Ode to a Swim Mom

I am a Swim Mom through and through

Only others like me know the pain that ensues

I am at the pool morning, noon and night

Chlorine is the perfume of my life

Our success is not measured in a game won or lost

But by the 100th of a second either added or dropped

We are known to travel both far and wide

Often times to pools impossible to find

Getting up and going before the rising sun

All for 30 seconds of a race that starts at 1

 

We pay for private lessons, special gear and such

My other friends balk when I tell them how much

Keeping up on the latest technology is a full time career

But a $200 knee suit could make the race of the year

But all this insanity has its ups too

My kids are exhausted when the day is through

I guess I should feel guilty when they swim 5000 yards anight

But it beats having them climbing the walls, which alwaysends in a fight

Swim keeps them out of trouble, keeps them healthy too

Keeps me and their Dad from going insane and locked up in azoo

The friendships we have found on the side of the pool

Make all of the practices and meets always so cool

So when you see my car heading down the road

Heading to some pool you don’t even know

Know that I am exactly where I want to be

Because I am a Swim Mom, yes, that is me