A woman at our yard sale wore a perfume that smelled heavenly and familiar. “What are you wearing?” I asked. “White Shoulders,” she said.
Suddenly, I was bowled over by a flood of memories.
White Shoulders was the one gift I could count on at Christmas from my late mother.
We chatted awhile, and she bought some things and left.
A few hours later, she returned holding a new bottle of White Shoulders.
I don’t recall which one of us started crying first.
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