Five years ago, my grandparents moved into with us from the village. They were deteriorating from their old age, and my father found out it difficult to care them and focus on his work at the same time. So he requested my grandfather and grandfather to live with us. Firstly, they were reluctant to live with us, but however, after some casualty by my sister and I, they agreed. We had focused on convincing them too much. We forgot about one thing. We were living in the 4-bedroom house, and it was quite small to live with us, and it wasn’t sufficient for six of us to live in the house. We adjusted for a while, but after, ultimately, my father decided to rent a more bigger house that contained a 6-bedroom. I think there wasn’t quite a difference between the houses, because the new house was quite old, and my old feelings had mixed. On the one hand, I was very happy to own my own, on the other hand, the house we shifted to wasn’t comfortable as the previous one. There was no air-conditional in my room, and during the day, I was barely able to stay in my room, but however, in the night, I was really able to stay and sleep in the room. Moreover, I missed my old neighborhood a lot, because there were many children of my age in the previous neighborhood. I still reminisce about my old neighborhood because of their children, and I had some experience of it. Totally, I’m really thankful for my parents because they gave me a lot of time to stay in my room.
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Five years ago, my grandparents moved in with us from the village. They were deteriorating due to their old age, and my father found it difficult to care for them while focusing on his work at the same time. So he requested my grandfather and grandmother to live with us. Initially, they were reluctant to move in, but after some persuasion from my sister and me, they agreed. We focused so much on convincing them that we forgot one important thing. We were living in a 4-bedroom house, which was quite small for all of us, and it wasn't sufficient for the six of us to live comfortably. We adjusted for a while, but ultimately, my father decided to rent a bigger house that had six bedrooms. I think there wasn't much difference between the houses because the new house was quite old, and my feelings were mixed. On one hand, I was very happy to have my own space; on the other hand, the house we moved to wasn't as comfortable as the previous one. There was no air conditioning in my room, and during the day, I could barely stay in my room. However, at night, I was able to stay and sleep comfortably. Moreover, I missed my old neighborhood a lot because there were many children my age in the previous neighborhood. I still reminisce about my old neighborhood because of those children, and I had some great experiences there. Overall, I'm really thankful to my parents because they gave me a lot of time to stay in my room.
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