I confess. I spent countless afternoons of my childhood pretending to be The Little Mermaid. Yes, that’s right. I held my breath underwater at our local neighborhood pool, made my feet my fin and dolphined my way to the bottom rungs of the ladder from beneath the surface. Slowly, I would emerge and peer my eyes
MERMAID OR WHALE?
I didn’t just love The Little Mermaid when I was younger, I pretended to be her. I still have vivid memories of a few summers at the pool spent entirely by pretending to be Ariel by dolphin kicking with my hands at my side underneath the water. An avid swimmer from the age of four,