DSV - True Friends by Isabella Caruso https://padlet.com/carusoi/jbuamqi1fo63 en-us 2017-01-24 14:38:47 UTC 2025-10-25 19:59:10 UTC hello@padlet.com The first time I touched the water, I fell in love. carusoi https://padlet.com/carusoi/jbuamqi1fo63/wish/149102448 2017-01-24 17:43:26 UTC https://padlet.com/carusoi/jbuamqi1fo63/wish/149102448 When I was six years old, I decided to join the local swim team. carusoi https://padlet.com/carusoi/jbuamqi1fo63/wish/149497261 2017-01-26 02:18:14 UTC https://padlet.com/carusoi/jbuamqi1fo63/wish/149497261 I didn’t know it then, but when I signed up, carusoi https://padlet.com/carusoi/jbuamqi1fo63/wish/149497345 2017-01-26 02:19:51 UTC https://padlet.com/carusoi/jbuamqi1fo63/wish/149497345 I was also making a lifelong commitment to be a part of the “Three Musketeers.” carusoi https://padlet.com/carusoi/jbuamqi1fo63/wish/149497368 zoom out]]> 2017-01-26 02:20:09 UTC https://padlet.com/carusoi/jbuamqi1fo63/wish/149497368 There was Mikayla, the brunette, diva, “grown up one,” and extrovert. carusoi https://padlet.com/carusoi/jbuamqi1fo63/wish/149497407 2017-01-26 02:20:29 UTC https://padlet.com/carusoi/jbuamqi1fo63/wish/149497407 Jane was the innocent blond, calm, and wildly creative... carusoi https://padlet.com/carusoi/jbuamqi1fo63/wish/149497434 2017-01-26 02:20:50 UTC https://padlet.com/carusoi/jbuamqi1fo63/wish/149497434 and then there was me. carusoi https://padlet.com/carusoi/jbuamqi1fo63/wish/149497800 slow transition zooming out]]> 2017-01-26 02:26:43 UTC https://padlet.com/carusoi/jbuamqi1fo63/wish/149497800 I was the one with the crazy black curly hair carusoi https://padlet.com/carusoi/jbuamqi1fo63/wish/149497844 2017-01-26 02:27:32 UTC https://padlet.com/carusoi/jbuamqi1fo63/wish/149497844 and a personality to match, carusoi https://padlet.com/carusoi/jbuamqi1fo63/wish/149497891 same pic but move out more]]> 2017-01-26 02:28:36 UTC https://padlet.com/carusoi/jbuamqi1fo63/wish/149497891 yet I somehow always balanced the other two out. carusoi https://padlet.com/carusoi/jbuamqi1fo63/wish/149497908 2017-01-26 02:28:52 UTC https://padlet.com/carusoi/jbuamqi1fo63/wish/149497908 My two team mates became the dream sisters I never had. carusoi https://padlet.com/carusoi/jbuamqi1fo63/wish/149497997 same]]> 2017-01-26 02:30:03 UTC https://padlet.com/carusoi/jbuamqi1fo63/wish/149497997 I saw them every day at swim practice, for lunch, carusoi https://padlet.com/carusoi/jbuamqi1fo63/wish/149498040 2017-01-26 02:30:39 UTC https://padlet.com/carusoi/jbuamqi1fo63/wish/149498040 and later that day for whatever random adventure we wanted to go on. carusoi https://padlet.com/carusoi/jbuamqi1fo63/wish/149498067 same]]> 2017-01-26 02:30:58 UTC https://padlet.com/carusoi/jbuamqi1fo63/wish/149498067 Our lives were perfect; a world with just the three of us. carusoi https://padlet.com/carusoi/jbuamqi1fo63/wish/149498171 same]]> 2017-01-26 02:32:38 UTC https://padlet.com/carusoi/jbuamqi1fo63/wish/149498171 As time went by, and we grew older, carusoi https://padlet.com/carusoi/jbuamqi1fo63/wish/149498189 2017-01-26 02:33:00 UTC https://padlet.com/carusoi/jbuamqi1fo63/wish/149498189 our perfect three person world had to change. carusoi https://padlet.com/carusoi/jbuamqi1fo63/wish/149498199 2017-01-26 02:33:14 