Every morning, my alarm goes off with a clear job to do: wake my son up for school. Simple task, clear responsibility. My brain knows the drill — routine, punctuality, get moving. My heart has other plans. This is the only part of the day he's fully mine. He sleeps with his mom through the night, in a world I'm not really part of. But in those last two or three minutes, when I go in to wake him, he reaches out without even opening his eyes. Half-asleep, he hugs me tight and s