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Juniper Breeze Experience
Nov 30, 2009 at 2:45 PM
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After washing our hands, Julia informed me that she needed some lotion to put on her hands. Well I gave her the cheapo stuff that daddy uses...teehee...and she just wasn't having it. Said that it 'stinks mommie!' Well I couldn't have my princess having stinky hands, so I got underneath the sink and pulled out the bag of lotions. You know which bag I'm referring to. The one that's filled with 10-15 different scents from Bath and Body Works, all shapes and sizes and more than you can use in a lifetime, but you keep on buying them because they run such great after holiday sales!!!

I was trying to decide which scent we should use, mood is everything when picking which scent to wear....and my mood today was a little sad. It's that time of year and I'm missing my mom. I have determined in my heart that I will find my joy and express it thru living it, but that doesn't mean the sadness isn't still lurking. I was digging through the bag when a beautiful blue-green color caught my eye. Juniper Breeze. It was my mom's favorite scent from Bath and Body Works, in fact this very bottle was hers. When she died I took all of her bottles of lotion and perfume...I took her scent with me... it's so nice to be able to put some on and be carried away by the sweet memories. Tonight was one of those nights. It was more than just one of those nights...it was magical.

I pulled the bottle of Juniper Breeze from the bag, and sat down cross-legged on the bathroom floor. Julia came over and I showed her the bottle and told her that this lotion was very special to me. I explained how it had been Nana's favorite scent, and that she always wore it. I told her how I used to rub Nana's feet with it when she wasn't feeling well, and how that always made her feel better. I told her how every time I smelled this lotion I think of Nana, and how much I love her...She listened with eyes wide with the importance of the moment, and then held out her little hands to receive her first Juniper Breeze experience. I can't tell you how it made me feel when my Jewel put her little nose down into her hand and took a deep breath and went 'Mmmm-mmmmm.....' I know on some level it must seem silly that I'm so happy she likes the scent...but it really means so much to me!!! My picky little girl, very opinionated indeed, and she likes it! We sat there on the floor having such a mother-daughter moment....it made me miss my mom so damn much, but at the same time feel so very close to her. Julia sat and listened while I told her stories about her Nana, eagerly giving input with details that she already knew. Tonight Nana came alive with a Juniper Breeze experience.