Dayton Daily News, Ohio, Mary McCarty column.(Column)

Byline: Mary McCarty

June 03--When we moved from Cincinnati to Dayton 18 years ago, my husband didn't want to move the ponderous wooden swing set. "Kids need a swing set," I insisted. The center wood plank alone weighed 125 pounds and the movers groaned and protested, but I held firm: "Kids need a swing set." It was built solid as a bunker and couldn't be dismantled, so the movers loaded it onto the truck wholesale, no doubt cursing me under their breath. It was well worth it when the swing set was ensconced in the backyard -- something familiar and well-loved for our toddler son, Alec, who was so puzzled by our leaving Cincinnati that he speculated, "I know why …