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My Mother Taught Me to Jump: What a First Dive and a First eFoil Ride in Turks & Caicos Taught Me About the Woman Who Made Me.

My Mother Taught Me to Jump: What a First Dive and a First eFoil Ride in Turks & Caicos Taught Me About the Woman Who Made Me.

by John Bryant | May 21, 2026 | Bryant | Breathing, Bryant | Breathing | Diving, Bryant in Remembrance, Bryant on Meaning, Bryant Traveling Man, John Hope Bryant Authored

By John Hope Bryant This past Mother’s Day, I did what I have done every Mother’s Day since September 10, 2023, when my mother, Ms. Juanita Murray Smith, transitioned from this life — I thought about her. I talked to her. And then I tried to live like her....

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