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Letters to My Son… If I Had One - By Fred Ferguson (GeezerWise)

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Fred Ferguson (GeezerWise)
May 13, 2025
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Dear Son,

I’ve said a lot of things in my life. Some bold. Some opinionated.
Some true, some reactionary. Some just plain human.

But the older I get in our ever-increasingly toxic world, the more I realize that being right isn’t the point.
Being decent is.

Let me tell you about a story that reminded me of that — a story that I’ll carry with me for the rest o…

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