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 The water splashed as I dove off the glass bottom boat, for my first time snorkeling in the deep ocean water. I was more scared than I had ever been, even though I had a life jacket strapped on under my arms. I felt my stomach for the life jacket just to make sure it was still there. My hand touched the buckle around my waist.

 Then I looked around me. It was like an underwater dream land. There was beautiful fish and coral everywhere. I was so amazed. I almost forgot my fear of drowning. A Zebra fish floated by and I was no longer afraid, I was too happy to be.

 I swam forward to catch up with my mom, I thought of my sister, still on the little boat. She was probably gazing through the glass bottom at the turtles and fish. Finally I caught up with my mom. I glided over to her and we swam together with the fish. I had never been happier, and right then I knew I belonged with the water, I was made for water.  "We are going to be on the island for a week, and the whole week I would spend swimming, " I thought as I did the Breast stroke.

 After a while my legs started to get tired, so I swam over to my mom and told her I was tired while treading water. She told me to swim back to the boat and wait for my dad, who would stay in the water while we went back.  Once on the boat, I wrapped myself in a towel and thought about the ocean. The water was definitely a place I felt at home.