The Soap Opera

As a child I remember a particular incident involving soap. Not just any soap but "fancy" soap. My grandmother was very insistent on bath time in the morning and at night. And as a child I could not understand the need to wash before bed and then after bed since all you did was sleep. I remember thinking "How dirty can you get while your asleep, why should I have to take a stupid bath again!". But grandma would hear none of it and of course my sister and I received the illustrious LICE LECTURE!!. After the lengthy teaching on lice I remember wishing to have never questioned bath time and succumbed to the soap. During this morning bath time I came upon a discovery, a dish filled with small, fragrant pink and blue soaps shaped like starfish,seahorses and seashells. At this time I thought to myself "Hey this might just make my bath time worthwhile". So as any little girl would do I selected a pink soap. I smelled it I traced the carefully molded lines on it and then I did the unthinkable (according to my grandmother) and I washed with it. Then Grammy walks in and screams "What are you doing!!". To that I answered taking a bath so I don't get lice (I was smarty tarty little thing and still am). Then grandma proceeded to tell me that the little soaps are for looks for fancy and that I have ruined one. I will never forget that dramatic moment or the Soap Opera as I like to call it. Every time I look at a bar of nice soap I think of grandma. I shared this story because I recently saw a luxurious chocolate orange soap online at etsy.com and I thought " Wow that looks good enough to eat", then snickered at the thought of grandma catching me eating soap. This is dedicated To : bath beads, bubble bath, tiny,fancy soaps, and deliciously fragrant soaps, may they be washed with for what else are they for?