Three days ago, Navy had never gone past her ankles in the ocean. Scout reported to us that on the first day of Junior Lifeguards, she stayed on the shore during “free swim”. That night we all went down to the beach, and Micah tried to coax her into the waves. After an hour of trying, she finally made it in but came out crying. The next day, bree was at the beach, and she said that navy warmed up to the waves, and they all held hands and played in them for an hour. But still, Scout reported that she stayed on the shore. She is the youngest in Junior Lifeguards by 6 months. But there is no secret that this girl is tough as nails, so I was a little worried about the buoy swim yesterday. I didn’t care if she did it or not, but I didn’t want her to feel inferior.
When I went to pick Scout and Navy up, they got in the car, and I asked how it went.
Scout was SO excited to tell me that the top 10 get a prize, and he came in 6th place and got some free sunglasses! He was so proud of himself, and went on and on. Then I casually asked Navy how she did. She said, “I got last place”. Then I stopped the car, turned around with tears in my eyes and said, “Navy, you completed it?” She said, “yeah”. Then I told her, “Navy, you actually get first place in my book. That is the first time you have ever been in the water by yourself. And the fact that you swam to the buoy and back is amazing! I am in shock that you did it! But I knew you had it in you. Great job!!!”
I was so proud of my brave girl. And come to find out, she actually didn’t get last place, she got 6th from last, which is even more amazing. And then she told me, I a pretty sure I could have gotten a better place, but I accidentally kept my shoes on and they were slowing me down.
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So this morning, as I was putting on her Zinka, she told me, “Mom, I’m pretty excited to go to Junior Lifeguards today”.
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