By chris-chris92 on Skatehive
Let me give you a small spoiler right away: moms love going to the pool with their kids. At least in my case, there’s a good reason for that. In 2019, before the pandemic and before the world changed forever, that was the last time I was able to go to a pool and truly enjoy some time in the water. My daughter was barely four years old. I didn’t have a job, and on top of that, my whole life felt like a complete mess. You know what’s interesting? Right at that breaking point, thanks to the kindness of some friends back then, I was able to take my daughter to spend a day at the pool. I don’t remember seeing her that happy before. She wouldn’t stop playing, jumping into the water, asking me to help her dive in, splashing and laughing every time the water hit us. There’s something incredibly close and hard to explain about being on the edge of collapse and suddenly experiencing a moment of inspiration, beauty, and magic. I’m skeptical, but I admit that kind of coincidence has always fascina