Sink or Swim?

A couple of years ago, I commenced on a path towards a long desired dream of mine to learn to swim "properly". I could swim but I had a deep seated fear of freestyle or crawl as they call it overseas. I signed up to my local YMCA Aquatic Centre for Adult Lessons on a Wednesday night. I was somewhat apprehensive when I learnt that the teacher would be Andrea, also teacher to my three children in the preschool to school age swimming program. Now don't get me wrong, Andrea is probably the most fantastic teacher I've ever met, she has firmly steered my children through their fear of being underwater (my youngest excluded as he is the daredevil of the family) and produced not just great swimming confidence in them but also great listening skills and a desire to cooperate and participate. But teaching me, exposing all my vulnerabilities, lack of coordination and breathing issues. Yikes!