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"Tell me something about your mother's hands. The smell, the shape, what they did."

8 voices

  • Maria du Toit

    Karoo · b. 1934

    AF

    I remember my mother's hands smelled of soap and dough. When she hugged me, I always smelled her. Hands that smelled of work, of home.

  • Wim Bakker

    Friesland · b. 1935

    NL

    My mother's hands were rough from working in the stable. But when she tucked me in at night they felt soft and smelled of soap.

  • Anna van der Berg

    Drenthe · b. 1938

    NL

    My mother's hands always smelled of soap and butter from cooking. Sometimes of the garden, of thyme. In the evening I could smell her hands on the sheet.

  • Margaret Thompson

    Yorkshire · b. 1935

    EN

    My mother's hands smelled of soap and flour. They were always busy — bread, washing, mending. When she tucked me in, her hands smelled of lavender water.

  • Tryntsje de Vries

    Fryslân · b. 1940

    FY

    My mother's hands smelled of soap and butter. Sometimes also of the garden — of earth and the herbs she picked. In the evening I could smell her hands on the sheet.

  • Helga Weber

    Schwarzwald · b. 1940

    DE

    My mother's hands were rough from doing the laundry, but in the evening when she stroked my hair they felt soft. They smelled of lavender.

  • Greta Schmidt

    Niedersachsen · b. 1936

    DE

    My mother's hands smelled of soap and flour, sometimes of the garden — of earth and herbs. When she tucked me in at night, her scent stayed on the pillow.

  • Sarie Coetzee

    Natal · b. 1939

    AF

    My mother's hands were small but strong. She always smelled of earth and herbs, especially in summer when she worked in the garden. I remember her hands on my hair.