Kailan has Returned to the Water!

The beginning of this month, Kailan began swimming for the Snow Sharks here in Flagstaff.  It was a difficult decision for her - the choice to swim competitively again or play high school sports.  She loves to do it all! In the end, she chose swimming.  She said she has missed it SO MUCH and is so glad to be back in the water! Her first swim meet is in Anthem this Saturday - she can hardly wait! When I got on the computer just a few minutes ago, I saw a paragraph that Kailan typed last night for her English class and thought I'd include it!

Simile, Metaphor and Personification Paragraph

Swimming, the greatest sport in the world. The great feeling you get when you dive off the block and soar to the end. Swimming is many things, a magnificent cave just waiting to be explored, or a blank book waiting for the pages to be filled with many miraculous stories. The water, which shakes in anticipation to see who will win. The goggles like your ammunition in a war. Your strength, the key to your success. And the starting whistle that screams in your ear as you jump, landing gracefully into a whole new world. It’s just you and the water as you surge on to complete the goal you have set for yourself, and the feeling of joy when you accomplish it. Swimming, my life.