Jessica Long, 13-time Paralympic gold medalist, floats in deep blue water, reflecting on her life’s journey. Her eyes face towards the sky and she puts on her goggles and starts to swim through her story.
A woman sitting at a desk gets a call about a baby that is up for adoption in Siberia. Jessica swims through a nursery full of cribs with babies.
On the phone the woman is told that the baby was born with a rare condition and her legs have to be amputated, her life won’t be easy.
In a locker room, a young Jessica is putting on her goggles then diving into a pool. As she swims her head bobs up and down in the water.
Whenever she peaks above the water she sees something different, at first, it is her coach, then an audience with her parents in it, then a large audience at the Paralympics.
The last memory she sees is her parents at the dinner table. Her mom is on the phone with the adoption agency, and her father sits across from her. What her mom says next sums up her life perfectly.
“It might not be easy, but it will be amazing.” Jessica hears her mom's words as she swims further into an endless ocean of water.
