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National Swim Meet Rewind with me for just a moment to the winter of 1983. My final year of college swimming and I once again had failed to qualify for Nationals. My teammates had pleaded with the coaches each year to take me along as a relay swimmer, but funds were tight and four girls… Continue reading Swimming Is My Moving Medicine

I remember when I arrived, I wanted time to stop; or at least slow down as much as it possibly could; yet here we were already on our last full day in Pizzo, Italy. I took some photos of our breakfast set up (partially to remember and partially to leave a good review on Trip… Continue reading The Tale of Two Sisters – Reggio de Calabria (Italy)

The purpose of this trip was to visit the city that our great grandmother was from. My sister arranged a "heritage" tour and we sent our family background information ahead of our visit. Our driver/heritage tour director Domenico had done a lot of research on our behalf. He showed up at our hotel at 9:00… Continue reading The Tale of Two Sisters in Italy – Our Family Heritage

_🏊‍♀️I have officially started training for the National meet in June. Starting with swimming 3 times a week and moving up to 4 times a week in 6 weeks. _🏊‍♀️Swimming is hard. You swim sets at 80% heart rate or the “yellow” zone for you My Zone fans or “peak” for you treadmill users. All… Continue reading Reclaiming My Life — Choose Your Hard

_🦋At 7 years old and in 1st grade at Catholic school, my class had a raffle. By far the greatest gift on the table was a beautiful Rosary. All my friends were oohing and awing. My number was picked first. Not wanting to upset the apple cart, I chose a (in my mind) beautiful pin… Continue reading Reclaiming My Life — Self Control Is Strength