Letters to Leo

A father’s reflections written for my son, shared with you.

Tuesday morningsSince 2025

Letters
to Leo

Notes on fatherhood, courage and the small things worth remembering.

Ryan writing a letter at a desk beside the sea
Ryan, at the desk. For Leo — and the years ahead.

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Leo, laughing, in a bear onesie

For when you’re old enough to ask.

“A place to keep what fatherhood is teaching me, while I am still in it.”

Each week, Ryan writes to his son about character, family and the ordinary moments that become a life. The letters are addressed to Leo, but shared with anyone learning to raise a child — and be changed by one.

Why Ryan writes

Letter 47 of 52

Fifty-two letters, then a book.

When the year of letters is complete they are bound for Leo to keep. 5 letters to go.

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47 written · 5 still to come

Keep the next one with you.

One letter, Tuesday mornings. It arrives as a letter — dated, signed, a photograph or two. No noise, no content treadmill.