Town Description--trying to catch up

What seems to be a typical suburban neighborhood, where all the houses look the same, was my life for fifteen years. But this isn’t typical. All the houses happen to be Victorian houses from over a hundred years ago, but the only way to tell them apart was by looking at their backyards. The world beyond Pine Street felt infinite, but for the children of Pine Street all we had were the days we spent together running around in those very different backyards.

Mine had the big swing set and a field that we played kickball in. Next to me were the Slikers who had an above ground pool. Next to them were the Morgenthiens. One of them, Karline was my best friend since forever and they had the awesome in-ground pool that was heated and had a diving board. After that there was a four family apartment complex. Then across the street there was the Erhard Family. Next to them were the Vogts, who used to like where Kyle and Shannon did. And those were the people I spent every day in the summer with and all the snow days too.

On snow days we tended to go behind the houses to this pond that would freeze over and we could skate on it. This day, it wasn’t completely frozen and I fell into the water. I lost one of my Little Mermaid boots, and they were my favorite. Karline, being the best friend she was, crafted a fishing pole and got it out for me and left it on my front porch with a note.