Smells evoke childhood memories Issue 16 Home Page

Photo: dreamybox5 /Joanna When I was very young, my mother used to buy me baked sweet potatoes whenever I accompanied her shopping in the market. Lost in the Market Chen Kung Yi from Taiwan I was born in a rural district in Taipei. When I was very young, my mother used to buy me baked sweet potatoes whenever I accompanied her shopping in the market. When she gave me one, it was as if was the most precious thing I had in my life. I focused all my attention on that sweet potato. Once, I was enjoying one so much that I wasn't paying attention to where I was going and I got lost in the market. I tried hard to find my mother, but I couldn't. I wondered what I should do because I didn't know anybody around me. Suddenly, I got a bright idea. I ran to the sweet potato vendor, and I stood there waiting for my mother to come find me. Finally, she came. She was so surprised when she saw me next to the vendor. I told her if I ever got lost again to look for me there. My mother laughed and bought me another piece of baked sweet potato. Time has passed so fast. You can't find any more sweet potato vendors on the sidewalk anymore. But every time that my mother cooks a sweet potato, it brings back my memory of that day. Read about more smells that evoke memories: Standing There in the Corral The Signal to Go Back Home | It Woke Up Our Hunger | Until I Smell Pines Return to: The World of Smells | Issue 16 | Home Page TOPICS Online Magazine - ©1997-2008 - topics.mag@gmail.com - Sandy and Thomas Peters