TripPix.
I've always loved to swim, in any weather, except in a thunderstorm. My siblings and I grew up in Temiscaming, a pulp mill town in northwestern Québec, where we swam in the Ottawa River all summer. In early July, our eyeballs froze from the cold and by Labor Day the water was getting cold again. The season was brief but Temiscaming kids loved those long summer days at the waterfront.
I last swam there in the late sixties, but I'm still an all weather swimmer. This season, St. Pete Beach mornings and evenings have been chilly, but not in our resort's beautiful pool. A friend from Wisconsin greeted me from her balcony when I was swimming laps this morning, and I yelled that today is the "best day yet!".
As I swam back back and forth, feeling strong and healthy, I reflected that every day is the best day, full of surprises and opportunity.
