Before he was Keys By Chuck, he was Todd — a Detroit son shaped by love, loss, survival, and the relentless voice of a mother who never stopped calling him home.In The Keys to My Life, Charles "e;Todd"e; Patterson tells the truth about growing up in Detroit and Highland Park, carrying the wounds of abandonment, navigating family pain, addiction, fatherhood, and hard-earned redemption. With honesty, humor, and heart, he reflects on the choices that nearly broke him and the faith, music, and memory that helped him find his way back.This is a memoir about trauma, accountability, resilience, and becoming the man his mother always believed he could be.

Before he was Keys By Chuck, he was Todd — a Detroit son shaped by love, loss, survival, and the relentless voice of a mother who never stopped calling him home.In The Keys to My Life, Charles "e;Todd"e; Patterson tells the truth about growing up in Detroit and Highland Park, carrying the wounds of abandonment, navigating family pain, addiction, fatherhood, and hard-earned redemption. With honesty, humor, and heart, he reflects on the choices that nearly broke him and the faith, music, and memory that helped him find his way back.This is a memoir about trauma, accountability, resilience, and becoming the man his mother always believed he could be.

Before he was Keys By Chuck, he was Todd — a Detroit son shaped by love, loss, survival, and the relentless voice of a mother who never stopped calling him home.In The Keys to My Life, Charles "e;Todd"e; Patterson tells the truth about growing up in Detroit and Highland Park, carrying the wounds of abandonment, navigating family pain, addiction, fatherhood, and hard-earned redemption. With honesty, humor, and heart, he reflects on the choices that nearly broke him and the faith, music, and memory that helped him find his way back.This is a memoir about trauma, accountability, resilience, and becoming the man his mother always believed he could be.