Quinnlin’s swimming season is over! Five swim meets in which she did fabulous, but most astonishing are the friendships she developed and how she wanted to right there in the middle of things! With typically developed kids! It speaks to how much her Village surrounded her with opportunity and encouragement (mingling and opening up a bit, and speaking her mind for starters) to branch out more.
Her vision disorder, unsteady body and weak legs have always held her back from getting into the action because she felt so scared all the time at which the speed other kids moved around her. Early on she learned the best way to stay safe was to get out of the way, except that caused her to be too far out of the way and often times this excluded her from life experiences.
But being on swim team this year was different. She was just a regular little girl on a neighborhood swim team enjoying what so many other girls and their parents take for granted.
Usually, Q is a mini-me of Julia, but in this photo, I really see Julian, too! Wonderful picture.
She is beautiful!
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