This story was originally published in September 2021.

The end of summer always brings some self-reflection. My thoughts turn to those special places both as a child growing up in Pennsylvania, and today, living life Down East. On a recent trip back to Allentown, Pennsylvania, the place I was born and raised, I had the opportunity to visit one such place — a place I have not been back to in a very long time.

Growing up on the south side of Allentown, I never gave much thought to the places we spent most of our time. I guess as children we looked at time differently. Perhaps the obscurity of time is essential for childhood exploits as one moves through a young life of games, play and sometimes, questionable behavior.

But as we grow older, those same places and the memories they hold begi

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