Personal memory by Trae Ware
2016 • Cincinnati, OH, USA
When I was younger, maybe around the age of 4 or 5 years old, I remember I would go outside and play with my brother and sister in the backyard and play around this huge tree that was just sitting in the back and stood tall over the neighborhood. Sometimes we would even try to climb it to see how far we could go. Now that we're older, we go back and visit the area where it once was. It got cut down and the house was turned into a business office. it really put me in shock to know that all of this happened, but I will never forget the times of playing in the backyard and climbing that tree with my siblings.
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