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Fantabulous essay, Andrei! I'm sorry that you had trouble with swimming. I have a friend who's my age and she doesn't know how to swim. She's joked with me about it and one time said that if I buy her some arm floaties she'll give it try. I'm honestly tempted to take her up on it, lol!
I had the opposite experience. I've always been a good swimmer and had even been considered to being recruited for the Olympics by my swim coach, but it never happened because I got sick the weekend that swimmers …
Wow, this is quite the complex relationship. You’ve written a mini-essay yourself, lol. And you must be a very strong swimmer. Who knows, maybe at some point it’ll resonate with you again and you’ll want to do it. Cheers, Kimber!