by Esther C. Baird, first published in the Ipswich Local News, January 25, 2023 I’ve written a lot about teeth over the years. Regular readers will recall the girl’s first tooth losses … and then the second through one billionth losses when the Tooth Fairy didn’t quite live up to expectations, (the expectation being that…
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The Dinner Fortress Has Fallen
So it’s October. My back-to-normal-for-2020 schedule these days is: work in the morning at my church office, zip home, prep dinner (since my dinner fairies are AWOL), then go grab our two girls from school at their earlier COVID-19 release time, before the evening shenanigans kick in. Side note: the dinner fairies… they stink. Global…
The Timing of the Teeth
First Published in the Tri Town Transcript Nov 1, 2017 By Esther C. Baird My daughter stood next to me, obviously agitated, as I typed on my computer. She’s 10 but she can hold a stare and, with it, a feeling. In this case the feeling I felt burrowing into my brain was one of unmet expectations…
The Tooth Fairy Goes FroYo
By Esther Baird/Tri-Town Transcript First Published in the Tri-Town Transcript August 22, 2013 I guess I never realized, pre-children, how hard it is to be the tooth fairy. I mean every child, ever born, loses not one but like a zillion (or 20) teeth in their life. It makes Santa look downright lazy with his…