my oldest wrapped up a round of swimmin’ lessons this morning. having your daughter pass her whale level with flying colours and being told to skip a level next session certainly does a dad proud.
this about sums it up.
beaming.
all fatherly ego inflation aside, the thing that makes my heart glow is how her mother and i watched her confidence grow. water is scary place for
the ill equipped and ela’s relationship with the stuff has been rather tenuous. nerves were palpable. not anymore! although my darling still holds a healthy respect for the deeps, she knows she can kept her head above water regardless of the distance between her toes and the bottom, if only for a short time it is longer than she thinks. geesh, she’s even jumping off diving boards for nemo’s sake! this wasn’t the case just two short months ago.
i’ll be the first to say that confidence is a slippery fish. when it’s there it’s there and when it’s not, well even the easiest things feel out one’s depth. i hope it’s not a stretch to say that we’ve all had times when sureness in ourselves has all but sunk. but every once in a while, we come across something that comes easy, and life is good.
life is good here.
