Catherine Joy White

And I got to the shore, and I sat with my arms around my knees, and I cried like a baby. But I knew in that moment I'd found something with this swimming. And I carried on and I carried on, and the weather was getting a bit warmer, and one day, there I am, headphones in, walking to the lake, and there's this woman in my spot. LAUGHTER And I'm looking at her thinking, this is my place.

And I got to the shore, and I sat with my arms around my knees, and I cried like a baby. But I knew in that moment I'd found something with this swimming. And I carried on and I carried on, and the weather was getting a bit warmer, and one day, there I am, headphones in, walking to the lake, and there's this woman in my spot. LAUGHTER And I'm looking at her thinking, this is my place.

This is my space. I spend my life making polite chit-chat conversations with older people. I just want to swim. So I got in the water and swam as quickly as possible and got out so I wouldn't have to speak to her whilst we got dressed. And she's there sort of smiling at me, all kind and nice. And I just thought, leave me alone. Came back the next morning, there she is again, smiling.

This is my space. I spend my life making polite chit-chat conversations with older people. I just want to swim. So I got in the water and swam as quickly as possible and got out so I wouldn't have to speak to her whilst we got dressed. And she's there sort of smiling at me, all kind and nice. And I just thought, leave me alone. Came back the next morning, there she is again, smiling.

This is my space. I spend my life making polite chit-chat conversations with older people. I just want to swim. So I got in the water and swam as quickly as possible and got out so I wouldn't have to speak to her whilst we got dressed. And she's there sort of smiling at me, all kind and nice. And I just thought, leave me alone. Came back the next morning, there she is again, smiling.

And instead of kind of feeling this childhood jubilation of the five-year-old. I just felt like a five-year-old. This is my space. Why are you invading it? And every morning that week, same time, same place, there she is. And I started to just feel trapped. Anyway, one morning, we swim, we're out, same time, getting dressed as usual. And she offers me a slice of lemon cake, homemade.

And instead of kind of feeling this childhood jubilation of the five-year-old. I just felt like a five-year-old. This is my space. Why are you invading it? And every morning that week, same time, same place, there she is. And I started to just feel trapped. Anyway, one morning, we swim, we're out, same time, getting dressed as usual. And she offers me a slice of lemon cake, homemade.

And instead of kind of feeling this childhood jubilation of the five-year-old. I just felt like a five-year-old. This is my space. Why are you invading it? And every morning that week, same time, same place, there she is. And I started to just feel trapped. Anyway, one morning, we swim, we're out, same time, getting dressed as usual. And she offers me a slice of lemon cake, homemade.

So obviously I thought to myself, I'm going to have to eat this, aren't I? And I sort of gritted my teeth preparing for this polite conversation about the weather or something that I really didn't want to have. But weirdly, she didn't seem to want to talk to me. She didn't seem to want to disturb me. And we just sat and ate the cake in peace and went home.

So obviously I thought to myself, I'm going to have to eat this, aren't I? And I sort of gritted my teeth preparing for this polite conversation about the weather or something that I really didn't want to have. But weirdly, she didn't seem to want to talk to me. She didn't seem to want to disturb me. And we just sat and ate the cake in peace and went home.

So obviously I thought to myself, I'm going to have to eat this, aren't I? And I sort of gritted my teeth preparing for this polite conversation about the weather or something that I really didn't want to have. But weirdly, she didn't seem to want to talk to me. She didn't seem to want to disturb me. And we just sat and ate the cake in peace and went home.

And I kind of began to grow quite accustomed to her presence. It felt really nice. We didn't bother each other. We were both just there doing our thing separately, but together. And then one morning I came up to the lake and she wasn't there. And the next morning she wasn't there again. And I looked for her. And I looked for her every morning that week, but she didn't come back.

And I kind of began to grow quite accustomed to her presence. It felt really nice. We didn't bother each other. We were both just there doing our thing separately, but together. And then one morning I came up to the lake and she wasn't there. And the next morning she wasn't there again. And I looked for her. And I looked for her every morning that week, but she didn't come back.

And I kind of began to grow quite accustomed to her presence. It felt really nice. We didn't bother each other. We were both just there doing our thing separately, but together. And then one morning I came up to the lake and she wasn't there. And the next morning she wasn't there again. And I looked for her. And I looked for her every morning that week, but she didn't come back.

And I felt that thing in my chest again coming up as I wondered what was happening to her. I didn't even know her name. And she didn't come back, so I did the only thing I knew how to do. I kept swimming. One day, I walk up to the lake, and she's back. So I'm smiling at her first this time, probably like a weirdo because I was so happy to see her.

And I felt that thing in my chest again coming up as I wondered what was happening to her. I didn't even know her name. And she didn't come back, so I did the only thing I knew how to do. I kept swimming. One day, I walk up to the lake, and she's back. So I'm smiling at her first this time, probably like a weirdo because I was so happy to see her.

And I felt that thing in my chest again coming up as I wondered what was happening to her. I didn't even know her name. And she didn't come back, so I did the only thing I knew how to do. I kept swimming. One day, I walk up to the lake, and she's back. So I'm smiling at her first this time, probably like a weirdo because I was so happy to see her.

And the next morning, probably like everyone here, I'd got into baking during lockdown and I brought her a slice of banana bread. And we shared that by the edge of the lake together. And she told me that she had buried her husband and described the socially distanced funeral broadcast over Zoom and the goodbye that she hadn't said.

And the next morning, probably like everyone here, I'd got into baking during lockdown and I brought her a slice of banana bread. And we shared that by the edge of the lake together. And she told me that she had buried her husband and described the socially distanced funeral broadcast over Zoom and the goodbye that she hadn't said.

And the next morning, probably like everyone here, I'd got into baking during lockdown and I brought her a slice of banana bread. And we shared that by the edge of the lake together. And she told me that she had buried her husband and described the socially distanced funeral broadcast over Zoom and the goodbye that she hadn't said.