The smell of home.is a Comfort.
Went to find the "cup" for the nightly cup of tea. Grabbed a lime green with orange polka dots on it. Its from a set I acquired somewhere along the line. It's one that doesnt get much stage time, but when she shines, shes is a good choice. While cleaning up the Christmas stuff today I collected all the "junk" that seems to fill the corners of my house. You know stuff that gets dropped on the counter when people come home, and then I throw into a big bowl in the cupboards. Well I collected all that stuff and poured it into a huge Christmas gift bag. All kindsof things.. Sunglasses, race cars, jewelry, birthday cards, marbles, and multiple chapsticks. Chapstick... I put it on my lips tonight and BAMMM... I'm back. The smell of chapstick, and the vision of the small black tube my Dad carried in his pocket... all the time. As soon as it went on I was taken back to the times sitting ON HIS FEET on the Living Room floor on myrtle ave. We had a co...