Grace and I still approach swimming each week with some intrepidation. I feel this way as I'm not quite sure what Grace is going to do each week. Grace feels this way because. ...well because that's just how she rolls.
Regular readers of this blog will be aware that Grace is not a big smiler in public. For example the photos below show Grace having fun.
I'm okay with this, I figure she is who she is and my job is to support the individual she chooses to be. But in saying that it would be nice if other people got to see the giggly girl we see at home. One mum was cooing at Gracie and when she just glared back, the mum smiled and said "That's okay Gracie, I wouldn't smile at a stranger either." I had to admit that the expression on Grace's face was the same one she gives to her grandparents. Sigh.
Grace does not come from a family with waif like figures so when she and I are both dressed in our togs there are plenty of gorgeous fat rolls on display. At one point in the lesson the swimming instructor took the children one by one and dove them under the water towards mum to catch. As she went to take Grace from me she said "Wow she is so much lighter than she looks. I thought all that chubbiness would make her really heavy."
Grace and I locked eyes and I quietly nodded my head, giving Grace permission to pee on the instructor. Grace gave me a sly smile when the mission had been accomplished. Us chubby girls gotta stick together.
