http://awwproject.org/2010/03/is-it-me-or-has-my-house-shrunk/ Sun, 20 May 2012 16:58:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://awwproject.org/2010/03/is-it-me-or-has-my-house-shrunk/#comment-1120 cleverfox#8hannah Tue, 08 Mar 2011 17:39:00 +0000 http://awwproject.org/?p=995#comment-1120 when i was born i lived in a apartment to me it was really big. now i live in a house with my brother and tow sisters. it looks really small to me because we only have three rooms. hope you have a big house. when i was born i lived in a apartment to me it was really big. now i live in a house with my brother and tow sisters. it looks really small to me because we only have three rooms. hope you have a big house.

]]> http://awwproject.org/2010/03/is-it-me-or-has-my-house-shrunk/#comment-1119 Carrie Southern Fri, 25 Jun 2010 06:58:18 +0000 http://awwproject.org/?p=995#comment-1119 Your vivid imagination is beautiful, just as your writing. Keep them coming! I am saving this site to my desktop. I need quicker access! Your vivid imagination is beautiful, just as your writing. Keep them coming! I am saving this site to my desktop. I need quicker access!

]]> http://awwproject.org/2010/03/is-it-me-or-has-my-house-shrunk/#comment-1118 Jere Fri, 16 Apr 2010 06:12:02 +0000 http://awwproject.org/?p=995#comment-1118 Lovely. My heart and mind stood there with you and understood. Lovely. My heart and mind stood there with you and understood.

]]> http://awwproject.org/2010/03/is-it-me-or-has-my-house-shrunk/#comment-1117 Andrea Heyn Tue, 30 Mar 2010 01:05:03 +0000 http://awwproject.org/?p=995#comment-1117 I have very strong memories just like yours. I grew up in Los Angeles, near the airport. We moved from that area to a suburb when I was 4. Whenever we'd go to the airport, we would drive by the old house. One time, when I was in my late teens, I flew in to visit my parents and I asked to drive past our old house. As we drove into the old neighborhood, it was like something in science fiction. The shrubs were there, The trees, the house numbers on the curb but the houses were completely removed. Gone. Gone. Plucked up from the ground like carrots and then the ground smoothed over. You see, it was easier to remove the houses than make the planes quiet. The regulations said that the planes couldn't interfere with people's sleep or their hearing above a certain level. So, they removed the people. Weird. I have very strong memories just like yours. I grew up in Los Angeles, near the airport. We moved from that area to a suburb when I was 4. Whenever we’d go to the airport, we would drive by the old house. One time, when I was in my late teens, I flew in to visit my parents and I asked to drive past our old house. As we drove into the old neighborhood, it was like something in science fiction. The shrubs were there, The trees, the house numbers on the curb but the houses were completely removed. Gone. Gone. Plucked up from the ground like carrots and then the ground smoothed over. You see, it was easier to remove the houses than make the planes quiet. The regulations said that the planes couldn’t interfere with people’s sleep or their hearing above a certain level. So, they removed the people. Weird.

]]> http://awwproject.org/2010/03/is-it-me-or-has-my-house-shrunk/#comment-1116 Nancy Antle Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:27:24 +0000 http://awwproject.org/?p=995#comment-1116 This is a wonderful child's eye view of the world. I particularly liked how you measured the steps it took you from the gate to the door -- then and now. I hope you'll write about your new house too. This is a wonderful child’s eye view of the world. I particularly liked how you measured the steps it took you from the gate to the door — then and now. I hope you’ll write about your new house too.

]]> http://awwproject.org/2010/03/is-it-me-or-has-my-house-shrunk/#comment-1115 Brittney Mon, 15 Mar 2010 23:36:26 +0000 http://awwproject.org/?p=995#comment-1115 This is amazing, but sad, being away from your home for so long, wow, I can't even stand the thought of moving away from where I am now. When y our 7 Years Old, the whole world looks bigger from a 7 year old's point of view. This is amazing, but sad, being away from your home for so long, wow, I can’t even stand the thought of moving away from where I am now. When y our 7 Years Old, the whole world looks bigger from a 7 year old’s point of view.

]]> http://awwproject.org/2010/03/is-it-me-or-has-my-house-shrunk/#comment-1114 Elisabeth Mon, 15 Mar 2010 20:02:40 +0000 http://awwproject.org/?p=995#comment-1114 Aisha, This is a story we can all relate to so well. To hold an image in our minds about something only to find our minds often create what we want to see and not what is real. Thank you for your story. Aisha, This is a story we can all relate to so well. To hold an image in our minds about something only to find our minds often create what we want to see and not what is real. Thank you for your story.

]]> http://awwproject.org/2010/03/is-it-me-or-has-my-house-shrunk/#comment-1113 Jordan Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:56:28 +0000 http://awwproject.org/?p=995#comment-1113 It iz great that ur gratefull. best of luck to you in your new home! It iz great that ur gratefull. best of luck to you in your new home!

]]> http://awwproject.org/2010/03/is-it-me-or-has-my-house-shrunk/#comment-1112 elaine Sun, 14 Mar 2010 02:58:12 +0000 http://awwproject.org/?p=995#comment-1112 What a wonderful depiction of a child's perspective! Yes; things always seemed much bigger when we were kids. This writer beautifully describes the disappointment and tension of coming back home. What a wonderful depiction of a child’s perspective! Yes; things always seemed much bigger when we were kids. This writer beautifully describes the disappointment and tension of coming back home.

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