tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4246474599139548059.post7997858993912762957..comments2023-05-10T07:10:38.108-05:00Comments on Write By Bethany: What Memories!Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15251165846110483258noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4246474599139548059.post-11488639944443137512011-08-10T15:55:37.287-05:002011-08-10T15:55:37.287-05:00Tonette,
Cool memories! Thank you for dropping by...Tonette,<br /><br />Cool memories! Thank you for dropping by and sharing them :-)Bethanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04001921970529109760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4246474599139548059.post-61982393117776641432011-08-10T08:04:11.170-05:002011-08-10T08:04:11.170-05:00I think smells and songs will bring back memories ...I think smells and songs will bring back memories faster than anything.I can hear an oldie on the radio, especially a VERY old oldie,(as I have an older sister who played rock from the time I was tiny and my mother, who raised us on Frank Sinatra), and be transported in my mind to a certain day, place or event.<br />There is a certain 'old-house' smell that will take me straight back to days at my aunt's house where I spent much time as a child. I lived out west for a long time, now that I am farther east,I have mimosa trees and honeysuckle flanking my driveway. Stepping out of my side door on humid summer evenings can make me almost dizzying into time-travel back to my childhood, to my neighbor's mimosa tree and the honeysuckle growing on the fence between our yards.<br />Recently, I opened a box for one of my grandkids.It's toy contents had a strong, particular rubbery/plastic odor. I handed the box to my sister.I said, "Smell!" Her eyes lit up!It was 'Christmas Morning' to us; the way every one of them smelled to us as children.Little girls got a new doll every Christmas morning back then, and that box contained the 'new-doll-smell'.I won't tell you how very many years it has been since either of us got a new doll for Christmas, but we will never forget the feeling that the smell brings back.<br />Thanks for the memories!<br />TonetteAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com