"I just had a thought. And it was something to write down.
The smell of my hand lotion, I thought, is something that reminds me of going to bed [here]... propping myself up, dim lighting, in this bedroom, in this bed, and reading a book - for pleasure - before going to sleep. And that smell will forever remind me of going to bed [here]. It will remind me of this moment, and this moment is worth remembering. It's not just the weekends, the parties and the friends that I love about [here], but it's the going-to-bed-sober during the week too. Different feelings. Different moments. Different memories, but I would never take a picture of this moment like I would on a weekend... but I think that's why I have this smell. At the end of this chapter, and when I'm on to a new one, I will get a new smell. A new photograph of that simple thing that is worth remembering."
The smell of my hand lotion, I thought, is something that reminds me of going to bed [here]... propping myself up, dim lighting, in this bedroom, in this bed, and reading a book - for pleasure - before going to sleep. And that smell will forever remind me of going to bed [here]. It will remind me of this moment, and this moment is worth remembering. It's not just the weekends, the parties and the friends that I love about [here], but it's the going-to-bed-sober during the week too. Different feelings. Different moments. Different memories, but I would never take a picture of this moment like I would on a weekend... but I think that's why I have this smell. At the end of this chapter, and when I'm on to a new one, I will get a new smell. A new photograph of that simple thing that is worth remembering."
Take it all in.
