Friday; December 6
This weekend, dozens of us will be gathering at the banks of the Potomac River for a chance to go for a splash. Now, just in case you haven’t noticed, the dateline for this post is not July 6 (which would be understandable); rather it is at the beginning of December. Now I have never been accused of standing at the head of the common sense club, but this might make you wonder even more about me. The reason I (and the others) will be jumping into the 40-something degree water is to help raise money for Special Olympics. Several areas around the country do some type of Polar Plunges to help raise money and awareness for this program and the St. Mary’s Splash is our local area’s chance to do good work. While the primary goal of doing the “splash” is to benefit the Special Olympics athletes, there is a tertiary reason I have made a habit of doing it. You see, whenever I make the cognitive decision to jump into the cold water I remind myself of how blessed