PROVERBS

Those who do what is right take good care of their animals.  But the kindest acts of those who do wrong are mean. ~Proverbs 12:10

Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old, he will not depart from it. ~Proverbs 22:6

as Frodo @ 3

A glad heart makes a happy face; a broken heart crushes the spirit. ~Proverbs 15:13

My child(ren), listen when your father corrects you.  Pay attention and learn good judgment... ~Proverbs 4:1

OC '08

As a face is reflected in water, so the heart reflects the real person. ~Proverbs 27:19

LORD OF THE RINGS

"All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us." ~Gandalf, the Grey (Fellowship of the Ring)

"What do you fear, my lady?" he asked.


"A cage," she said. 

"To stay behind bars, until use and old age accept them, 

and all chance of doing great deeds is gone 

beyond recall or desire."


~Aragorn and Lady Éowyn, Lord of the Rings

(Chapter "The Passing of the Grey Company")

Puerto Vallerta 2001

FULL TERM

You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body and knit me together in my mother’s womb.

Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex!

 

  Your workmanship is marvelous—

how well I know it.

You watched me as I was being formed in utter seclusion,

 

   as I was woven together in the dark of the womb.

~Psalm 139:13-15

 

There is no friendship, no love, like that of a mother for her child. ~  Henry Ward Beecher

"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you HOPE and a future." ~Jeremiah 29:11

A baby is something you carry inside you for nine months, in your arms for three years and in your heart till the day you die.  ~Mary Mason

SWIMMING {three}

"I swam the race like I trained to swim it. It is not mathematical. I just let my body do it. It is a lot easier if you let your body do what it is trained for." ~Ian Thorpe, Australian Olympic Swimmer

"Results" 

A mother helping his son find his results outside the pool facility

"Officials"

 Their job is to make sure all swimmers do what they're supposed to do.  They pass out DQ slips enough to make young swimmers' hearts sink.  Heartless? Far from it.  On the contrary, they make a better swimmer out of you!  You learn from your mistake and hopefully correct it during practice.

"Still"

The in-between time after the warm-ups and before the races.

"Heat/Lane"

Figuring out their own heat and lane helps them become responsible swimmers.  Less stress on parents.
 

"Caffeine"

If you have to wake up at 5 am to drive, sometimes more than an hour, to your destination you will need one of these shots to survive at least half of the day.

"On Your Mark!"

 

"GO!"

Actually it's a loud bullhorn buzzing, "GO!" 

"Rays"

Rays as in light pouring into the pool area after hours of fog.

And Rays as in Manta Rays.

"Waiting with My Shadow"

"All Warmed Up"

And all wet!

"Girls: 11-12 yo"

"100%"

"Practice is 90% physical, 10% mental...Meets are 10% physical, 90% mental."

"Backstroke"

"Streamline"

"Good Job!"

One man practicing sportsmanship is far better than a hundred teaching it. ~Knute Rockne

"GO! GO! GO!"

   

"Girls 8 & Under"

"Never ever too young to start" 

"Timing Device"

Every millisecond counts!

"Events of the day"

Writing their events with permanent markers on their arm/hands prompts swimmers what to swim next.

"Racing flags"

These flags prompt swimmers how far they are from finishing while doing their backstrokes

"Last minute coaching"

"Okay, remember everything you practiced. Streamline, 4 strokes..."

"Plunge!"

"Ready to Fly"

ONE BODY, MANY PARTS

But our bodies have many parts, and God has put each part just where He wants it. How strange a body would be if it had only one part!

Yes, there are many parts, but only one body. The eye can never say to the hand, “I don’t need you.” The head cannot say to the feet, “I don’t need you.”

If one part suffers, all the parts suffer with it, and if one part is honored, all the parts are glad. ~1 Corinthians 12:18-21, 26

A five year old's happy face

A boy's rudderA lost tooth

Sculptured Ears (Puerto Vallarta 2001)

Rodin's Thinker's body

A committed swimmer's back

A reader's eyes and curious mind

A mother's hand holding on tenderly to her dying son's delicate fingersA fine artist's hand

A mailman's calloused toes

A mother and marathon runner's legsA wife's newly pedicured feet

...there should be no division in the body, but that its parts should have equal concern for each other. ~1 Corinthians 12:25