DailyPrompt—2149
What are your favourite physical activities or exercises?
My favourite has always been swimming — the quiet magic of moving through water, the way the world goes still the moment I slip beneath the surface.
I prefer a swimming pool, where the water is calm and steady.
My vertigo and the ocean waves don’t get along, so the pool becomes my sanctuary — predictable, gentle, safe.
On the days my husband is in the hospital for dialysis, I often go swimming.
It’s the one place where I can breathe fully…
where the heaviness lifts for a while…
where I’m not holding my breath or bracing for anything.
In the water, I don’t have to be strong.
I don’t have to be thinking ahead.
I just float.
I move.
I become one with the water.
It’s not really exercise for me —
it’s therapy,
release,
and a soft place to land.
💜
💫Maggie
The Afterlove Voice💫
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