After years and years and years of being very fearful, I was tired of it. I was tired of it and excited to learn something that I feared, almost like conquering it. And I did. I had a fire within me that no pool could extinguish. I was determined to learn effective kicks, learn effective strokes, so that in combination, I can move in that water confidently, and I did. Black girl swim reminds me that things in this world are predetermined for me