LeeAnn

This is us after her meet at BSU
Swimming freestyle in her relay

Ready to jump when it's her turn!

LeeAnn with friends Meri and Julia

Words can't express how grateful I am for the special child that I have! I have always been amazed by what a good child she is. Thoughtful and kind hearted, great manners, and she does so much to help me out. (when I ask her to. :) ) She has always been kind of shy just like her momma so it does my heart so good to see her coming out of that shell some. I think swimming has been so good for her in that. It pushes her to go into the unknown and be strong. She has made lots of new friends that have helped her as well. I was orginally going to take her out of swimming as soon as she learned to swim. But I have since changed my mind. She is doing exceptionally well and she loves it soooo much! So, as long as we are financially able and her grades are good, we are going to strive to keep her in it. We had a meet at Ball State yesterday and she improved her times immensely on all four strokes. She was in two relays for the first time ever and she held her own with the more experienced swimmers. I thought she would be totally exhausted having 6 events in one day but during her time inbetween events she was in another pool practicing! She just continues to amaze me! Other than swimming being so good for her physically it is also good for her shyness. I think it is making her more confident with herself and she feels pride for herself as well. She just got her report card on Friday and she brought home straight A's for the first time ever! I thought swimming might interfere with her keeping her studies up but so far she has done well. We are trying to work out a way to become members to the Dolphin Club this summer so that she can continue to swim with ACAC during the summer and then she will have plenty of time in the pool to practice what she needs work on or just to play. This is only a dream at this point and we aren't sure if we want to spend the money on that yet but we are seeing how things go. I work hard cleaning houses so if I can save up enough money for summer we will see how much more I can save for that. Just so blessed to have LeeAnn as my child. She brings me such joy! I always wanted lots of kids but things didn't work out that way for us. But I am rich in so many ways and am just grateful to be a mom to LeeAnn. She is a true blessing in my life!