Swimming Lessons

Day 4: The butterfly. I can't believe she can really do the butterfly. Legs in that dolphin kick, undulating like a worm through the glistening water. Arms out and over and around. Face in and re-planted in the watery cool. In the water she is free. On land, she is bogged down by ideas, or hair in her eyes, or her little brothers. But in the water....sweet freedom of the butterfly flitting through the water.