As my daughters prepared to return to school last January, I reviewed our schedule. My fourth grader and kindergartener were signed up for the swim team for the first time. To get them to the ...

In 2011, I received a call that is every parent’s nightmare. My beautiful, sweet, smart 12-year-old daughter Jenny, who had gone to a friend’s birthday party, had been rushed to the hospital. She ...

There was something in the air last evening at the pool, something more than the smell of chlorine and the shrieks of young children. There was nervous energy for the first swim team practice. Our ...

When I first “moved up” to the Gold Group on my club team, my coach sat our entire training group down in front of a whiteboard. “If one person answers this question correctly,” she said, “the entire ...