memory by smelling?

so have you seen Someone Like you (2001). Movie by Ashley Judd and Greg Kinnear. There is one scene there where Ashley went to plastic surgeon to have her smelling memory be removed because everytime she smells a certain scent she remembers him (Greg).

Anyway, so memory by smelling… i was getting coffee across my office and one particular deli smelled of fried honey ham – well something like that. I had to stop and close my eyes.
It was not a good idea especially when other people are walking behind you but i just had to do it.

i don’t miss ham/bacon if that’s what you’re thinking. i am missing my mum! you may ask why?

she used to buy christmas ham like a month before christmas and freeze it. every morning she will slice some and fry it for breakky. that smell will wake me up and put a smile on my face because 1. i am hungry, 2. it’s so sweet that even if i am already 21 (at that time) she still cooks breakky for me. she’ll be proud after cooking because she actually liked the smell of it. for her it trully means christmas is in the air (literally).. LOL

so there i miss my mum because of that smell (just want to be clear on that)..

it’s now 2 years since we lost her and i miss her more when i see mum-daughter chrissie shopping and they fight over things that daughter wants to get but mum doesn’t want to pay.
that’s like our typical shopping when i was growing up..

then when i started earning my own money it was reverse role. she’ll want things that i don’t want to pay… LOL

I miss that!
I miss her!

~ by Sheryl on December 11, 2008.