GAINESVILLE, Ga. — A metro Atlanta mom will be joining other swimmers this morning at Lake Lanier to conclude a five-month, 14-stop tour honoring her teen daughter who died of cancer in 2018. The ...

It is long before dawn and Vicki Bunke and her friend, Karen meet up for something neither thought they’d ever do. In a place that represents a beginning born from an end. This was Grace’s place.

Swimming was never part of the Bunke family’s life. Daughters Grace and Caroline played soccer and ran. Vicki Bunke, their mother, knew how to swim but never swam seriously. “I wouldn’t have drowned,” ...