William Swimming the Butterfly

When William started swimming 2 years ago, he literally walked the lap of the pool in his first swim meet. I remember sitting there on the side of the pool with a smile from ear to ear watching my little boy in the water. As a swimmer myself, it warmed my heart to see him [...]

From a baby to a boy…

Little miracles happen every day, to all kinds of people, all over the place, all of the time. They are in what we see, what we hear, what we say, what we do and what we feel. I felt one yesterday.  I felt one in this Grandma heart of mine that legends and poems and [...]

How to Give Your Mother Gray Hair

The day I found out I was having 4 sons, I knew the chances of going gray early were very HIGH. Boys like to push the envelope. They like to jump. They like to run. They like to act older. They’re boys… they act like boys. This summer, all my Alexander has been wanting to [...]

The Im-perfect Bathing Suit

We’re having a heat wave, A tropical heat wave, The temperature’s rising… Ah, the truth of the lyrics of Irving Berlin’s Heat Wave. Until the last lines… It isn’t surprising, She certainly can can-can. Can-can?  This body can hardly walk two feet without sweating buckets. And this leads me to my Im-perfect Bathing Suit. The [...]

It meant something… something beyond words… for him to capture it.

I capture things. I capture things in photographs and video. I can’t remember not being the capturer of things. But I don’t think I really knew why.  Until today. I stumbled upon an old video cassette (the VCR kind) while cleaning.  But it wasn’t just any video cassette.  It was labeled #1… and I knew [...]

First Leaps of Summer… from a Grandma’s perspective!

I can still tell you every detail of my First Leaps of Summer from when I was a kid… first leaps off a diving board into a pool or off a float in a lake or into a wave in the ocean. I loved summer as a kid. I loved summer when my kids were [...]

Back in the saddle again… well, almost.

These are my swimsuits, hanging to dry on little white hooks in my bathtub… Wait a minute.  I haven’t worn one of these colorful little numbers in… um… 8 months. (I think they’re probably dry by now.) This is my bike.  Well, mine is the lime green Cannondale behind my husband Barry’s red one.  See [...]

Swimmingly Well!

When I asked Jane to join me for an open water swim, to take place early Saturday morning, I hadn’t quite thought it out. I guess I was still in summer mode during the asking. So when I awoke on Saturday morning to a cool icy breeze whipping my bedroom curtains around, I panicked pondered [...]

William’s 1st Swim Meet (My Heart Was Bursting…)

There are moments in life you want to remember.  Today I had one of them. William’s 1st swim meet. If you know me “in real life,” you know I love to laugh.  I live to laugh.  I love to make people laugh.  And I love funny things.  I try (my hardest) not to take life [...]

Full-Circle Swimming

During the winter that Audrey was 5 years old, she took swimming lessons at the Barrington YMCA.  She was a tiny little girl, but in the water her arms were strong and legs could kick up some pretty good splash.  I thought she looked rather good… but then again, I’m her Mommy. A couple of [...]

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