IUPUI Natatorium ☆1998☆ stepping into this pool for quads utter wonder. eyes sparkling. the legacy of the Olympic greats whose names were painted on the wall. pressing my hand in their handprints dreaming mine would be there too someday ☆1999☆ standing on a podium at zones feet firmly planted where past Olympians had stood complete wonderment that this was the same tentative begining step many legends who had come before had quietly stepped and more important the realization I had earned the right to step on the same path ☆2016☆ standing on the deck as a coach for 10&u realizing my moment of awe the legacy the wonderment the path was no longer mine but theirs and was my job to pass that along
...of a greater appreciation of self and the world around me