Memories

“Most of our childhood is stored not in photos, but in certain biscuits, lights of day, smells, textures of carpet.” – Alain de Botton

“Smells, like music hold memories. She breathed deep and bottled it up for posterity.” – Arundhati Roy

We have a lot of memories, emotions and feelings from our childhoods that are associated with smells and music. They are burned into who we are. My greatest task, I feel, as a parent is to create so many happy memories and moments of belonging and affirmation that our children have to really search to find the sad memories. That’s what LOVE means to us. Also:

Full bellies

Conversation

A long table

Laughter

Kindred spirits

Lots of hugs and kisses

Building bridges

Kind words

Winnie the Pooh said it best: “If you live to be 100, I hope to live to be 100 minus one day so I never have to live without you.”