It is summertime and you're at the pool with your family. You can't be more than ten, maybe eleven years old. You've always felt most at home in the water, to a point where you wonder if it's normal.

The unicorn float ruled the pool in 2016, but there's a new guy in town, and the mermaid tail float will be taking over. Unicorns filled up our Instagram feeds and our lives in more ways than we could ...

Back in the day, I mostly associated swimming pools with playing Marco Polo, doing handstands, and, most importantly, pretending to be a mermaid. Nowadays, I mostly associate them with lap swim, which ...

With summer on the horizon, I'm dreaming of pools, parties, and being a part of the fun. Just like Ariel was wishing to be a part of our world, I'm forever dreaming I could be where the mermaids are.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... On a hot weekday morning in late July, I arrived at Marcus Garvey Pool in Manhattan for a long-awaited meetup with a mermaid. Cookie DeJesus, also known as ...

Gleeful giggles fill the air when Mirella Aram arrives on scene, her glittery tail glinting in the sun. "The Little Mermaid" songs are playing on a loudspeaker as the 32-year-old - who moonlights as ...