She Passed

Friday was the last day of the first session of swimming lessons. Gabi played in her little pool at home Thursday and was finally starting to get more comfortable in the water again and was able to do her back float! Her teacher handed me her class certificate and checklist at the beginning of class that said she wasn't quite ready to move on yet until she had mastered her floats. Gabi did the back float on her own in class so afterwards the teacher let me know that she felt Gabi was ready to move up to beginners! Gabi was excited that she is now going to be in class with older kids. We hit the public pool on Saturday and Gabi seemed to conquer her fear and has become a little swimmer overnight! She surprises me! She can now do a front float, back float, and even swim under water! As we were getting ready to leave she accidently opened her eyes underwater. She was surprised to learn it didn't hurt and she surprised herself at all she could do! I told her that she can do whatever she puts her mind to! Fear can be a good thing and keep us out of trouble but it also can hold us back from accomplishing big things!