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. […]
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My New Friend
Do you ever meet someone and just feel an instant connection with her? Where even though you’ve only known her a month or a day or an hour you already know you can just talk to her about anything? I recently met such a person. She randomly appeared in my life. And right away, I was […]
Eight Things I Do To Manage Five Kids In Three Different Sports
The madness has officially begun. School is back in session, the falls sports have started, and swim team is in full swing. I know I’m not the only one officially entering madness. Last week I shared this picture (via sportsmomshop.com)on the Facebook page, and it got a pretty big response. And a reader left this comment: […]
Next Stop, Richmond, Virginia
Number 3 and 4 first joined the swim team six years ago. They swam on the town team which only swims in the summer and practices in the lake at the town beach. It’s a rinky dink little team, but it was the perfect introduction to swim team for them. They both loved it. Of […]
Crazier Than Necessary
We are on our second week of summer. But it feels like the second month of summer. At least. My work schedule combined with the kids’ swim team and baseball schedules is out of control. Yesterday I was sure it was Friday. When I realized it was only Wednesday, I found myself wondering not just […]
5:00 On A Friday Night
Yesterday I had a significant freakout about the arrival of summer. I was panicking. And I wasn’t at all physically or emotionally prepared for the transition. I was so exhausted that as soon as I got Number 6 and 7 into bed, I crashed on my own bed before 9 pm. My husband was working […]