“This will be the most valuable thing I do today.” That was what Sheila texted our swim group chat after a swim last spring. I was going to say “a particularly gorgeous swim,” but I don’t actually remember, and, truthfully, it might not have been an especially brilliant day. It’s the kind of thing any… Read More Most Valuable Thing (Day 14)
Back to the Marina for a mid-day swim, this time with Angie and Kim. It was a gloriously sunny day and the tide was very low (the bottom of the Marina is pure muck—you don’t want to put your feet down) so we swam enthusiastically, heading for H.S. Lordships (a now-defunct restaurant) and the magnificent… Read More GoPro Fail (Day 8)
Today was a swirl of the kind of anxious, gnawing worry that often accompanies parenthood. A sick daughter in a faraway country, a flurry of stress as we try and figure out how to get her home. I put my swimming clothes on at 7:15 in the morning and didn’t get into the water until… Read More Worrying (Day 7)