There are stories Tom has never told his family. Not because they're secret — but because there was never quite the right moment, the right question, the right permission to go there.

The Vivimoir conversation gave him all three.

In his recorded session, Tom talked about getting into mischief during his teenage years, his decades of service flying for the Marine Corps — the aircraft, the assignments, the moments that stayed with him. But he also talked about the longer arc of his life: what shaped him before the military, what the service gave him and what it cost, and what he hopes the people he loves understand about who he is. His daughter was listening.

That's the recording she'll keep..