You know, as a mother, that was one thing that jumped out at me too. I was just reading about this yesterday in a magazine and my immediate thought was ‘She WASHED the toy??? WHY??? It would have smelled like her daughter!’ I wouldn’t even need a psychologist to tell me that most mothers would instinctively want to keep that scent without even realizing it.
I have the sweater my dad wore to the hospital when he was admitted, right before he died. When we took his belongings home that day, my sister opened up the bag and burst into tears again, saying ‘It smells just like Dad.’ I haven’t washed the sweater and I don’t ever intend to. It’s his cologne, his scent, the smell I remember when I hugged him. Very powerful.
“I have the sweater my dad wore to the hospital when he was admitted, right before he died. When we took his belongings home that day, my sister opened up the bag and burst into tears again, saying ‘It smells just like Dad.’ I haven’t washed the sweater and I don’t ever intend to. It’s his cologne, his scent, the smell I remember when I hugged him. Very powerful.”
well said...yes, it is very powerful.
I would think only the most anal retentive or germaphobic person would think to wash it away.