Tag Archives: scent memories

WP Challenge: My earliest memory

Posted on August 6, 2013 by Carol Burnside / Annie Rayburn

“Bump me, Daddy.” My feet have barely touched down in powdery soft dirt dotted with ant lion dens when I ask. Perhaps I say it twice, a little begging in the second request due to the fact he’s had a long work week and is hungry because the pastor was long-winded. Continue reading →

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Scent Memories

Posted on December 6, 2011 by Carol Burnside / Annie Rayburn

Today I unpacked a box of my mother’s things. In it was a clean dish towel acting as a buffer between two dishes. On a whim I raised the towel to my rose, inhaled and began to weep. Fourteen months and … Continue reading →

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