Many of you do not know this, but I have a super power! No, I cannot leap tall buildings in a single bound, I'm most certainly not faster than a speeding bullet, and contrary to rumors I am definitely not more powerful than a locomotive. Have you guessed it yet? No? Well here it is . . .I have Super Smell. Super smell, you haven't heard of that one? Well let me tell you a little bit about my life with Super Smell.

When David uses a new cleaning product in the building, I can always smell it before he tells me about it. When the Sunday School Class that meets in the Whitney Young Jr. Room does a craft that uses paint on Sunday morning, I can smell it the minute I open my office door on Monday morning. And when you wear perfume to church, I can smell that too.

The amazing thing to me is that I'm not the only one with Super Smell. Once I started talking about it, I found that there are lots of other people who are just like me. And all of us folks with Super Smell, we all struggle with our super power. You see, my Super Smell causes me to have migraine headaches. All I need to do is hug one friend who is wearing perfume and I can end up flat in bed for an entire afternoon. I know others with Super Smell who can get nauseated, break out in hives or even have asthma attacks. Some people cannot even come to church on Sunday mornings.

So why am I sharing this with you? I am hoping that you will help me and all the other members and friends suffering from Super Smell. I am hoping that you will do your part by not wearing perfumes or other scented personal care products to church on Sundays. Our Society has already switched to natural scent free cleaning products. Let's try and make our Society a truly welcoming congregation by making it a scent-free zone. Thank you!