Keira’s preschool had a ‘dress up as what you want to be when you grow up’ day last week. So among the girls there were princesses and fairies galore. Don’t think I’m being sarcastic or snide when I say this because, truly, at four years of age that’s all I would have wanted to dress up to be.

Not my daughter. What does she want to grow up to be?

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An Olympic Swimmer.

That’s my girl!

{The girl who still refuses to put her face under the water at swimming lessons!}

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Karen Andrews is the creator of this website, one of the most established and well-respected parenting blogs in the country. She is also an author, award-winning writer, poet, editor and publisher at Miscellaneous Press. Her latest book is Trust the Process: 101 Tips on Writing and Creativity