When Your Swimmers Won't Line Up By The Blocks #youthsports #momlife #swimming #volunteer #swim

Every swim mom has had this exact moment on deck.

It's the 8 & under heat, three kids are headed the wrong way down the lane rope, one forgot their cap, and the meet marshal is staring you down because the heat sheet says you're already behind schedule. You smile, you breathe, and you say it as sweetly as you can.

"I'm trying very hard not to completely lose my stuff on all of you right now, but you're not making it easy."

Honestly, that's the whole 8 & under experience in one sentence. Bless every timer, every heat sheet runner, every mom holding it together on deck while the littles do whatever they want.

Swim moms, drop a 🏊‍♀️ if you've said this exact sentence at a meet before.

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