. Another son in the year 1913 has to work a paper delivery route during Christmas because his father is sick. However, he learns soon that his father has died. Another son in 1887, 1888, and 1889 writes letters while at a seminary talking about how much he misses New Jersey. Another son is playing a soccer game. The son scores a goal and runs to his teammates who greet him with celebration. However, the son’s father is not celebrating but is instead disappointed. Another family drives to Pittsburgh to hear their son give a reading to a crowd. A son asks his father if he received a calling to join the ministry, and his father tells him that he did not. Back in 1973, the son has made his younger brother cry and the the man seeks to punish him. The two share a moment of smiling, but then the son storms off to his room to play guitar.