Friday afternoon (about 12 hours ago), I got to pick my daughter up from her 5 day summer camp. It was out on Shelter Island NY. It seems the camp had a new activity this year - sailing. Only small day sailers, but...

Well, it seems my Daughter was out for the first time with the instructor, and one other camper, on what turned out to be the 2nd windiest day in of the summer

The ALMOST capsized, but Anna kept her head (mind you 1st time out), and followed what she had been taught, and let out on the jib, and helped prevent them from going over. She got a real nice letter for the instructor, and an invite to go out with 1-2 of the other kids on his personal boat BEFORE camp next year, to try and get her to the point she can help instructing

How cool is that?

Anna said "I may have looked cool, but I was scared inside". My reply was that bravery is not the absence of fear, but doing what you need to do in the presence of fear