My Mom had me in swimming lessons before I was old enough to even remember the early ones. I had taken every lesson offered at our local community pool (it was the 1980s and very much a thing) before I made it to middle school. I was also a latchkey kid who spent a LOT …
I had to make a choice. It was time for my daily walk. The sun was shining and the temperature was mild, but dark clouds loomed in the west. They were coming my way fast. I could stop, avoid the risk and stay in but that would require missing this life-giving, soul-cleansing, spirit-boosting exercise that …