Confession; I don't look like Ariel, but today I put on my mermaid tale and swam with the Memorial Day crowd at the lake!
Backstory; Last summer I purchased a authentic looking mermaid tale. I decided instead of buying an outfit or some makeup for my birthday I would act like a kid and get something fun. I ran across mermaid tales complete with monofin so that I could not only look like a mermaid, but also swim like one. I had a nagging feeling that a close-to-two-hundred-pound mermaid might look more like a whale. I stomped that feeling down. I reasoned if they sold authentic fairy wings that made you fly, would I hesitate? No! I had a chance to buy a mermaid tale and I was going to go for it!!!
It was WONDERFUL! I could swim faster, and mermaid style with my arms by my side. While flipping around at the lake and pool got a great workout in my whole lower half. I found out mermaids are banned from one local pool (mermaid prejudice is real), but at the other pool when I put my tale on I drew a crowd of little girls who asked me if I was a real mermaid and asked to touch my fin. The funny thing was, I was pregnant then and my belly was already growing (along with my lower half, which is how my body decides to handle pregnancy). Those little girls didn't care about my not Ariel body. As I floated in the pool with eight little girls giggling and touching the mermaid tail I decided I was a real mermaid. Because I was a real woman.
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| The Joy of the mermaid tale lingers in my smile post swim. Isaiah, merbaby in training, is not yet amused. |
I am three months out from having my third baby and pulled out the tail again today. I'm guessing I'm still 20 pounds from pre-baby weight. But guess what? The tail came out today! I swam circles around my daughter and when onlookers glanced at me with the tail on I thought great! They can see a Real Mommy Mermaid.
