The Tooth Fairy (and other truths)

I have a comment. Again. Two posts in one day. My daughter has basically lost all of her teeth and she had one left. The adult tooth just came in behind her baby one and we decided to let it push the baby one out. The problem with that, is that it wasn't doing it. The baby tooth was loose, but not coming out. I told her to wiggle it and play with it and see if she could loosen it more. Finally, her mouth was making my mouth hurt just to look at the crowding, so I whipped out my pliers. I took a firm hold of the tooth and started to wiggle and gently pull. Nothing. She said she felt like Andrew from Andrew's Loose Tooth by Robert Munsch. She took the pliers from me and headed to the bathroom to try by herself. After a few minutes she came out with tears and the tooth hanging on by a thread. One quick twist and it was out. After the cleanup and comfort I handed her some money for the tooth. She said, "Mom, I knew you were the Tooth Fairy. Just like I know you're "Santa Clause", too. I tried to tell my friends that and they get mad and say there is a Santa." My answer to my daughter and every other parent who's on the fence about Santa and the Gang, "Santa, the Tooth Fairy, and the Easter Bunny are absolutely real. They are every mommy and daddy who's snuck in their kids room to hunt for the tooth under the pillow and left a quarter, a dollar or an I.O.U. They are every mommy and daddy who's hidden Easter eggs. They are every mommy and daddy who has stayed up until 3 A.M. on Christmas morning assembling the (some assembly required) toys they bought their kids for Christmas."

To say that these entities don't exist would be untrue. I have been all of them at one time or another, for my children and others. Maybe some of us don't buy into the generic stereotypical, commercialized holiday entities, but every parent who has participated in an Easter egg hunt, gifts under the tree, or the buying of little teeth, are these characters. For just a minute, I am Santa Clause/the Easter Bunny/the Tooth Fairy. It's just some of the many things I am. Mother/daughter/sister/chef/referee/ chauffeur/friend/confidante. I just wanted to say that. While I know it's important that the Lord be the center of everything (and He is) I'm good with a little whimsy. I'm even better playing that part.

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*The Jesus Loving Princess*

*Blessed are you when men hate you, when they exclude you and insult you and reject your name as evil, because of the Son of Man. Luke 6:22 *