He never said like a normal dad; every day for as long as I could “good morning” remember he had a different greeting. In fact, not much about my dad was normal. He drove a green Subaru Outback that was as old as dirt, was and skinny as a teenage boy. He had a 6’2” shaggy beard and piercing eyes that made him look wild, like a werewolf, but his bright smile showed he bite. Our whole family was proud because Dad had recently been put on didn’t assignment for National Geographic, his dream job since age 10. That was the reason we were on this river boat cruising down the Amazon slower than even that dang Outback. My mom, a doctor at the biggest hospital in Wyoming, was on medical leave for three months for back surgery, and Kira and I were out of school for the summer. The timing have been better. couldn’t I plopped down between my parents and began scooping my own papaya fruit clean of seeds. could you tell Kira to stay in her own bed at night? getting really I “Hey, It’s annoying,” said. Mom looked up from her you know she gets scared sleeping in new papaya. “Melly, places. I know hard but try to be it’s patient.” Dad said, try to get her to help me with photos later today “Your mom’s right,” “but I’ll so out of your she’s hair.” I smiled a smile of gratitude. I loved my sister, but being crammed together on a tiny boat in the Amazon was tiring. To make matters worse, we stopping in any more villages for weren’t the next two days.
He never said “good morning” like a normal dad; every day for as long as I could remember he had a different greeting. In fact, not much about my dad was normal. He drove a green Subaru Outback that was as old as dirt, was 6’2” and skinny as a teenage boy. He had a shaggy beard and piercing eyes that made him look wild, like a werewolf, but his bright smile showed he didn’t bite. Our whole family was proud because Dad had recently been put on assignment for National Geographic, his dream job since age 10. That was the reason we were on this river boat cruising down the Amazon slower than even that dang Outback. My mom, a doctor at the biggest hospital in Wyoming, was on medical leave for three months for back surgery, and Kira and I were out of school for the summer. The timing couldn’t have been better. I plopped down between my parents and began scooping my own papaya fruit clean of seeds. “Hey, could you tell Kira to stay in her own bed at night? It’s getting really annoying,” I said. Mom looked up from her papaya. “Melly, you know she gets scared sleeping in new places. I know it’s hard but try to be patient.” “Your mom’s right,” Dad said, “but I’ll try to get her to help me with photos later today so she’s out of your hair.” I smiled a smile of gratitude. I loved my sister, but being crammed together on a tiny boat in the Amazon was tiring. To make matters worse, we weren’t stopping in any more villages for the next two days.
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