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Veeder: How to have the best summer ever
Jessie Veeder recalls 352 handstands, 42 underwater somersaults and 1,000 pool jumps while balancing camp pickups, theater and family summer traditions.
WATFORD CITY, N.D. — “These kids are having the best summer ever,” I said to my friend as I waded in to meet her and my sister standing waist-deep in the public swimming pool. It was a scorching 95 degree day and I just picked up my oldest daughter and her best friend from a morning softball camp, fed them a sandwich from Subway and met the rest of the crew to beat the heat with an afternoon swim. “When I was their age just going to a restaurant…