Kieron loves sharks...great whites, sand tigers, hammerheads, basking, nurse sharks....you name them, he can tell you all about them. Their natural habitat, what they eat, how big they grow.....
A couple of years ago I redecorated Kieron's room with a shark theme. I found an online company that had a wallpaper mural of sharks and although I'm lousy at wallpapering, I set to with a will. The result isn't perfect, but Kieron was so proud of his room. We put up posters and other sharky things and he couldn't wait to have friends round to show off his own 'natural habitat'.
Part of the mural has a mermaid on it with rather large boobs.It wasn't long before nipples mysteriously appeared on them. A small goldfish tank got added and shark books were put on display.
We watched Jaws and laughed at the special effects and spent hours on the Discovery channel, learning about sharks and other sea monsters.
Kieron educated me in the history of sharks and how they have been around for millions of years.
Last October, I went diving with sharks and sewed Kieron's baby teeth into my swimsuit so that he could dive with me.It was claustrophobic and I kept breathing wrong, so swallowed water and had a panic attack under water but Kieron wanted to dive with sharks one day and now he has. He's dived with great whites, sand tiger sharks, nurse sharks and manta rays. He's seen sharks mating and I smiled through my underwater tears at the comments I could hear in my head...'look mum, they've got 2 willies!!!'
What a wonderful gift for Kieron. And how brave of you to do it despite your claustrophobia.
ReplyDeleteAlways thought you were such a brave determined lady to do this xx
ReplyDeleteThat is such an honorful thing you did for Kieron, I've tried scuba and it's natural reaction, I freaked too:) We're not supposed to inhale underwater!!
ReplyDeleteYet I happily swim underwater normally, but it is the breathing thing. Last time I inhaled underwater was in my mum's womb.
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