UTC https://padlet.com/carusoi/jbuamqi1fo63/wish/149498199 Afternoons were filled with homework, lunch was at school, carusoi https://padlet.com/carusoi/jbuamqi1fo63/wish/149498224 2017-01-26 02:33:48 UTC https://padlet.com/carusoi/jbuamqi1fo63/wish/149498224 but we still saw each other at the end of the day for swim practice. carusoi https://padlet.com/carusoi/jbuamqi1fo63/wish/149498242 on the 3 of us]]> 2017-01-26 02:34:03 UTC https://padlet.com/carusoi/jbuamqi1fo63/wish/149498242 We were so close that, our coach and other teammates carusoi https://padlet.com/carusoi/jbuamqi1fo63/wish/149498272 same pic zoom out]]> 2017-01-26 02:34:29 UTC https://padlet.com/carusoi/jbuamqi1fo63/wish/149498272 even put a “Three Musketeers Only” sign in front of our lane as a joke. carusoi https://padlet.com/carusoi/jbuamqi1fo63/wish/149498299 same pic zoom out]]> 2017-01-26 02:34:56 UTC https://padlet.com/carusoi/jbuamqi1fo63/wish/149498299 Years went by and my parents got a divorce, carusoi https://padlet.com/carusoi/jbuamqi1fo63/wish/149498350 rip]]> 2017-01-26 02:35:49 UTC https://padlet.com/carusoi/jbuamqi1fo63/wish/149498350 Mikayla moved to Columbus, carusoi https://padlet.com/carusoi/jbuamqi1fo63/wish/149498370 2017-01-26 02:36:21 UTC https://padlet.com/carusoi/jbuamqi1fo63/wish/149498370 and the “Three Musketeers” were slowly geographically drifting apart carusoi https://padlet.com/carusoi/jbuamqi1fo63/wish/149498402 2017-01-26 02:36:53 UTC https://padlet.com/carusoi/jbuamqi1fo63/wish/149498402 and there was nothing I could do about it. carusoi https://padlet.com/carusoi/jbuamqi1fo63/wish/149498426 2017-01-26 02:37:16 UTC https://padlet.com/carusoi/jbuamqi1fo63/wish/149498426 Jane and Mikayla were always there with me through thick and thin. carusoi https://padlet.com/carusoi/jbuamqi1fo63/wish/149498462 2017-01-26 02:37:42 UTC https://padlet.com/carusoi/jbuamqi1fo63/wish/149498462 stretcher carusoi https://padlet.com/carusoi/jbuamqi1fo63/wish/149498491 2017-01-26 02:38:08 UTC https://padlet.com/carusoi/jbuamqi1fo63/wish/149498491 I wouldn’t be surprised if they knew me better than I know me. carusoi https://padlet.com/carusoi/jbuamqi1fo63/wish/149498516 2017-01-26 02:38:33 UTC https://padlet.com/carusoi/jbuamqi1fo63/wish/149498516 A whole decade has gone by and many friends have gone in and out of all of our lives. carusoi https://padlet.com/carusoi/jbuamqi1fo63/wish/149498556 2017-01-26 02:39:05 UTC https://padlet.com/carusoi/jbuamqi1fo63/wish/149498556 Last summer I coached little kids on my old swim team and Jane did the same; carusoi https://padlet.com/carusoi/jbuamqi1fo63/wish/149498584 2017-01-26 02:39:27 UTC https://padlet.com/carusoi/jbuamqi1fo63/wish/149498584 we would all see each other at competitions. carusoi https://padlet.com/carusoi/jbuamqi1fo63/wish/149498639 2017-01-26 02:40:11 UTC https://padlet.com/carusoi/jbuamqi1fo63/wish/149498639 True friends always find a way to stick together. carusoi https://padlet.com/carusoi/jbuamqi1fo63/wish/149498687 2017-01-26 02:40:39 UTC https://padlet.com/carusoi/jbuamqi1fo63/wish/149498687 We did that through our love for swimming. carusoi https://padlet.com/carusoi/jbuamqi1fo63/wish/149498736 same pic]]> 2017-01-26 02:41:09 UTC https://padlet.com/carusoi/jbuamqi1fo63/wish/149498736