Relieved is what I was when the man finally left the pool with his three beautiful children dragging along behind him. Relaxed is what I had wanted to be, but I had spent two hours neglecting my Kaye Gibbons book and keeping my eye on the man’s middle child — because she couldn't swim well enough to be in the pool.

I kept thinking about how many people like this daddy needed to read  our front-page story today about swimming safety.