I thought I couldn’t swim. Not really swim, not the official way, with arms moving and face coming up out of the water to get breaths of air, all the way across the pool. I had lots of lessons as a girl, and I learned the basics of floating and enjoying the water, but I couldn’t ever master that breathing part. I thought I couldn’t do it. It turns out, I couldn’t do it without practice. I figured this out just now, several decades after I had given up. We recently joined a gym, and then I saw the sign-up for swimming lessons. “I’m not a beginner,” I said to the aquatics guy. “Will it … [Read more...] about The Difference Practice Makes