Thursday, November 6, 2008

Telling the tooth about dispensing the wealth

Telling the tooth about dispensing the wealth
Published November 6, 2008 in the Commercial Appeal

The night before the election, Satchel, my 6-year-old, lost his front tooth.

"Lost," of course, being a euphemism for "yanked out after weeks of aggressive wiggling."

Satchel pointed to the hole in his mouth and said, "Will said he got $20 for this one." He pointed to his remaining front tooth and said, "Meredith got $7 for this one."

In his mind he was just relaying facts, as though he had read the Tooth Fairy's MySpace page...(Read more)

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