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Some families had Friday Night Football and sports to bond them.  Your author grew up in the most unsporty family possible.  We didn’t play sports until our teenage years and Tennis was sort of foisted upon us.  We didn’t grow up watching sports either, except for a compilation video of the greatest Ice Skaters from the 80’s and 90’s someone must have gifted us.  So it has been a learning experience and a joy to watch my children embrace their father’s love of swimming.  Becoming a swim parent is manageable, we sweat, scream and take videos, check and done.  It

Even for the most unathletic among us, the Olympics is a must watch event.  It features the very best athletes from 206 nations, with an amazing 11,238 athletes competing.  With COVID still raging, it seems miraculous that the games will actually happen and for a few days' time, we get to marvel at the very best athletes the world has to offer competing in 33 sports and 46 disciplines.   

Sometimes life is fantastic.  It feels as if you won the lottery, everything is going great, your meals are well planned and taste delicious, you are on top of all your chores, work and life balance is smack dab in the middle, bluebirds are singing, your coffee was strong and hot this morning and the sun is shining bright!  It feels like you are killing this life thing!  Your mantra is: Bring it on Life, Thank you Universe!  You go to sleep with a smile on your face and you wake up with it still on.  Life is good!

This past year plus, 2020 into 2021, has held more than its fair share of tragedies.  The pile in our minds and hearts are full, but this past week added another layer to our teetering stack.  A week ago, the Champlain Towers South near Miami Florida partially collapsed, burying over a hundred and fifty people.  12 people have been confirmed dead and 149 people are still missing.  Our hearts ache for the families whose loved ones remain missing and for those who lost loved ones.  The tragedy compounds as information slowly trickles in that this collapse was due to h