"My grandmother never stepped into a pool. But she empowered the next three generations to step forward anyway." My grandmother never stepped foot in a swimming pool. The closest she ever came was the afternoon I held my phone in front of her face, tilting the tiny glowing screen so she could see her great-granddaughters slicing through bright blue water at a swim meet. They were still little then, just beginning to race. Her eyes were tired but sharp. “Shana,” she said, squinting at the screen,