Dear Reader,

I'm going deeper. Join me.

Dear Reader,

When I started this newsletter, I was desperately looking for a place to process and capture the emotions I was feeling when Myles was born. For the past 46 weeks, I found that place in writing these letters to him and sharing it with you all. As of right now, these letters are being read by over 2,000 people in 49 states and 83 countries—my words have reached places my feet have yet to step in. 

Until Myles is able to read these letters for himself, you all give me the confidence to keep going. Before writing these letters, I was afraid to even call myself a writer—but your support and love have convinced me otherwise. For that, I say thank you.

Each week, in every letter I write to him, I've been trying to capture the unexplainable love I have for him; I never want him to question it. I want him to know that it's okay to be vulnerable, open, and honest. The world needs more of it. That's why I chose to write these letters publicly for him, you, and for the world to experience the love I didn’t. It's also why I've kept all of these letters free.

But if I’m being honest, there are things I’ve been avoiding writing to him. There are things I haven't been vulnerable about. Things I've been wrestling with around fatherhood, my own upbringing, and what it means to me to be raising a Black son. As difficult as these things are to write about, if I want to show up in my full truth for me, you, and ultimately him, I get to show up fully. The more I open up, the more I believe others will do the same. The more I open up, the more I can better prepare him to navigate a world that might not always receive him.

Moving forward, every other week (ish), I'll be putting up a paywall for paying subscribers who are interested in delving a little deeper with me and Myles. While I want to share this love with the world, I also believe that this has value. While I do not plan on parading my trauma for consumption, I want to create an intimate, safe place as I discuss things I want to set free.

I’d like to invite you you to join me in this journey of digging deeper by upgrading to a paid subscription. 

For the foreseeable future, I’ll be keeping all poems to Myles open to free subscribers and his Monthly Mylestones too, but I will be slowly archiving past letters. Many of you have convinced me I should seek to publish these letters; putting them behind a paywall will help, but I will keep our most-read letters open to everyone.

It was never my intention to use a paywall. But I have a family to feed, a son to send to college, and I believe people want to pour into me.

This is my declaration saying I am worthy to receive, to be vulnerable, and open to being poured into. I want to thank all of you who have already signed up. I’m going deeper.

Love, 

Marc Typo

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