Staying afloat

20 Dec 2015 Leave a comment

by Li in Psychology Tags: , , , , , , ,


A friend shared this poem with me and I wanted very much to share it with you. I have read that it is about a father teaching his daughter how to swim – but it feels as though it is about so much more as well. Perhaps this will be particularly poignant if you have […]

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