New Year's Day Polar Plunge with Clients

I am so fortunate that many of my clients become friends and neighbors. A couple, whom I sold a house to about a year ago, invited my daughter and me to their New Year's Day Brunch and Polar Plunge.

The invitation read "bring a salad or dessert and your swim suit".

January 1st 2008 was a marvelous Eastern North Carolina day in Hubert, N C with the temperature very much above our average normal January high of 54. Even so, I knew the water would be too cold for me to go in.

We arrived around noon to find lots of familiar faces, neighbors and good food.

Much of the conversation was about the unseasonal warm weather and the upcoming dip in the pool. My 3 1/2 year old kept saying she wanted to go swimming to which I replied that the water was too cold and we didn't bring our swim suits. She was not convinced.

At the appointed time, fireworks that sounded like a siren were set off and the "polar bears" dived in. They swam the length of the pool, climbed out, quickly wrapped their cold bodies in large towels and announced that the water was freezing cold.

My little one still was not convinced and continued to beg to go in. Someone suggested that I take off her shoes and let her dip a foot in thinking that would take care of the issue. Ok, why not? So, we removed the shoes and socks, she put a foot in the water, looked up at me and said "It's not cold, I want to get in".

What's a Mother to do? I stripped her down to her shirt and panties and said "go in". She walked to the edge of the pool, down the steps into the pool until the water was above her waist and stood there shivering. I insisted she come out and turned around to get a towel to wrap her in. When I turned back around.... lo and behold she was back in the pool.

I finally got her out, dried off, wrapped up and she was still insisting that she wanted to swim some more.

Was this really my child? This tough, little girl. Yes, I love the water but only when it reaches about 85 degrees! It appears I have a little polar bear.

Photos property of Cynthia Tilghman

Cynthia Tilghman, Realtor, Onslow County Home Specialist 910 459 9189 Email Me

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