High Diving Boards
I was only eight then, and that board seemed to climb up into the sky. It took me a long time to get the nerve up to climb up on the high diving board, and though thinking back, it wasn’t even very big. I finally got up there one day, and had to climb back down. I never really considered myself to be afraid of heights because I loved to climb high up in trees. The thought of hurling myself down from that height was unthinkable. I love to be up high, but when I was in a tree, I never dreamed of jumping down, even when water was involved. However, this was just something I knew I needed to do, so I tried again. I finally go the nerve up to jump…
