Growing up in the deep end of a swimming pool
It wasn’t the Olympics. But to my 10-year-old son, D, it might well have been.
- by autobot
- Aug. 10, 2024
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It wasn’t the Olympics. But to my 10-year-old son, D, it might well have been. The pressure of his first swim meet back in Singapore – we currently live in Hong Kong – turned him into a bundle of nerves. He was a whirlpool of emotions – heart pounding, struggling to catch his breath as he fumbled with his swim cap and goggles. He desperately needed something to steady himself.