I wrote this piece during Spring Break in 1998 just after meeting my first nephew, Tanner. Tanner was 6 months old. Less than a month ago, on May 27, 2016, I got to watch Tanner giving the Salutatorian address at Oakmont High School in Roseville, CA. He’s off to Cal Tech in the fall … and who knows after that?
The last time I was at a service in the Quad at Oakmont High was in 1993 at the Celebration of Life for Tanner’s mom, Ginger. It was a pretty amazing experience for me to watch Tanner speaking from the very same podium where Larry Leatherman spoke about the sort of person and mother that Ginger had been. I know that she was there in spirit, loving every minute of it …
Parenting on Purpose – Tanner Moore
TANNER’S SPEECH (5 minutes)