Those of you who have been around for a few years know that we are a pretty big swim family. I was a swimmer from the time I learned to swim until I graduated from college. I have been a coach in some capacity pretty much my entire adult life. Number 3 and 4 are […]
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What I Learned At The Swim Meet Today
I have been at this pool since 6:15 this morning. It is now 6:15 p.m. I have been here for 12 hours, and I have (hopefully only) 2 more hours to go. I’ll do the same thing tomorrow. And again on Sunday. It’s a three day meet, it’s trials in the morning and finals at […]
Keep Being You
Today we finished up the final meet of the season. It was a three day meet called Eastern Zones Championships, and it’s a tiring meet both physically and emotionally. We weren’t planning on going to it until about a month ago. Since it was kind of a bonus meet, Number 4 especially was just out […]
Six Years
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 […]
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. […]
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: […]