The title is not a play on anything from the past. It is simply a fact for many of us in this world. Most people live on solid land, and humans cease being aquatic creatures shortly after birth. No matter how much we may love the water, we do not live in it. We are not fish.

Though some argue that we evolved from fish, we do not have gills. We have lungs—lungs made to breathe, bodies better suited for land.

At times, I wish I had gills, or at least loved the water enough to set aside the time and money to learn how to swim. But something always seems to stand in the way, as if to say that it is not yet my time. Even though I have not set that time aside for myself, I have done so for my children.

For those who cannot yet plan for themselves, for those who have not yet come into the awareness of how important a skill swimming is, someone must step up and take on that responsibility.

For now, my children have me. Not a perfect being, but someone who keeps their best interests at the forefront.

Mookie 💜

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