Raelynn Vaughn

Raelynn Is Back Baby!!!!

Hello people!! to those new and old, my name is Raelynn, sometimes Emily, most of the times Rae, or Em… I am a 17 year old lifeguard that's got almost 6500h+ of on-deck supervising, saving, and shouting at people younger than me, people my age, and people older than me .

With 1500h+ behind the desk studying all kinds of aquatic services to help keep swimmers safe in pools, oceans, lakes, and rivers all around the world.

These Certifications Include:

NLC & Swim Instructor - Lifesaving Society
Bronze Medallion & Bronze Cross
Standard First Aid & CPR-C
AED & Oxygen Administration
WHMIS 2015 With GHS
Pool Operator 1 Certification

Some bragging rights and achievements I've earned from this much work are as such:

100m freestyle time: 53.2s

10km Marathon Swim: 1h 50m 13s (13 seconds away from breaking the 110-minute barrier

Time to get personal…

I've spent a lot of time trying to understand myself and figure out why I've lost so many people throughout my dumb teenage years. For a long time, I looked far and wide for answers, hoping I'd find something that would fill the pit caused by self destructive substance abuse and really really dumb choices . In the end, I found myself back where I started thinking about the people I left behind and the relationships I let go because I was “being a kid.”

Some of you may know me from before, to those people…

The time I have spent away has given me a chance to reflect on the things I did to lose so many important people. I've come to accept that most of those mistakes were my own. I can't change the past, but I can learn from it, and I've been trying to do exactly that.

I don't expect forgiveness, and I don't expect things to go back to the way they were. I just wanted to say that I'm sorry.