Comments on: The Scent of Remembrance

By: mr5133p

mr5133p — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 22:24:46 +0000

Forgive me as I’ve followed you from DC. Your blog is wonderful, and comes highly recommended:

“For example, most children will tell you that they remember the smell of their mother’s perfume.”

Thank you for writing this.

When I was very young, my mother worked in a factory that made treads for heavy equipment. When she came home at the end of the day, I’d jump up in her arms and hug her.

To this day, I associate that smell with her. My mother’s perfume was machine oil and hydraulic fluid. It’s still beautiful.

By: desertseeker

desertseeker — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 23:41:25 +0000

Thank you for sharing your story. I enjoyed every word of it. What an exotic and interesting past! You have a rich heritage and a rich heart, which you combine into rich incense for us to enjoy. I am most grateful for your little gift, and will send something out your way as soon as I get a little time.

By: blackincense

blackincense — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 05:42:37 +0000

Both of you have humbled me. I am not worthy of praise. But I thank you for being in my life and an encouragement to me. Right now, it’s hard for me to see the basic goodness of people and both of you know why. But I am humbled by your trust, and this purifies my soul more quickly.

Pray for me, as I pray for you….

I love you.
Columbina

By: Isaac

Isaac — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 04:47:44 +0000

I will second everything Sergius has said. I don’t want to blow your head up with pride, but your work is a gift from heaven. Among many people who I’ve been blessed to meet, none strike me as you do when it comes to your spirit. When I burn your incense, I feel as though you’re telling me secrets about your life, offering me glimpses of where you have been and what you have seen — and I also have your blog to follow now, too. This blesses my life! You are my beloved sister, I hold you in the highest esteem, and wish the choicest of God’s blessings upon your every day life, and your common labors… your humility will not allow you to see the golden soul that we, your friends and co-strugglers, see all the time, in everything you do. We love you! Most dearly! I can hardly even explain why you have made such an impact in my life, but it is obvious in my heart, that you and I have shared kindred spirits. The desert dwelling. Whispers beyond time. Heavenly grace-filled fragrance… you see them like I do.

Let me stop here.

May God continually bless the work of your hands, as it is a worthy tool speeding us forward on the straight and narrow way.

By: sergiusbob

sergiusbob — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 04:30:49 +0000

Well, I “thank you” for writing your blog, it is a blessing to read it. Your love for God and the Orthodox Church is inspiring and encourages me in my own walk. You are a lovely person and a lovely writer, both.

I have to say that YOU have created the finest incense I have ever experienced. I’ve got my favourites, but I enjoy them all, above the rest!

I am so proud of you…like you’ve been my sister for my entire life.

Resisting the temptation to get wordy (as I often do), I will leave it at this…I am always praying for you and your work. There are many of us out here who benefit.

God bless you always!