So happy on my swim day as you can tell with my smile. This spring was really special as I started to transform and begin my new life. I went into the spring season with facing one of my biggest fears... WATER!! I never learned to swim when I was young but now I have started taking swim classes.
I am going to backup and tell you the how scared I was with enrolling for my swim class. I went back and forth for awhile (oh like 1 year!!! ) about signing up and some days I felt more courageous than others and actually made some calls to find out where I could take classes.
I was so excited, nervous and going through mixed emotions. My kids started to learn to swim about a year ago and just watching them made me think that I too can do it and knowing that someday that I to will be able to get in the water with them and have fun.
Battling with my mind was another story but I have visions of me actually doing laps in the pool with my kids. I keep that vision in my mind all the time as I believe that what I start to visualize will come true. I have always wanted to learn how to swim but somehow the push to start and the strong feelings to learn was just never there. I guess maybe the time was not right before. Now it feels different. The push and excitement to start is not like anything that I have ever felt. It is strong almost like something out there is pushing me and the believe in myself that I can do this.
So I finally signed up at my kids swim school and got a really cool coach. I told her about my fear with water and we started with really baby steps. The first day, I just walked down the side of the pool and stayed very close to the stairs and my coach. I wanted to be sure that I could just stand and walk out if I needed to. But I made it through my first lesson and actually blew bubbles in the water. I also managed to put my face in the water which totally surprised me.
It has now been about 5 months and I can use a kick board to swim a lap and float on my back. It was not easy getting to the place where I have come and taking baby steps was key for me. It took me a long time to just get used to being in the water and blowing my bubbles.
I am really proud of how far I have come and I am only just getting started. Getting to learn how to swim is a big deal and even writing is a big deal. I have learned so much about myself in the last 5 months and I owe a lot of what I have learned by my swim classes by taking the first step, actually signing up and getting my feet wet.
I give the credit to where I am today to my kids. They were the ones who taught me, by showing me, how much fun it is to be in the water and most importantly to relax!!! I have so much more to learn from them and can't wait. Till next time...
Peace
Monita
