Answer:
Nostalgia. This is a type of sentimental longing for what was in the past. Nostalgia is not always a positive word, due to men who fought in some wars were told to never speak of home or homeland. It caused so much depression that they would die.
Explanation:
He is referencing a land that is no longer there or is lost. We (the author) look back on when we were young and things were different, especially how they are different now that he cannot get back to what was special to him. It is like waking from a dream...and realizing that you can never have it back the way it was.
Yes you can do a story with these words, but you have to know the definitions of the words so that when you put them in your story they make sense
Glinda , the Good Witch of the North