Courage

Shilo had another swim meet.
The entire week before she kept saying, "I can't wait until Saturday's over."  I could tell the anxiety was building.  
I told her that we would pray that she would do her best.
She said, "I'm just going to pray for courage."  

That morning we had Breakfast with Santa at the church, then we would head to Fort Collins for the meet.

She didn't enjoy the breakfast.

Or the 1-1/2 hour drive to the meet.

Or the wait once we got there.

Shilo is in lane 10 for the 100 Freestyle.

Preparing for the turn...

...and the first to touch the wall.

Shilo won two of her three heats, and proved to herself that she COULD swim a 200IM. She was glad to have the meet over, and happy with her efforts. I am impressed with her courage. In fact, I'm impressed with ALL of my children and their ability to overcome performance anxiety.

That is something I am still learning to do.