Isn’t it funny that in photography we are always talking about recreating a moment so that you can keep it forever, but it’s not just photographs that make us remember. It’s the smells, the sounds and sometimes the taste associated with different times in our life that can remind us as well. One of my favorite lines in a book is from “The Divine Secrets of the Ya Ya Sisterhood” (by Rebecca Wells – amazing read – definitely should read this if you haven’t. Rebecca portrays emotions with similes the way no other author I’ve ever read does) and the main character was talking about her mother and she says (of her mother) “She used to say she could taste sleep and that it was as delicious as a BLT on fresh French bread” This is just an example again of how we associate things of joy with tastes, smells and sounds. I was actually thinking about this today as I drove to my friend Jayme’s house as during the drive a particular song came on and it reminded me of how much I love my husband. Then I thought about this and remembered smelling the same perfume that I wore during my wedding day and it brought be back. Nothing brings me back to my childhood better than the smell of cotton candy or that three colour neopolitan taffy. I can actually imagine the store just up the street where my friends and frittered away all of the change we could weedle out of family or got for our birthdays. When I hear wind chimes I think of the years growing up going to the cottage every summer and spending the whole day in my bathing suit, when I smell bonfires I think of camping trips gone by and roasting marshmallows. I think I am going to make it a goal of mine this wedding season to associate something with each bride and groom – perhaps a song and then play it on their wedding day to remind myself of why I am so happy to be there and what it is I like about them 🙂 Sorry for the ramble – I tend to get all introspective and emotional after talking with Jayme 🙂 I enjoyed visiting her this afternoon and it was nice to be around someone who has such a positive outlook – while still being realistic 🙂 So to leave you for the day I will leave you with the lyrics to the song that touched me on the way to her house …

“Easy Silence”

When the calls and conversations
Accidents and accusations
Messages and misperceptions
Paralyze my mind

Busses, cars, and airplanes leaving
Burning fumes of gasoline
And everyone is running
And I come to find a refuge in the

Easy silence that you make for me
It’s okay when there’s nothing more to say to me
And the peaceful quiet you create for me
And the way you keep the world at bay for me
The way you keep the world at bay

Monkeys on the barricades
Are warning us to back away
They form commissions trying to find
The next one they can crucify

And anger plays on every station
Answers only make more questions
I need something to believe in
Breathe in sanctuary in the

Easy silence that you make for me
It’s okay when there’s nothing more to say to me
And the peaceful quiet you create for me
And the way you keep the world at bay for me
The way you keep the world at bay

Children lose their youth too soon
Watching war made us immune
And I’ve got all the world to lose
But I just want to hold on to the

Easy silence that you make for me
It’s okay when there’s nothing more to say to me
And the peaceful quiet you create for me
And the way you keep the world at bay for me

The easy silence that you make for me
It’s okay when there’s nothing more to say to me
And the peaceful quiet you create for me
And the way you keep the world at bay for me
The way you keep the world at bay for me
The way you keep the world at bay

Another great quote from Rebecca Wells – Divine Secrets “We all have our best guides within us, if only we would listen” I am going to try and listen more to myself and less to the negative voices on the outside

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