memories
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memories of smells
There are some smells from childhood that stick with you, smells with which you quickly associate a memory of a person, place or thing. Here are some on mine from growing up in India. 1. fried fish = missing grandma 2. sticky, sweet honey = grandpa slaughtering a giant jack fruit with his machete 3. Read more
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old ties, forever friends
In the mail yesterday was a bright yellow envelope from Kate Blom. The Bloms attend our home church in Maryland, one that we haven’t been able to rejoin since we moved to Nepal and then to Oregon. We haven’t lived in Maryland since 2000, but 10 years and more later, our Maryland church family still Read more
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