Dear Friends,

It was an honor to represent you this morning in Swim Across America’s 1.5 mile swim from Greenwich to Stamford. Your generosity made me one of the top 5 “earners” for this event. We raised more than $6,500 for cancer gene therapy research, or more than 2% of the total of $300,000 in contributions yielded by the swim. I can’t thank you enough!

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The water was like glass, merging with the gentle fog over Long Island Sound at 7 am. As I struggled to put on my new wetsuit, I said hellos and traded swim stories with new friends. We were together in preparation for next Saturday’s Swim Across America event, and we were all anxious to make sure we remembered how to sight-swim outside the confines of our normal habitat (lane line, lane marker, lane line).

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I thought I’d do something I love (swim) to stamp out something I hate (cancer). Grief into action.

So I signed up for the Swim Across America swim from Greenwich to Stamford on June 26. It benefits the Alliance for Cancer Gene Therapy, a Stamford based foundation that funds national grants for cell and gene therapy cancer research. Although the 1.5 mile distance wouldn’t challenge me in a pool, open water swimming (especially when the waters are cold, like the Long Island Sound is at the end of June) is always a bit tougher .

I set my goal for fund raising by asking for a dollar for every stroke I estimated it will take me to complete the swim: $1,890. I sent three emails and posted a link to Facebook. I sweated a little, wondering if I’d be able to reach the goal before the event.

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He is a CPA.

And I have an MBA, having earned an A- in statistics only by the grace of the bell curve. I didn’t fare quite so well in Finance. But I thought I could count. And I was sure he could.

Neither of us has had coffee yet. We’ve finished the warmup. It’s 6:12 am.

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