article_snippet.sent: When our were kids, I would only ever open the door by a crack when people came by.
article_snippet.sent: our never had people over. '
article_snippet.sent: We didn't have a working refrigerator - We would leave food on the back porch in the winter, and get a cooler in the summer, but that would break too. '
article_snippet.sent: I had to leave in January of my senior year because the pipes broke.
article_snippet.sent: , there was no heating, and I was just 17.
article_snippet.sent: our never let anyone in, and then our left it behind.
article_snippet.sent: The first time I stepped in there, the memories washed over me.
highlights_snippet.sent: Refrigerator didn't work, trash piled up, but nothing was fixed.