One thing is for sure, I never could have planned for my life to end up so perfectly! I have a beautiful wife and two wonderful/trying/special/creative/loving teens. I have the house of my dreams and the job of my dream in the town that been the perfect fit. Not bad!
Well, I love to look back on the past few year, more like over a decade, and reflect on all my family and I have been through. So, I will never forget the birth of my second child, Lance Tanner. He was so loud and beautiful that he left my wife and I speechless.
Before I knew it, Tanner was 9 years old and in the fourth grade. He was learning how to write essays and what fractions were. I was teaching high school by now, but I would still check in with him if I could to see how he was doing. Oh man he was sooo smart at that age! Oh, and he sure could eat too!
Then there is my wonderful Gabby. Gabby had sure turned out to be quite the character. She is what some people would say, insane. But I just know her as gabby with different habits. She did well in school. Starting off rough, but ending well. She didn't have the most friends in the world, but she was really close to the ones that she had.
Unlike his older sister Gabby, Lance was friends with everyone. You would catch him and his best friend running around town up to something, but it was never too bad. :)
At this time I really wanted to do more than just give lecture around town, so I would go to the bookstore and grab something for good reading. Good stuff!
All of us around the table was special. We would be able to catch up on how we were doing or Julienne and I would help the kids with their homework.
I learned to hold onto precious moment like these. I'm pretty sure that Gabby was in 10th grade and Lance in 8th. Before we knew it, Lance was in high school himself.
Lance definitely grew up into a good teenager. He would donate his (my) money to good causes, he would help my out after school grading paper, but mostly he would use his good skills out on the football field.
Gabby was becoming quite proactive to have around. She fell in love with cooking just like her mother and grandmother, and would spend hours in the kitchen or in front of the tv watching the cooking channel.
With some help from Teacher pops, Lance kept up a good GPA. But, mostly I would say that he did it himself. He would come home from practice and just hit the books.
Lance would take after his mother in the art department. Both of them would spend hours in front of that easel painting away.
Hmm..... The most special thing I can recall from all these years would be Julienne and I. I knew we were it all those years ago, and now we have grow grey together! I remember my 50th birthday and how we stood in the kitchen flirting. *chuckles*
I remember the night we all went to the beach! Boy, that was a whole lot of fun. Gabby left early that afternoon to attend the grill-a-thon. She was one meal short of winning. But, then the rest of us showed up later and had a great time.
Julienne was progressing quickly at work, so when she came home, she would crash on the sofa and watch whatever the kids were doing. Sometimes it would be a cooking show Gabby was watching or a video game Lance was playing, but either way it would just relax her.
Of all the ups and down. Gabby having all of her doctor appointments, Lance almost failing school, and my stunt at work for a while. Then, Julienne flying up the corporate ladder, Lance making star athlete, and Gabby finally being able to live a better life, I am glad I went through it all.
Well, all these flashback almost made me forget something very important! As my story ends, a new one will begin. So, who will be heir to the Tanner legacy?
Gabby!!!!
But... she thought about it. She knew she was different and now as an adult she realized she had no interest in getting married. So, she would want her baby brother to hold down the fort. :)
And generation 2 begins!!
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