today to continue my good fortune, the neighborhood pool finally opened. we met up with two other families and they all were shocked at caitlin's swimming abilities. i was too. she was so happy. she growled and squealed and splashed like this was the greatest thing she'd ever seen. it probably was, the pool is pretty sweet. she spent an hour 'swimming' and i mean floating (with my help obviously) on her belly kicking her legs and alternating her arms. i thought swimming was one of the few things that was not instinctual to humans...she looked like she knew what had to be done. we spent the other half and hour running between the three water fountains in the shallow end.
today ended with a really good feeling of accomplishment and exhaustion. finally i feel like i'm on my way back. i've got my footing in this dark tunnel, and we can now focus on moving forward...finally :)
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