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Our Job As Sports Parents

April 5, 2017 by not your average mom 3 Comments

I have been involved in the sport of swimming since I was ten years old. I swam for a small club team when I started, moved to a very competitive Y team in middle school, swam varsity all four years of high school, and swam for a Division I team in college where I was […]

Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: baseball, baseball moms, bleachers, cheering, coach, parenting athletes, parents, sidelines, soccer moms, sports, support, swim moms, swimming, teammates

Next Stop, Webster, New York

March 22, 2017 by not your average mom 11 Comments

As you all know, I spent this past weekend at a pretty big swim meet with Number 3 and Number 4. And at this meet, it was Number 4’s goal to swim well enough to qualify for an even bigger meet where the best of the best on the East Coast swim called Zones. She […]

Filed Under: Your Daily Dose Tagged With: backstroke, meet, Number 4, swim meet, swimming, WEbster, zones

I Hope Dreams Really Do Come True

March 14, 2017 by not your average mom 5 Comments

As many of you know, Number 4 is a pretty good swimmer. She’s got lots of natural talent, plus a body that was made for the sport. That’s part of the reason she’s a good swimmer. But the bigger part is that she also loves it. Last night as we were driving home from practice, […]

Filed Under: Your Daily Dose Tagged With: coach, meet, Number 4, swim team, swimmer, swimming, zones

Swimming 101

January 2, 2017 by not your average mom 4 Comments

Swimming is one of the best gifts you can give your body. It’s a great cardio workout, but it’s also much gentler on your body than running is, and it works your entire body. I know if you aren’t a swimmer, getting in the pool for the first time can be a pretty intimidating thing. […]

Filed Under: Sound Mind Sound Body Tagged With: beginning, laps, New year, novice, resolution, swim practice, swimmer, swimming, triathlon, workout, yards

Comfort Zones Are For Wimps

December 30, 2016 by not your average mom 1 Comment

I first joined the swim team when I was ten years old. I wasn’t good — at all — but I loved it. By the time I got to high school, I was fairly decent. I was All-State my sophomore, junior, and senior year. I swam at Lehigh all four years. I was one of […]

Filed Under: Exercise, Lessons I've Learned, Mental Health, Parenting, Your Daily Dose Tagged With: bathing suit, boobs, comfort zone, pool, suit, swim, swimming

Number 4’s debut and a new feature on the blog!

December 6, 2016 by not your average mom 5 Comments

A month or so ago I wrote a post declaring that I wanted to start reading again. Before I had kids I used to read all the time. Then the kids came, and they kept coming, and I didn’t have the time or the desire or the energy to read anything for a sustained period of […]

Filed Under: Your Daily Dose Tagged With: book review, middle school, Number 4, out of my mind, reading, Sharon Draper, swimming

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