Sometimes you need to ask for what you want.

Even when the conditions aren’t “ideal”.

This is Evie swimming at Jenks Beach. Usually we do this only when it’s sunny. Yesterday, not so much.

Yesterday, Evie (my 11 year old daughter) asked me to ride to the beach with her for a late afternoon swim. But there was only one problem: It was 62 degrees, windy and raining. She made her case, confidently and directly, and would not take “No”, …