Aidan reminded me of this today as we sat at his swim banquet, gathering his swim meet ribbons and, the real hit of the night, his first swim team trophy. Aidan hated swimming when he started taking lessons at the age of 3. His fearful tantrums were legend among the whoville swim set.
This summer, he wowed all of us with his enthusiasm for swimming, his love of the swim meets and how quickly he grew into a truly competitive swimmer. He evolved from one of the slower swimmers on the team to one of the faster swimmers for his age. At the swim championship, he not only raced in his age for the freestyle stroke, but he did the six and under relay, and got bumped up by the coaches to also do the eight and under mixed relay.
The most miraculous part of his evolution has been his love for swim team. He loves the practices, the meets and the swimming. He has already asked to continue his training in a winter swimming program.
You just never know.
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