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Corrie ten Boom, “The Hiding Place” (Photo credit: Corrie ten Boom Museum)

“Now he was in front of me, hand thrust out: ‘A fine message, Fräulein! How good it is to know that, as you say, all our sins are at the bottom of the sea!’  And I, who had spoken so glibly of forgiveness, fumbled in my pocketbook rather than take that hand. He would not remember me, of course—how could he remember one prisoner among those thousands of women?

But I remembered him and the leather crop swinging from his belt. I was face-to-face with one of my captors and my blood seemed to freeze.

‘You mentioned Ravensbruck in your talk,’ he was saying, ‘I was a guard there.’  No, he did not remember me.  ‘But since that time,’ he went on, ‘I have become a Christian. I know that God has forgiven me for the cruel things I…

I love the smell of herbs especially peppermint.

Peppermint has got a kind of soothing scent that I could pick up easily even in the open field. I was pleasantly surprised to find peppermint growing wild and whenever I walk my dog, it is just so pleasant to smell peppermint in the air.

Do you know that lavender is a herb and part of the mint family? To me I see lavender more as a flower.  I love the scent of lavender so soothing and calm with such an adoring soft color too.

I read somewhere that smell is deeply connected to our emotional state and influences our behavior in surprising ways.  As I typed this statement, I could not help but relate this to people growing marijuana (also referred to as cannabis or weed) for all the wrong reason and victimize the weak to rob, steal or kill all…