“Your Brother Deserves It,” My Father Said — They Gave Him Everything

which I considered an achievement until I realized that what I’d actually proven was that I could suffer more efficiently than my brother—a skill nobody rewards.

At my graduation dinner, Dad raised a toast: “To Megan, who always does things by the book.” At Ryan’s, six months later, he wept: “To my son, who will carry the Patterson name into the future continue reading …