Taken For Granted
Personal memory by Tyler Heist
2010 • Mechanicsburg, PA, USA
After moving from Pennsylvania to Florida, I realized how much the surrounding nature had an effect on me. Living in Pennsylvania I took for granted the deer I would see run through my backyard; or the robin that eats the berries off our berry bush. All of which I really miss.
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