I read my Uncle's blog this morning, "Writing from the Hip," about his granddaughter and the tooth fairy. That got me thinking.
#1 Is my uncle really old enough to have a granddaughter?
#2 Ahhhhhh. The tooth fairy. I enjoyed the tooth fairy so much that I had EIGHT teeth missing in front at the same time. (Ponder a toothless 6 year old.) I pulled those baby teeth, roots and all. Finally, Daddy said, "Young lady, if you pull another tooth, I'll wear you out." It's a wonder my teeth ever came in straight. When I can find the picture of me, toothless, I'll post it.
#3 The forgetful tooth fairy. My daddy was wise. We could take a chance on the tooth fairy for a quarter or take a sure dime.
#4 My younger son, diesel (now married -- perhaps my uncle is old enough to be a grandfather), had interesting dental issues with his two front teeth when a little guy. It seems the bone wanted to continue to sprout babies, yet not release them. The dentist had to pull the teeth and do some scraping. One day said son came in to the living room with an envelope, sealed, with scribbling on the front, and an easter seals stamp in the corner. When I asked diesel what it was he told me, "My tooth. I need you to send it to the dentist. That way I can get the money for the tooth." Poor kid. He thought the dentist was the tooth fairy. By the way, his teeth are fine, now.
and then there is geek, who put a popcorn kernel in his ear.... Ah, that's another story.
Debbie
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Yes, I'm old enough to have a granddaughter. So are you. Shoot, Cozette's old enough to have two! As a matter of fact I have 3 granddaughters...and 6 grandsons! And haven't you met Meghan and Mike? Then come Sean, Nicholas, Jake, Joshua, Darby, Ben and Mari. Meghan's 21 and Mari is 4. When it comes to brilliance and beauty, I don't know where to begin...
A great thing about blogs is that people will gleefully e-mail you and point out all your flaws. And that is something I'm really grateful for. Then I can make corrections and my work is therefore better.
The transcription of Dad's diaries is coming along, but quite slowly. It's hard because he had no respect for punctuation or consistency. I'm planning to send you some more pretty soon.
One thing I really regret is that I haven't got to watch your kids grow up. Even worse than that, I've never met any of Valerie or Cozette's families or kids.
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