One evening while eating dinner at Texas Roadhouse (our
usual on Friday nights so we can see Daddy for an hour while he’s working)
Gabby saw Olympic swimmers on the television and said I want to do that. Michael and I have been wanting Gabby to become
less fearful of the water and a stronger swimmer so we immediately agreed that
becoming a swimmer was a great idea. Two
weeks later I had all of the information needed and we were signed up for the
neighborhood swim team. Little did I
know how intense summer swim team would be!
To be allowed on the team you must be capable of swimming
across the entire 25 meter pool, there is no time limit and you are allowed to
hold on to the rope as much as you need.
Gabby made it across the pool in about 2 minutes, 20 seconds with a lot
of encouragement from the coaches and a lot of holding onto the ropes and
taking breaks. I must add that the
evaluation was in April and it was cold, but she never even mentioned the
temperature of the water the…
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