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Apparently, I Smell
And someone is okay with that
Have you ever had anyone tell you that you smell? It can be a little startling to hear that, am I right? The first thing you want to do is smell yourself to see what they are talking about but you can’t do that. You can smell other people but you can’t smell yourself. Maybe that’s because you are in that smell all the time so it doesn’t register.
Noses are funny things.
Last month when I was having Christmas merriment with my two granddaughters my oldest granddaughter was showing me the little table in her room where she keeps all her prized possessions. She opened up a little wooden box that I had once given her and inside was a little birthday present that I had given her for her birthday in November.
She explained, “I keep your present in this box so that it doesn’t lose its smell.”
“Can I smell it?” I smelled it but could not smell a thing, “I can’t smell anything.”
She put it to her nose and took a deep whiff, “Oh yeah, it definitely smells. It smells just like you, Grandpa.”
WTF?! I have a smell? I smell?
“Whenever I want to think of you I just get this out and smell it and it’s like you’re right here.”
