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Greetings, Dear Reader,

I’m realizing I’ve left you all in the dark.

My wife is due any day now. Specifically next Tuesday, but if you’re parents, you know that means any day.

I’m expecting to be out for two weeks, but I might still make time during baby/mama naptime to write in to y’all.

A couple years ago, before the birth of my son, I wrote a SOTD about fathers, specifically what they owe their families. It went out over email and as was our infrastructure at the time, if you didn’t get it, it appeared nowhere else.

Well, I’m rerunning it today.

This was originally sent to our subscribers Sept. 18, 2024, five days before my son was born.

I had been thinking deeply about what a father owes his family. Those thoughts became quite acute after I realized I would be having a son.

Curious about your thoughts, Dear Reader, so sound off in the comments or in emails to me.

There is nothing more worthless than dead. If you are a dad, don’t be dead.

Obviously there are things we cannot help, tragedies, accidents, etc. Barring those, in order to be a good dad, you need to be alive. At this point, you probably think I’m joking, and I am to an extent, but what I mean by this is that taking care of yourself is taking care of your family.

Among the things I find perplexing in this country, and there are many, is the........

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