Five Minute Friday. Where you have a topic that you write on for 5 minutes. This week's topic?
DIVE!
Brown legs dangle over the edge. I can't Mommy. I'm scared. It's deep.
You can do it, Honey. I am right here. You can swim.
But the water is so deep!
Yes, but if the water is over your head, it's over your head. If you can swim in 5 feet, you can swim in 12.
Will you be right there, Mommy?
Yes, Sweetie. Right here. Waiting for you.
Ok, Mommy. I'm going to do it.
Ok. You can do it. I know you can!
Trots to the end of the board. Peers into the blue depths. Looks at me for reassurance. Stands up just a bit straighter. Focuses ahead. Looks down.
And JUMPS!
Bobs to the surface. Paddles. Looks for me. Huge grin.
I did it, Mommy!
Hauls out of the water and drips on my shorts, small brown arms wrapping around my waist.
Yay! My hero! My Elizabeth.
At 3 years old.
Yes, I still remember the little days.
Sometimes it's not a dive that you need, beautiful and swan like, but a trot and a jump will do the trick.
Sometimes we are that graceful swan and sometimes we are that ugly duckling. What really matters is taking that dive even when we are scared.
ReplyDeleteSweet story!