Today’s challenge was a picture of a scent that reminded you
of your child. I thought of this one for
a while as there are many scents that bring me back to my pregnancy and to
her. When I was pregnant and had morning
sickness the first few months, the girls in the office connected to ours made
bacon every morning. The smell was awful
to my sensitive stomach.
The smell of diaper cream/baby powder brings me back to
having her in my arms. She smelled so
fresh and sweet. Since losing her, I
have found that the sunscreen my husband uses smells A LOT like her baby care
items. Every time he uses it, I am
brought back to her. It’s a great
smell. I’ve truthfully smelled the
diaper cream and sunscreen on more than one occasion to bring me back to those
moments with her.
But, I think the smell that really brings me back to it all
is her room. The room created a scent of
its own when we started transforming it into her room a few months before she
was born. I think it is a combination of
all of the new furniture, mixed with the smell of her clothes and blankets
washed in baby detergent and the smell of baby care items. These scents have all combined together to
make her room have a scent like no other in our home. Before she was born, the scent was
there. It brings back memories of the
hours I spent in there preparing it and making it perfect for her. When she was here, we spent time just rocking
in her rocking chair and scent was there.
After she left us, the door mainly is closed but when I go in her room,
the scent is still there and it brings me back to all of the memories of
pregnancy and of her. When I want to
feel close to her, I go and sit in her room with the door closed and just take
in the scent of my memories of her.
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