25 meters

Jun 25

Ahhh, summer. Maren is having her first experience with being on a swim team.  She had her first “race” this week.  As she in the youngest class of swimmers, there are older swimmers in the water to help her (them) along if necessary.  The man sounds the horn, and all the 6-and-unders line up.  None of them are brave enough to get up on the starting...

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These days are happy days

Jun 12

These days are happy days

As I tumble through these first weeks of summer, I have so many thoughts, and I don’t even know where to begin. It is fantastic to have Maren around all day, every day.  I realize how much I’ve missed her during those short 2.5 hour days of kindergarten.  Yesterday while I folded laundry, she made a fairy house out of a shoebox.  She made her own 3D...

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