I started to tell you about a little lady I met at the YMCA 
last week…
She is Korean… a little thing… pretty black hair… 
Evidently I made an impression on her… because today… a week later… she found me as I was coming in the door…
She talks quite fast with a little accent…
She proceeds to tell me she is going to try some of the equipment in the weight room 
instead of Water Aerobics…
I’m not an instructor… but, since our instructor… JoAnn… was busy last week… I kept reassuring her… telling her how good she was doing… and telling her what we were doing…
JoAnn and I had gotten her a belt to make her feel safer in the water… 
She proceeded down the steps… and immediately said, “I”m going to the wall!”… to hold on to…
OK… nothing wrong with that!… 
She’s so nervous… apprehensive… but, smiling the whole time!…
I tell her, “Just stay by the wall if you like… just walk up and down in the water… for the first day… that may be all you can do”…
She says, “Thank you!”… what seemed a hundred times…
Others were just as nice to her… and encouraging… but, evidently for her to find me and tell me her plans today… We had bonded!…
She lets us know that she at 72 years old… has had two knee replacements 
… and had NEVER been in water… pretty much scared to death!… Having a great fear of water!…
Looking it up… it is called “aquaphobia”… and I doubt that she even knows that term…
I think what she did was amazing…
She fought that fear…
Got in the water…
Even let loose of the wall for some of the activities… Even if it was a short while…
and vowed 
she would be back to try it again…
She had left smiling… talking very fast still… and when I saw her this morning…
She made me smile!…
She also says she might see us Wednesday to give “Water” another try…
When I hear people say, “I can’t!”… well, it’s something I find hard to accept…
Just try… is all I ask…
How do you get over fears… if you don’t address them…
How do you build confidence if you don’t keep doing it…
How do you achieve any thing if you don’t try…
I will always remember “Nancy”… for her determination… and having trust…
I think she is an awesome lady!
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Comments on: "I’m Afraid of Water???" (4)
Great story…
Thank you for reading…everyday experiences are usually the best I find…
While I have you captive Marilyn,
Please add a recent posts to your sidebar. It’s a widget in you backroom. It will make navigation so much easier… TY! Also your blog link will be awesome on your Gravatar page and easy to add.
thanks…will check in to it…