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             When the rest of my family finally rolled out of bed, we all decided to go down to the baseball field to play a round of kickball. What was going to be an hour game, turned out to be about a three hour game. It was so much fun, I felt like I couldn't get enough of it. Thinking back, that was probably the last time my family played a round of kickball together. It's funny how the things that used to make us happy are now said to be "child's play" or "immature." Anyway, after a day of running around, laughing until our bellies hurt, and drinking ice cold lemonade, my Mom decided we had to go home to wash up for dinner. With disappointment in all of our eyes, including my Dad's and grandfathers, we walked back up to the villa. Just as I was about to enter our villa, my grandfather took aside my brother and I.
             "Go get a suit and towel. We're going down to the pool!" He whispered. At the time, I was deathly afraid of water. I even hated to take showers or baths. But when I saw the excitement in my grandfather's eyes and the way my brother got all giddy, I just
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