If she walked past my house and saw my wetsuit hanging on the porch railing, she’d inquire about the surf: “Tell me about the waves today.”
I’d tell her about the pink morning light, the glassy swell, the dolphins nosing up to say hi.
“Oh, honey,” she’d reply dreamily. “I’m so happy for you.”
Water has long been a form of healing. For so many of us, it’s a restorative, an antidote for depletion and depression. Time and time again it has carried me, through my own injuries, surgery, rehab, miscarriage — and through illness and death of ones dear to me.
In this year of sorrow, plunging into the ocean or pool or lake has been essential for me — it is momentary relief, forgetting and unburdening. Immersion is cleansing and conducive to play, even when things are heavy. Our dopamine levels rise, our metabolisms rev up. We can’t help but feel that outdoors, buoyed by water, we can breathe easier, even in — especially in! — a pandemic.
My friendship with Lessly began as a joyful thing at the pool, but it has deepened immeasurably over these long, dark months of loss. The water, in all its shapes and forms, reminds us that levity exists. It has kept us living.
In late summer, Lessly described two pivotal swims to me. The first one came just before surgery, when she came to grips with the fact she was losing her breast; the second was when she found out her mother was dying, from her own longtime struggle with cancer.
“It was feeling like the water was carrying me when I was dealing with these giant emotions,” Lessly said, her voice breaking. The water felt like a friend, telling her what she needed to hear: You can do this. Keep going.
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