Personal Narrative: Summer Swim

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Splash! Splash! Water everywhere!

Around the time of early mid June an early first morning splashing right into the ice cold water pumped and ready to get swimming. This was a harsh morning to come along. My decision all came along when my mom exclaimed some things about getting and being active for the summer and it all came to sense a perfect way summer swim I didn’t know what to think I guess you could say I was just a tad bit nervous. Never too much before this had I had very much experience with this subject. As the morning went on blurs of memory came to mind about those unadvanced swimming lessons I had took to learn. I knew if I had set a goal I would push myself even harder and faster to gaining of improvement.

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