Dear Son,
I address you as son and not “Ryan,” because at core I’m your father, not your friend. Father and son are roles that come with expectations. My job has always been to prepare you for self-government: to ensure that your heart, gray matter, and grit are properly formed. If I did my job properly, someday you will be the kind of man who is there for his family, as I’ve tried to be there for ours. (You have called our relationship “the Alpha dog and the chew toy.”)
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