A visit to the dentist

"Do you hear what these children are saying?"...Matthew 21:16 (NIV)

In the above scripture the reference is to children shouting praises. This was not the case during my 12 year old son's (Joshua) visit to the dentist. He shouted everything except praises, "How long will this take? Can we go out to eat afterwards? Can we stop by Target?"

Joshua is very capable of handling his visit with the hygenist without me being in the room. Had I known he would make me look like "bad mama" I would have accompained him to the dental chair. At the end of his cleaning, I received the report.

"Joshua has three cavities," Julie told me. "He said he eats a lot of candy, brushes once a day and doesn't have any dental floss at home."

"Oh," I groaned.

 I stared at Joshua and tried to send a message telepathically. I gritted my teeth, pursed my lips, and narrowed my eyes as small as I could. Nothing. He didn't get the message. Julie kept talking. I kept frowning at Joshua.

What Julie didn't know was that Joshua used all of his dental floss...to wrap around the door knob of his bedroom door. Some of the floss extended to the door knob of the laundry room, a few feet away from Joshua's room. What was the reason for this? Just for the fun of it, to see who could break through it.

Sometimes when you want to scream you just have to sigh and realize, this too shall pass. I just keep chugging along like The Little Engine Who Could..I think I can, I think I can, I think I can. I, know I can!