THIS YEAR I DECIDED IT WAS TIME TO GET SOME MORAL SUPPORT FROM MY FAMILY --- HIS NAME IS COOPER! MY OLDEST SON SHOWED AN INTEREST IN JUMPING WITH ME -- SO I JUMPED ON THAT.
DOUG PROFFITT'S SON WANTED TO JUMP AS WELL - -SINCE COOPER AND BOONE ARE FRIENDS -- IT WAS THE PERFECT SET UP. WE'D ALL BRAVE THE COLD TOGETHER --- THE ONLY PROBLEM --THEY ALL LOVE THE COLD BUT ME!
APPARENTLY I'M NOT ALONE.
I TALKED WITH A WOMAN WHO WAS READY TO JUMP WHO SAID SHE HAD FILLED OUT HER WILL THAT MORNING. SHE WAS WORRIED THE COLD WATER WOULD MAKE HER HEART STOP -- SO WHY DO WE DO THIS?
MY SON SAID HE WANTED TO SEE IF HE COULD DO IT --- BRAGGING RIGHTS OF SORTS --WHAT OTHER 10 YEAR OLD COULD BOAST HE PLUNGED INTO 42 DEGREE WATER.
SO IS IT BRAGGING RIGHTS FOR ME?
NOT REALLY -- I THINK IT'S MORE A TEST OF TIME --- TO SHOW THAT EVERY NOW AND THEN I CAN DO SOMETHING YOUTHFUL --- AND JUMP WITH THE BEST OF THEM.
OF COURSE THERE WAS NO BATHING SUIT FOR ME --- JEANS AND A LONG SLEEVE SHIRT --- I AM OF COURSE PRACTICAL AND REALISTIC AT MY AGE.
BUT MY 10 YEAR OLD SAW A DIFFERENT SIDE OF ME -- A SIDE READY TO TAKE THE PLUNGE WITH HIM --- READY TO ACT LIKE A KID AGAIN AND JUMP!
WILL I JUMP AGAIN NEXT YEAR?
IF I WANT TO ACT MY AGE PROBABLY NOT - BUT IF I WANT TO FEEL LIKE A KID AGAIN -- I PROBABLY WILL!