Ambi Pur does the
magic again. Creating memories for me with it's
fragrances like New Zealand springs & Thai dragon fruit. Now if I
ever get a chance to visit these places, I'll have nostalgic memories or flashes
of me spraying ambi pur room freshener in my house. & now with the
"Smelly To Smiley" contest a chance to share some magic fragrances
which take me back for a walk in the foggy memory lane.
Power cut-offs is not a frequent thing in the area I live. But Whenever it does
happen emergency light is always available. Once there was power cut & as
usual we took out emergency light. It didn't switched ON as it wasn't charged.
Thus began MISSION CANDLE, mom, dad, bro & me searching the whole house for
a candle under our mobile's flash light. Finally found one in drawer. I lit it
up. Whole family in one drawing room. After
15 minutes electricity was back. I blew the candle & as soon as the
fumes reached my nostrils this memory started playing in my mind.
"my 6th birthday morning in a new place. I ran to my mom
& asked excitedly "who all are
coming to my birthday party?"
"do u have any friends here?" asked my mom. "NO" I
replied. "but we'll have a party,cake,balloons right?" I asked hoping
she would say yes. "if there's not going to be any people then why buy all
these things. I'll make kheer, chole -puri. " mom replied with a straight
face. I didn't said anything & went back. I had accepted the fate of my 6th
birthday. In the evening after waking from an afternoon nap I saw my dad &
bro blowing up balloons. My face lit up thinking atleast there's going to be balloons. As evening progressed , my
dad brought a cardboard box & put it on the table in front of me. It looked
like a cake box but mom had already told me that there's not going to be any so
I didn't showed any sign of excitement.
My bro was smiling at me which
made me suspicious. Then they opened the box & revealed the mystery. It was
actually a CAKE , a fish shaped cake which I told my dad to buy for me on my
next birthday & surprises didn't end there. My mom gifted me a cute doll.
But the most special surprise was from my bro. he gifted me a hand made
greeting card with a very beautiful message for me. The message I don't
remember but I do remember that it brought a wide smile on my face.
Electricity is back & what else is back? That old childish
wide smile. I look back at the candle, the fumes of past are gone. I look at my
family members & find them staring at me & then breaking out into a
laughter. My brother controlled his
laughter & said "did candle told u some joke?" they have
no idea what the candle showed me, a beautiful moment in the past which created this
beautiful moment in the present!
Thanks ambi pur for making me relive the memory & sharing it
all with u. this was the memory which
got lost somewhere but I found it through a candle. It's a valuable
memory which I won't lose again.
"Spray Ambi pur & Spread Smiles"
