I talked to my sister Lynn yesterday. We talked about her teaching and kids and then I told her about Kylie taking swim lessons.
Oh dear, the laughing began!
Now, we did not get to go swimming a whole bunch, but we did go some!!!
Some kids just love the water and some do not. Well, one of us loved it growing up and one did not. Sometimes we can have a bad experience and it stays with us!
While down at Cherry Lake many moons ago, we were jumping off the dock. Someone did not go down the dock far enough and jumped in, blacked out for a second and that was the end of courageous pier jumping. People asked are you ok? Sure, sure!!! NOT!!! I assume the wind must have gotten knocked out of this person!!! Oh, not fun out of the water, much less in the water!!!
Barwick Pool was another place we got to go and swim. Aunt Tommie was tall and she would let us swim in between her legs, she also taught us how to swim. Thanks Aunt Tommie!!!
One of us liked underwater swimming and one of us did not. One did not mind splashing and one did! One did not like her hair wet and one could care less. One would jump off the diving board and one would not. One of us decided to be brave one day and strike out across the pool…dog paddling, no less!!! About the time she got in the middle of the pool she ran out of steam and had to grab the nearest thing, which happened to be one of the Thompson boys. LOL!! She had to ask for a small lift to the edge of the pool!!!
We have decided that Kylie gets her swimming technique from this sister!!!
I am so glad one of us has a memory because the other one did not remember all of this story, until her memory was jarred a little!!!
Fun childhood memories, sisters are the best!!!
Got this picture right before they covered it up!
A picture from the old days….not this is not either one of us. I do think the one on the right sitting is our cousin Paula! It even had a pool for the little ones!!! I almost forgot about that!
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