You probably wonder what that phrase in the title means especially since I use it as a signature on all my texts, emails and on Facebook. It’s a phrase used by our scuba instructor to get us to always breathe underwater, because as he says if you’re not bubbling you’re either sucking in oxygen or holding your breath. The latter can be very bad to do because you can get this thing called an air-embolism, and if it’s bad enough, you can die. Anyway, that’s not the only reason I’m writing this. I was asked to write a little on why my Dad and I dive.
One reason is I had to take a P.E. class for college. My Mom saw a scuba class and asked if I wanted to try it, and of course I said yes! Anyway my Mom signed my Dad up so he would be able take me home, and he didn’t know that at the time.
So we went to the classes and we passed the lecture and lab classes and got certified as beginner divers. About a week after we got our certification card we went to Hawaii for Christmas with our family. We got to dive one day, it was better than some ways than California because the water WAS WARM!!!
And it also had a wide variety of animals. For example: we found a cave with sea turtles, and since it was a shallow cave we each took turns going in, taking pictures, since it’s illegal to touch them intentionally, however they can touch you, which is good because when I went into the cave, one of them hit me on the shoulder! At the time I thought it was my Dad trying to get my attention, but when I looked around I saw a turtle face in my face, and I guess you can say I jumped, or rather since you’re weightless, vibrated a little.
I also swam with a turtle that came from the surface and swam over the back of it, and took a picture of it like I was riding piggy-back on it! From the cave we then swam along a wall with tons of different corral and fish. My favorite ones looked like a unicorn; actually their nickname was The Unicorn Fish! 
The last thing I want to say is, the other great thing about scuba diving, other than it’s another world, is its soooo quiet. Anyway, I hope I gave you a reason to look into diving because it’s so fun!
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I keep forgetting to comment on this. This is a great article, I really enjoyed reading it.
Hi fellow “McComas” We live in California and RARELY see another “McComas”! And we’ve sure never met another McComas with Asperger’s. Wow. My 18 y.o. son has Asperger’s and he and I (his Dad) ride motocross together… it’s kinda like you and your Dad scuba diving! It’s funny… he rides a motorcycle very well and can even do triple jumps with complete confidence, but feels awkward and uncomfortable when climbing a six foot step ladder! He continues to amaze me. Now he’s out of high school and is missing the structure high school provided… and I worry he’ll become depressed and feel socially isolated… I know you probably live in another state, but can you offer any kind of information on where an Asperger’s person can find social connections? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.