Lately I have been feeling nolstalgic about my mother. This morning as I got ready for an over-night get away, I remembered this purple cosmetic case hidden in the storage area of the garage. When I opened it, I was surprised to find a small brush (with a few grey hairs in it), a metal nail file and a small tin of Avon's Here's my Heart perfumed talc. My mother was an avid bath taker and always dusted herself with talc when she got out.
In fact, any time we were sick, she suggested a hot bath and always dusted us with talc, when we got out.
when I began to clean up the little case, I was intriqued by the memories that came to my mind. As I wiped down the plastic insides, the smell reminded me of cold shower areas in camping grounds. The ones with damp, cold cement floors and left over soaps on the floor.
I also remembered the day this case was purchased. I was with my mother and she let me pick the color. I was big on purple in those days :) when the sales clerk asked her what monogram she wanted on the front, she gave them mine. EMS for Eugenie Mary Strang.
I think I'll use this case from now on. It has such sweet memories of a mom who loved to travel, who was always thoughtful and had a thing for talc.