{"id":49461,"date":"2015-06-03T15:09:13","date_gmt":"2015-06-03T19:09:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mattsteffen.com\/?p=49461"},"modified":"2016-08-07T17:02:19","modified_gmt":"2016-08-07T21:02:19","slug":"retracing-my-steps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mattsteffen.com\/retracing-my-steps\/","title":{"rendered":"retracing my steps"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A\u00a0sentimental self portrait of sorts.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been returning to places from my past that meant something to me\u00a0&#8211; childhood vacation spots, my grade school, my grandparents&#8217; house.\u00a0\u00a0I wanted to see them again\u00a0as an\u00a0adult, to see if I remember them as they were. \u00a0Some places haven&#8217;t changed a bit, some are gone completely.\u00a0\u00a0The only thing that has been constant, they seem <em>much<\/em> smaller than I\u00a0remember them.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\t\t\t<style>\r\n                #foogallery-gallery-49572.fg-masonry .fg-item {\r\n          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