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A Balloon in Cactus
An Evening In Paris With Mom
(May 10th is Día de las Madres - Mothers' Day - in Mexico)By Maggie Van Ostrand
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Someone was wearing Evening In Paris perfume the other day, and the scent instantly reminded me of Mom. I haven't smelled Evening In Paris since we lost her, yet its fragrance transported me back to childhood and the Mother's Day when I broke a bottle of it.
When I was little, I thought Mom was a goddess. I could sometimes be found clumping around in her high heels, scrunching my toes into a ball in an unsuccessful attempt to keep my feet from sliding all the way down into the pointy toes.
She had beautiful hats, which I dearly wanted to try on, especially the ones with veils, but I couldn't reach them all the way up on the hall closet's top shelf where they perched on faceless wooden heads.
One particular Mother's Day, I sneaked into forbidden territory -- my parents' bedroom. I intended to apply the contents of various tubes, jars and bottles of lady stuff, using many colored pencils; soft, fat brushes; pots of rouge and powder.
I can remember smearing her lipstick across my mouth; some color actually made it inside the lip lines. I attacked her huge pink container of powder, and its fuzzy puff made a scented pink cloud as I vigorously pummeled my face with it.
Standing regally in its prominent position on a special shelf. . .
Maggie Van Ostrand is a wonderful storyteller with great insight. To read all her articles all the time, we invite you to join our family of subscribers... it isn't expensive. A monthly subscription is just $5.00 USD - that's $1.15 per week. An annual subscription costs $30.00 USD - only $2.50 per month or 58 cents per week. If you're interested in living or retiring in Mexico, we think you'll find it's money well spent.
Subscribe today and always read all the articles!Maggie Van Ostrand, writer, lives in Ajijic Mexico and Pine Mountain California. Her stories appear in the Chicago Tribune, the Boston Globe, El Ojo Del Lago, and various magazines. She co-authored "Home Is Where The Hurt Is" with Tony- and Grammy-winning country humorist Roger Miller, and ghostwrites for television sitcoms.
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