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The following is a piece of writing submitted by Storytell on September 12, 2016

My Summer Vacation

When I was a kid I used to travel a lot. I loved it. Memories of travel are all happy memories. My father got to travel through work and I got to go with him. He worked in Greece for a period. I loved Greece and the Magic stuck with me. A land of exotic smells, summer, waterslides and happy grownups who talked to me, smiled and gave me treats. And, best of all a land where my father was happy. You learn to regard your circumstances as a child as normal, without experience and comparison you are as a kid totally present in the current. I learned that my dad wasn't really a happy man and I don't regard much of my childhood as happy in hindsight. But my father was happy in Greece and therefore, so was I. He left and we never went back together.

My love for Greece was renewed as soon as I was old enough to travel on my own. I feel I have visited every island and enjoyed every sunset only wanting to do it all over again. I want to see the world but Greece always pulls me back when ever I have the time and money to travel. No real summer without the wonderful tranquillity of the Mediterranean sea where it is most genuine and beautiful. Greece.

As soon as my own kids were old enough, we have spent Our summers there. No summer without the tastes and smells of Greece. We laugh and smile and I am happy. The children are happy, ice-cream and the smells and tastes of what felt like the land of eternal summer embraces us warmly. So warm, so calm, so happy. But I am not always happy. The see me happy in Greece and wants us to go back, always.

This summer I did not go to Greece. I pick up the peaches, and try my best. I want my kids to see me happy. This summer I only saw them for a few weeks. I'm building something new for me and them. Next summer the sun will return. I will be happy, in Greece or right here. And they will be happy to.

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