I loved this quote from your piece, "When I was little, I thought lipstick smelled like waxy cigarettes and coffee. I didn’t realize that was just the smell of my mother’s mouth." It is precisely the same thoughts I probably had whenever my mother decided to wear lipstick...which only really happened during the holidays...but the cigarettes and coffee - those were constant.
Thanks for putting this out there...I enjoyed it. I also thought about marriage and how my thoughts have changed over the years...
I loved this quote from your piece, "When I was little, I thought lipstick smelled like waxy cigarettes and coffee. I didn’t realize that was just the smell of my mother’s mouth." It is precisely the same thoughts I probably had whenever my mother decided to wear lipstick...which only really happened during the holidays...but the cigarettes and coffee - those were constant.
Thanks for putting this out there...I enjoyed it. I also thought about marriage and how my thoughts have changed over the years...