The "Real" Tooth Fairy

I have to relay a story that I was told from my friend Brenda last night. A group of us went out for supper...and during the conversation various topics came up. One of them being when our children found out, or if they have found out, that certain childhood characters are not real. Here is her story. I must say that the inflections and expressions make the story, if only you could hear it in person, but I think you'll find it funny. The following conversation takes place a couple years ago between my friend Brenda and her daughter Micaila, riding in the car after picking her up from school.

Micaila- "Mom, the kids at school are telling me that you are really the tooth fairy. Are you mom?"

Now Brenda was totally caught off guard at this turn of the conversation, and wasn't prepared to have it. So she did what any good mom would do and didn't say yes or no, just some lame hem-hawing around...

Micaila-says very adamantly, "Mom, if you are the tooth fairy, you really need to tell me the truth because I don't want to have to go back to school tomorrow and not know the truth."

Well, that sounded logical to Brenda so she said...

Brenda- "Yes, Micaila, I am the tooth fairy."

Micaila- very stunned says... "HUH!!!!? MOM!!!!!!...HOW DO YOU HAVE TIME TO GO TO ALL THOSE HOUSES!!!???"

At this time Brenda cracked up and decided she needed to tell her that she wasn't literally the tooth fairy before Micaila went to school the next day and told her friends, "you're right, my mom really is the tooth fairy.

We laughed so hard! Oh... the innocence of children and the hero's that they hold their moms to be!

Brenda...may you always be that hero in Micaila and Tyler's eyes that you are now... :)