High Diving

Fear is learned I’m told. If this is true, then no one told Trey Davey and Benji to be scared of the water. At this stage in their life this is good. When they are around water we are always around them. We have them dressed in life jackets and water wings buoyant enough to float a house. Most children are scared of the water and terrified of submersion. After our boys go under, they pop back up blinking and smiling. After being lifted to shoulder height and dropped, they bobbed up giggling with delight. Dropping them from a little higher prompted an even larger laugh and no apprehension, so I lifted them as high as possible before controlling their big splashed fall. Their squealing approval and raised arms for repeated dives left Daddy’s muscles very sore.