I am lucky that I can walk without falling down. Hand-eye coordination? Please. I can’t catch, throw, or run.

However, drop me in the ocean and check out my stylin’ swimming moves. I am a fish. A former star football player and scholarship-receiving lacrosse player once told me that I was an “amazingly strong swimmer.” For someone who feared gym class like the plague, that is a compliment that still makes me beam. I remember it warmly whenever I am asked to play volleyball or some such thing.

So to get to the point, what exactly is this sports gene? Does it only apply to “traditional” sports, like baseball and basketball? Because my husband, who definitely was/is an athlete and excelled at nearly every sport known to man, can’t swim worth shit.

I agree that we can’t be trusted with the information. As soon as we think we’re omniscient, then we begin to act as though we’re omnipotent. Neither of which are true no matter how many test results make us think it’s true.

Yeah, I think in cases like this one (non life threatening medical condition), we should just let ourselves sit with the unfolding mysteries, our vulnerabilities and the mistakes we might make…and the truly wonder-ful things too.