After this sun-filled, super-moon weekend, yes….thanks to the sun-inviting landscape at the Sewickley Community Center poolside, I am 50 shades darker! You would think I had just returned from a week of laying on a beach a little bit closer to the equator. Nope-just taking advantage of the local topography on Chadwick Street. 50 shades darker was not my intent-just a consequence of swimming and hanging out at the Center. I am loving it-no makeup for the rest of the summer! My complexion is even, no obviously dark under eye circles, plus I wouldn’t be able to find a foundation shade dark enough if I wanted to! (you think I’m exaggerating?)
When I looked at myself in the mirror after my weekend at the Center “beach”, it took me back to the days of when I was younger. Back in the day, as they say, (and how far back really is back in the day?) it was summer camp and swimming at the Center. It was an all day affair; by the time I got home I was too tired to eat. Heat and good ole back in the day playing outside exhaustion. I would just flop on my bed, still in my bathing suit that was dried to an almost crisp stuck to my water-logged body. My mom would help me peel off my bathing suit, and it was her gasp that would lift me out of my exhaustion. It was as if she were witnessing something truly shocking. I guess what was still under my bathing suit was in severe contrast to what remained outside of it. Shocking I guess. It was enough to make my own mother gasp, loudly and heavily.
I am sure to those of us who grew up in and around Sewickley back in the day, have their own memories of swimming at the Sewickley Community Center pool. Oh-now I’m starting to recall even more memories. I remember my older sister being in love with one of the lifeguards. I believe his name was Hosea. That’s another blog. Don’t you just love little sisters?!
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It is time to create your own memories, so I’ll see you at the Center. Some memories are realities, and are better than anything that can ever happen to one again. Willa Cather (did you know she actually lived and worked in Pittsburgh for ten years?)
Whether those memories are at the pool with friends and family, or memories of learning to hit your first tennis ball on our tennis courts, or you or your child participating in wrestling camp or the Sweetwater Arts camp, or memories of volunteering in the garden or food pantry or being a part of our soon to open in the fall daycare, discover the possibilities at the Center. If you would like more information on any of those programs, comment to this blog or visit us, or call, 412-741-5430.
