BC Powders and Vicks

I can't remember when I started taking BC Powders.  Years ago my Mom took them and they were the household thing you would grab when your head was pounding or you felt like pounding someone. They were great at relieving pain and stress. 
I must confess I have been taking them for over 20(+)years and have over the past few years taken 2 or 3 per day.  Why do you take them? (my Doctor asked of me).   Do you have a headache....No......Do you have pain?.....No, I just take them, my Mom took them so now I take them.   Isn't it funny how we do something just because our Mother did it or our Great-Grandmother did it.  
That brings up something else I do just because.   My Grandfather years and years ago got me started on Vicks vapor rub.  He would lather it on his chest and under his nose and assured me that you couldn't go to sleep at night without doing this ritual.   So at night before I say my prayers, I lather on the Vicks (of course my husband just loves the romantic aroma that it brings into our room).    I have now passed this on to my Grandchildren, when they spend the night with me and we all 4 climb into my warm and comfy bed, we pass the jar of vicks around and each one of them wipes a swipe under their little nose.
Passing down things to each other through this life-cycle is what makes us unique and quirky.  I can't imagine my life without the many priceless things my parents and grandparents passed down to me.  And I look forward to many more nights of climbing in bed with Jesse, Macy and Cole and the minty smell of Vicks.  Now for the BC Powders, I have finally had to give them up.  I just found out I have an ulcer from the years of taking them.  Oh well, the ride was good while it lasted.  The BC's did what they were meant to do, even tho I have an ulcer - I will always look at a box of BC's and think of my dear Mom.
And later in life, my Grandchildren will go to bed and beside their nightstand will be a jar of Vick's and they will think of me.