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Previous Challenge Entry (Level 1 – Beginner)
Topic: Fragrance (10/24/05)
Fragrance Of Love

The Webster's dictionary defines fragrance as "having an agreeable, especially sweet odor". I must agree.
My favorite is the smell of my Granma Bible.
In the summer it's the scent of the petunias on the front porch as we pull in her drive. It's the scent of tomatoes from the garden, potting soil and new green plants. The winter brings the scent of cinnamon, nutmeg,and powdered sugar icing in an array of colors and the wonderful smell of fresh baked cookies! Pumpkin pie, peppermint, bananas and the faint smell of pipe and cigarrette smoke take me back to the family holiday gatherings at her home.
Fresh linens,expensive perfume in pretty glass bottles, lipsticks in shiny tubes mingle with the scent of anxiety at getting caught sneaking into the spare bedroom to admire the pretties! It's the smell of sewing machine oil, new fabric, sand, empty soap bottles or a new ball yarn of as I watch her make a doll or crochete an afghan.
It's the smell of an opened can of catfood that takes me to the back porch as her cats are fed. It's the smell of an old bible as you turn the pages reminding me of all the prayers she sent off for her family and for me.
When I inhale one of these scents I am instantly transported back in time to Granma's house. I hear her voice, see her standing in her kitchen or green house,or sitting at the sewing machine.
Then I catch a whiff of leather, lotion and and nursing home laundry and I see her in her wheelchair, still getting around and taking care of granpa though her legs are gone.
The smell of fresh ripe plums can make me cry. I snuck some in to the hospital for her because she did not care for their food and was so hungry for some fresh fruit. I kept a watch out for the nurses as she relished them and hid the last one for a later snack! It was to be the last smell of her I would have. She went home to the Lord two days later.
When I think of all these wonderful smells and I'm reminded of Granma,and I realize I have smelled the fragrance of love.
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Donna Wilson
11/01/05
I like your story, thanks.
Nina Phillips
11/01/05
That was a very good story, and explanation that went well with your title. Good work! God bless ya, littlelight
dub W
11/01/05
Nice little tight essay, a remememberance - usually, we spell "grandma" with a "d" but pronounce it without. Do away with the exclamation marks, and put spaces between your paragraphs. Watch out for casual use of 2nd. person (you). Thanks for posting.
terri tiffany
11/01/05
You described so many wonderful scents and brought great memories to my own mind. I agree about the separating of paragraphs..makes it easier to read. Keep writing, you have a talent for descriptions.
Carol Adams
11/02/05
The imprint of Grandma is so very special and as you said their fragrance upon our lives are indeniable. Thanks for your good article. I am so reminded of my fragrant
godly grandmother. A lovely read.
Jan Ackerson
11/03/05
You did a very nice job of capturing your memories and passing them on to us. You don't need to start with the dictionary definition; it's a device that usually doesn't add to an essay. You defined the word "fragrance" with your word picture: who needs Webster?