To Grandmother’s House We Go…
It’s taken a long time, but Google Maps has finally begun working on coverage of the little Illinois town I grew up in. Sure, it’s blurry, low-resolution, and oddly angled. But there’s something deeply sentimental about the ability to walk the streets of your childhood from the privacy of your computer.
I came across a photo of my Grandma G’s house and it struck a sensitive nerve with me. I never drive by there, it’s just too much. And the new owners have really let it fall apart, which is all the more upsetting. But seeing it there on Google really took me back. I could smell the flowers in summertime and the fresh cut grass when my Dad took me over so he could mow her lawn.
It’s one of those memories we can never get back. She would have been 78 last Wednesday. Now thanks to Google, I can still visit her house any time I want.
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Wow! I miss you Grandma G.
Wow, I thought I was the only one who couldn’t go by his grandparents house b/c the new owners had let it go to hell and it just hurt too much… Grandma would have been 96 on the 5th of March and she’s been gone for 23 damn years, but it’s still too much to see her house looking like hell. I know exactly how you feel!
I love to look at places like this one….and think. The history, the food, the people, the sad times, the smiles. And how happy many people were then.
Hey! Nice memories, luckily I still have my grandparents and some great-grandparents alive; then again I’m only 20, but it’s cool to recall those old memories and everything!!
Best,
Greg
I live next door to my grandparent’s old house… and it hasn’t fallen into disrepair, but the new owners have completely renovated the inside. Makes me sad to think that all of the rooms aren’t as I remember them.
Thanks for taking us down memory lane with you!