Things I remember about my childhood/ things that make me happy...

We got Pickle a new cotton mattress for his bed and we now have it on the floor so that the cotton settles down a bit. I put my head on it yesterday to sink my chubby cheek into the soft cotton. Then it happened. I took in a deep breath and i remembered the lovely, slightly musty and fresh smell of the cotton mattresses that Ma would put on the beds after having put them in the sun for the morning. I can even feel the texture of the mattress covers. Heaven! I had a two-minute heaven yesterday.