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Even though we only lived in Philadelphia a short while, this is the house where I have the most memories. I remember living right across from the school, the red door, and most importantly the people who lived there and around us. One of my favorite things about living here was that my family was only about a 15-minute drive away. I loved being around them and I even “ran away” to one of their houses once. Now, I miss out on birthday parties, reunions, and just regular old Sunday dinners after church. When I am with them today, I soak up every last second before I leave because I never know when I’ll be back. The best thing about living in this house was not the distance to my family, nor was it about the school being right across the …show more content…

We even called her Neighbor Della. The days in the summer when my brother and
I were bored, we would head straight over to Della’s to play a game, talk with her, pretty much anything you can think of. Jake and I would race over to her house which was like a 30 second trip but whoever got there first, got the first cookie and yes, I always lost. We would walk up the stone steps and inside the creaky door which was always unlocked and open because she feared no one. She used to tell us that her late husband Marion would keep a shotgun next to door hidden in a cubby in the wall. However, she never approved of this. He had died before we were born but she talked about him like he was always in the next room. I think she talked about him so much that she forgot he passed on because she would call to him sometimes while we were there and then shake her head, remembering he was gone. Her house always had a familiar peach smell. Most likely because she had two peach trees on either side of her house. Sometimes Jake and I would go out with a bucket and pick the good peaches for her while she watched from the window. Once inside, we would head straight for the kitchen table which was right past the entryway. The table always had a clean white linen table cloth on it with a plate of strawberry wafer cookies sitting right on top. There would be two cups of cold milk waiting on the table as well as one tall glass of ice water for her.

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