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What Are Your Favorite Smells from Childhood?

What Are Your Favorite Smells from Childhood?

by MarianBeaman | Aug 20, 2025 | blog, British History, Easter, Family / Nostalgia, meditation, Memory, Mennonite History, Mennonite Lore, Uncategorized

10 Scents from My Young Life 1. Saffron in Grandma’s pot pie   Grandma used burnt-orange threads of saffron from a white packet. Mine comes in a tiny glass jar from Homegoods, more expensive, of course.     2. Tomatoes on vine in our Bainbridge, Pennsylvania...
Rich Memories of Mother and Brother 2018

Rich Memories of Mother and Brother 2018

by MarianBeaman | May 23, 2018 | blog, Family / Nostalgia, Memory, Mennonite History, Mennonite Lore, Nostalgia, Quotations, Reflection, Uncategorized

I am blessed because I had a Mother who . . .    Read to me In appreciation, I once gave this book as a Mother’s Day present to my mother. It came back to me when we sorted through her books and papers in 2014.   A well-worn book Mother read to her...

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