Smell (January 30, 2010)

January 30, 2010 I think many times we forget to be thankful for the little things like our sense of smell. I have always had a very sensitive sense of smell, but one of my sisters doesn't have one at all. She said that’s probably why she can eat almost anything  Granted, things taste a lot stronger to me than her because of that sense of smell. Have you ever tried to eat chocolate with your nose plugged? Yuck! And yet, add smell and it’s heavenly (to most of us anyway.). Interestingly enough, smell is one of the strongest ‘memory keepers’ I have. Smells bring back such strong memories or feelings from events long past. Whenever I smell Lemons I remember a dream I had when I was about 5 years old. I was dressed in a white cotton lace sundress walking through a beautiful grassy orchard of lemon trees. Everything was bright and the scent of lemons was strong! The grass was brilliant green and the sky majestic blue. It was complete peace. So when I smell lemons, it calms me. When I smell wet, hot asphalt I remember walking along our newly paved driveway in Oregon with my brothers and sisters and telling them a made up story as we went. When I smell coffee, I think of my Grandparents and their smile and love. The smell of daffodils brings me back to my childhood picking flowers; the smell of pine trees, when I used to climb the Ponderosa pines in Oregon. There are so many more, but I bore you. I am just thankful for my senses.