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First Experience: My friends and I were typical teenagers looking for an 'alternative experience'...
After just moving to the city, my partner and I went to meet some friends on their boat that was parked in the quay...
I was viewing it from the side...
I was walking around the baby pool...
Sunday afternoon on a beautiful sunny day in Georgia, my family and friends were at a local lake...
A friend dunked my head under the water and I did not know how to hold my breath...
When I was fourteen, I went to visit friends for the weekend...
I was surfing on a boogie board in Hawaii...
As a teenager, I often spent time with my friends at a public outdoor pool...
The morning of January 15, 1987, my partner was up early as usual and soon after leaving, he burst back into our Lilliputian room, manic with excitement...
