Sometimes a mom needs to brag. So please excuse me on this overt bragging post. My son William came so close to qualifying for the New England Age Group swim meet at Harvard on April 1st in the 25 yard butterfly last weekend, he was literally 3 tenths of a second off the time. He got a 20.72 and he [...]

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 in the pool trying really [...]

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 stories are made of. I [...]

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 do is pass his deep [...]

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 temperature entered 3 digits here [...]

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 immediately that this was the [...]

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 kids. And I love summer [...]

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 it?  Leaning against the lawn [...]

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 about the plan. Barry was [...]

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 too seriously… my husband helps [...]