The Girl with Gills

The three legged dog appeared out of nowhere. His bark fierce and his eyes 

concentrating on the flesh of my calf.  Although I expected this dog to try and

stop me from riding my bike past his house he always managed to frighten the 

begibbies out of me.  Each time my brothers, sister, and I attempted to ride our 

bikes out to the country club to swim when we were kids this three legged dog 

gave it his best shot in catching one of us. 

My brothers, sister, and I grew up swimming. We didn’t take swimming lessons,

and our parents never showed us how to swim. We spent our summers riding our

bikes to the County Club to swim, play golf, eat frozen snickers, chow on baskets

of french fries, and play the old piano in the huge empty room overlooking the

golf course.  If we were lucky, and our grandma was playing golf or bridge at the

country club she would give us a  ride. Otherwise we were on our own. We would

peddle our bikes out of town two miles, around the curves, and up and down the

hills. We knew the final hill was approaching as soon as we saw  the old rickety 

bridge crossing the small creek.  By then we were ready to wait for the golfers to

hit their balls up the hill. Then  we could make it up the final hill on our bikes to 

the pool. It never bothered us too much to wait. Sometimes we needed that extra 

rest to recover from peddling to escape the three legged dog. 

The summer months at the pool when I was a kid and life guarding as a teenager

were some of my happiest memories of my youth.  

Me with Meghann

It was only natural my daugter, Meghann would love swimming as much as I did.

And she did not disappoint me.  She wanted to swim all day and every day rain

or shine. Her arms would be doing the swimming motion as soon as the weather

turned warm, and I started working on opening our pool.  It was hard to convince

her to wait until the water was warm enough to swim. Thank goodness for solar

blankets and heaters.

Megahnn

Our summers swimming was exhausting!!!

And we had a blast!!!  

Meghann and cousin Peyton

Meghann and cousin Andrew

Meghann and Alexis

Meghann in Florida at the beach.

When I decided to write a children’s book my first idea was to write an inspirational

story of a girl who loved to swim and happen to be in a wheelchair.  How could I not

write about Meghann’s love to swim?  Writing about Meghann is what I have done and
continue to do to this day !!!

One sleepless night CUZ, I CAN popped into my mind. Although I was excited

to finish my original idea about Meghann’s love to swim I felt CUZ, I CAN needed

to be finished first. I am so glad I decided to write CUZ, I CAN. It not only gave me

the experience of self-publishing it gave me the inspiration to complete my first story. 

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Today I would like to introduce my new book entitled
THE GIRL WITH GILLS
  Meggeriffic

A little about the book

Meggeriffic is a girl who spends her entire summer dreaming about joining

the swim team with her best friend, Abby. Meghann has her own unique way of

navigating through life, but these differences don't stop Meghann from dreaming

or from being Abby's best friend. Learn how Meghann figures out how to use

her talents to convince the swim coach to give her a chance despite her differences.

But will Meghann decide she is willing to struggle through an uncomfortable

situation to achieve her long awaited dream of joining the school swim team?

Or will she give up?

Back cover of Girl with Gills

This is a 43 page book with 4700 words and illustrations. If your little one can't read yet
don't worry. This is a feel good story for children of all ages to

enjoy and learn something about working to make your dreams

come true.




I hope this story inspires, educates, and teaches everyone dreams are possible.

Available on Amazon today.

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Inside peek of The Girl with Gills

PAGE ONE 

THE GIRL WITH GILLS

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