I swam all four years I was at Lehigh. I made some really, really good friends. That’s the way it normally works with swimmers. If you are on the swim team, you have friendships and bonds for life. Only swimmers understand the swim life. The swim team is its own fraternity and sorority. Along with […]
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More Life Lessons Through Swimming
I’m sitting in the lobby right now, while Number 3 and 4 are in the pool warming up for the second night of finals at a four day swim meet. Last year I was at this same meet, losing my mind. COMPLETELY LOSING MY MIND. Last year I had little (to no) perspective. I was […]
Life Lessons For My Boy And For Me
I love swimming. I LOVE IT. I love it for so many reasons. I love it for the friends it has given me and for the places it has taken me. I love it for helping me discover what my strengths are — and also my weaknesses. I love it for teaching me to just […]
Grammy And Papa’s House
We are on day two of no power and day two of no school since a tornado or macroburst or whatever the heck it was came through and completely destroyed our town. It will still be a while before power is restored to our town, so we are at my parents’ indefinitely. And that’s fine […]
The Beginning Of The Good Stuff
Making the decision to stop coaching didn’t only free up hours in the day for me. When one part of your life is on autopilot, then there are other parts of your life that are also on autopilot as a result. And you don’t necessarily even realize it. Once I became accessible to my family […]
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 […]