Back in 2012, a few months after I started this blog, Number 3 and 4 swam in their first swim meet. It was a little, rinky dink summer league meet. Today, six years later, they are swimming together at a meet with some of the best swimmers on the East Coast. I really just wanted […]
Parenting
End Of An Era
Number 3 started his first season of t-ball seven years ago when he was five years old. It was clear from the moment he started that he had quite a bit of natural talent. Two years later, at seven years old, he started playing travel ball. For the last five summers, I have anxiously awaited […]
The Thrill Of Victory… The Agony Of Defeat… The Human Drama Of Athletic Competition
I can’t imagine what direction my life would have taken had I never discovered swimming. By swimmer standards, I started later than many kids. I didn’t join the swim team until I was ten years old. By this time most of the kids I swam with had been swimming for at least two years already. […]
Freaking Out A Little. Okay. A LOT.
All the laundry is washed, folded and put away. Dishes are done and the kitchen is spotless. Lunches are made. I snuck a little note inside each lunchbox so the kids will have a surprise. The kitchen is stocked enough so the kids can pack decent lunches through the week. Outfits for the next five […]
Now She Really Gets It
Number 4 had her fourth official babysitting job this past week. She loves babysitting. She loves it because she really enjoys kids. But she also loves it because she loves the freedom having your own income provides you. Our kids are pretty grounded when it comes to money. They haven’t known a time when money […]
Mom Friends
My surgery is in four days. I am told, depending on who I talk to, that I will be out of commission anywhere from one to six weeks. That’s quite a window. I hope I’ll be one of those super speedy recoverers. Five or ten years ago, I would have expected myself to get through […]
