It’s been a serious week with some deep and revealing discussions, so I thought I would tell a funny story and give all of us a break. It’s a true story, but the details have been changed to protect the innocent, as they say on television.
Some years back I was working with a group of academics researching childhood depression, especially after divorce. We had a set number of questions to ask elementary school children. I was working with a darling little girl, very dainty but sure of herself. She sat up straight and reflected seriously on each question before she answered with complete candor and amazing composure.
I asked about school, friendships, then moved into the realm of physical sensations and health. I asked carefully constructed questions about sleep patterns, night fears, all that fun stuff. Answer after answer, my little darling was cool, calm, collected and seemingly very well adjusted.
“Do you have trouble eating?”
Vigorous head nodding indicated an affirmative answer. It was the first passionate response she had given me.
I repeated the question. “Do you have trouble eating?”
“Yeth”, she said. “See!”
She pointed to the gap in her smile where her baby teeth used to be.
Trouble eating, indeed.
Have a lovely weekend filled with sunshine, joy and laughter. And no trouble eating.
Chris
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Cute! Reminds me of my grand-daughter who has just lost her first baby tooth, and another is loose. She has trouble eating now, too! 🙂
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Thanks Barbara, I bet your grand-daughter is so cute 😀
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Reminds me of my sons. By the time they reached about 7 or 8 they had hardly a tooth left until the adult ones grew in.
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Kids are so cute at that age. Thanks for stopping by 😀
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That made me chuckle…thank you for sharing 🙂
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I remember when Chris told me the story. 😀 It made me chuckle too.
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Or at the least, many problems with corn-on-the-cob 😀
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😀 😀 Thanks Marilyn 😀
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Hahahah – so sweet
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It is a sweet story. 😀
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How lovely that the problem was going to be of temporary duration!
I am having trouble eating. A new plate hurts when I chew. I am going to have words . . .
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… oh I bet you have words …. 😀
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Cute! I got an excited phone call from granddaughter this week – one of her teeth is loose. I’ll have to share this with her, lol.
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Your granddaughter is at such an adorable age. 😀 Thanks for commenting.
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🙂
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