My name is Julie Peterson and
I have lived in my house of 47th Avenue and Aster for almost my
entire life. Growing up in a pleasant neighborhood allowed my childhood to
be full of great memories. When I created my memory map, I drew the
neighborhood that I remembered when I was a young child.
My house is located in a cold
de sac, that is right off the street named Aster. I live in a one story
house that is surrounded by tall trees. To the right of my house, is the
“Cat House”. My family appropriately named this house this because our
neighbor, who no longer lives there, used to have at least 60 cats that
would just run wild. It got so out of control that the Humane Society came
in and removed them all one by one. The house to the left, is my childhood
friend Jessica’s house. She was always jumping our wall to come and play!
Across the street lived the Markum’s, our families grew very close while
they lived across the street.
Located in the middle of our
cold de sac, was a painted line that construction workers painted for some
reason. My friends and I used this line as the starting line to all of our
races, whether they were on foot or bike. However we would never run past
the house with the angry dog because we were scared the dog might jump
the fence. Riding bikes was a huge part of my childhood. I would ride my
bike all around the neighborhood and on my memory map the tree that is
marked “Oak Tree- shade“, was the tree that we would all eat our lunches
under during the summer time. When I got a little older I was allowed to
ride my bike up to the McDonalds on the corner. I remember riding my bike
the day that I met my friend Ben, who was standing outside his house
(located on map). We became good friends, and we would ride bikes almost
everyday. We would never want to ride by the mean lady’s house (located on
map) because she would always yell at us.
Although the neighborhood has
changed greatly since my childhood, I will never forget all the great
memories I had there as a child.
