Katja, we don’t swim because some coach thinks we have skill, or because some race will be easily won, or because we like some teammate. We swim because the water needs a swimmer like us and deserves the fastest we can give it.
Sometimes as a parent one has to encourage their child to do something their child doesn’t want to do. That time can today. I had to pull teeth to get Katja to come to the pool with me today.
Being a solo parent is hard. Sometimes it can mean taking your kids with you to do the thing you do. I Swim in the mornings to keep my sanity. But this means figuring out what my little girl can do without me while I swim.
Katja went on this water feature. they wouldn’t let her go with a life jacket. So we took it off. She could swim the whole length with it on. But sinks with it off.