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By andrewchenjs BRONZE
San Ramon, California
It was the summer of 2016. I was ten years old and floating in Xcaret’s lazy river in Cancun, my lifejacket cradling my head. The light blue, translucent water revealed the c...
San Ramon, California
It was the summer of 2016. I was ten years old and floating in Xcaret’s lazy river in Cancun, my lifejacket cradling my head. The light blue, translucent water revealed the c...
