a very good season.

I have known that she is determined when she sets her mind to something, I just had no idea just how determined she was until this swim season. Her goal was to win every freestyle event she swam and to earn high point swimmer in her age group. She worked that tiny little hiney off to get there, sometimes taking two practices a day on top of hour long private lessons by her own choosing. All that hard work certainly paid off, she won the event in each dual meet though fell short of first in divisionals. No matter, she got the four medals out of the five events she swam and she was satisfied. Add to that the ribbon she won in the fifth event was hot pink and she was one happy camper! As for high point 7-8 girl, she took that one by miles. At first she was a little offended when she would hear other parents tell their girls that if they worked hard like her, maybe they could beat her but after a long talk about how that was probably the best compliment she'd ever received, she learned to welcome those comments. Now that summer swim is over, you'd think she'd be relieved to have some down time to stay up late and get up when she felt like it but no, she misses swim and can't wait to start swimming competitively in the fall. Even the thought of three practices a week excites her. Wow. She's found her "thing" and I couldn't be prouder of what she's accomplished. Oh and I couldn't end this post without a huge thank-you to the best coach she's ever had, Coach Shawna. I know that without her support, encouragement, and tough love L would not have the season she had.