I have begun to swim again. It feels wonderful, water rushing over skin, the dive into a calm pool of water . . . I had allowed myself to forget how light my body feels in the pool, how calm my senses become, how flexible my body feels, head arched back, stretched in the water I feel weightless . . . euphoric.



I end each night in the hot tub, steam rising in the dark . . . looking up at the moon, water slowly dripping off my body, the experience is one of reverence, one of calm.