Now That's Quite Some Progress

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Even the swim instructor was amazed at what Will accomplished today. Up until now, comfort in the water, whether lying on the front or the back, has been a struggle for Will. The kicking and floating was not comfortable. Dunking the head and blowing bubbles was fine. Diving to the bottom was fine. But he just wasn’t comfortable stretched out.

We had off last week, because of Easter. When he came back this week, he was almost changed. I don’t think it was the new swim goggles (we lost his previous pair). He struggled again for about the first 10 minutes. Then the instructor took Will out halfway down the lane and just started having him go back and forth. Then he came up and had him go back and forth from the backstroke-flag stand to the wall. Sometimes, Will needed to stand, but he’d go right back into it. Will just loved it — he was finally doing something like swimming.

(Sorry about the video quality. I wasn’t prepared with even the Canon camera to take video. As I said, this was a bit out of the blue. So I had to take video with the cellphone camera.)

IMG_3854.JPGThat last part is really cool. Now, he not only jumps in (something he generally wouldn’t do on his own until about 6 weeks ago), but comes off the bottom and starts to swim. I’m almost about to cry, I’m so proud of him.

Easter content will be coming, once I can sort through it all. (Hopefully, better than the Christmas and Thanksgiving content I still have.) However, there has been nice and not-so-nice news to pass on.

  • Kellie’s mom had a birthday last week. I won’t give away how many years, but she’s plugging along and enjoying time with her grandchildren.
  • Unfortunately, one of Kellie’s aunts passed away at the beginning of last week. I believe she was 88 and lived a full life. She was always kind to me and the kids, and I will remember her for that. Kellie and her mom are doing okay.

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