Chaletmomma

I don’t often focus a post on family but, today is my sons birthday and not just any birthday - his 10th and this day feels momentous. Certain years feel this way the 1st, 5th and the 10th are definitively milestones. To think this journey started 17-1/2 years ago is crazy to me!

Liam is a hockey goalie, artist, sushi lover, enjoys museum trips into New York City and is so many other magical fun things. He is the first thing I think of when I wake and the last I think of before I drift off. I thank God for him every single day!

Here is 0 - 5 in the lower left and 6, 7, and 8 on the lower right. Top was last year on his 9th.

Today we will be spending the day letting this adorable creature know how much we love him with a special day of Mini-Golf and lunch at Stone Water in Lake Hopatcong, NJ.

Til next time friends be well!

Recently I watched a documentary about the clothing designer Halston and it made me think about the fragrance that bore his name and all the other magical scents that have impacted my life.

Scent is one of the strongest connectors to memory we humans have. I will stop dead in my tracks if I catch a familiar scent, flooding me with love and longing.

My mother Rita wore was Opium. I remember a beautiful tray of perfumes on her dresser - I have the strongest memory of her also wearing Youth Dew and Arpege by Lanvin.

Daddy must have loved Arpege because Rita had the scent in so many forms. I remember all of these packages.

My sister always smells terrific - for years she wore Lauren.

My Gram wore this Nina Ricci staple. I still have a small bottle of it.

My niece wears Mademoiselle and I’m always struck by this gorgeous scent.

I adore Hei its what my husband wears.

This image shows my life in scent. Starting with Loves Baby Soft and it’s powdery fresh scent and moving across the page. All these led me to what I’ve been wearing for the last decade Burberry. If I try and wear something else my husband and son will tell me I smell like a stranger and they miss Burberry.