Teagan's 21st birthday trip to Tucson turned into something neither of us expected. A wheelchair basketball national championship. Online friends who flew in from California. A signed book. It was a weekend that kept handing us things we didn't know to look for.

That's the thread running through this episode. Not just Teagan. Tanner too. The music he's pulled back into our orbit, the video game symphonies, the EDM nights. Our kids keep opening doors we would have walked right past.

We also went somewhere we didn't expect with this one... a thought about memory care, music, and what our kids' generation might carry with them when they get there.

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CHAPTERS

00:00 Teagan's 21st Birthday Trip to Tucson
00:43 Strawberry Cake on a Plane
01:55 Wheelchair Basketball National Championships
03:02 The Athleticism Nobody Expects
08:50 Meeting Teagan's Online Friends in Person
12:30 A Fan Holds the Book
14:44 Tanner and the EDM Comeback
16:26 Epic the Musical and Video Game Symphonies
20:23 Music Does Something Different to Your Brain
23:32 Video Games, Memory Care, and What Comes Next
25:09 What Have Your Kids Shown You

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