Dental Dilemmas....

"Oh Mum...you've got me killed!!" exclaimed my elder son after a visit to the dentist yesterday. It was a matter of overlapping milk and permanent teeth..quite like the adolescent state of mind which I feel my almost-eleven year old son is gradullay inching towards
( much to my chagrin..Oh to think of Adolescent Troubles ...I shudder!!!)
Well, at the mere mention of the monstrous 'extraction' , horror leapt up and his eyes swam....."They may not extract" -I tried to assuage his fears.."But they may" he promptly replied..It reminded me of some very potent lines by Ogden Nash which I read during my under grad years-

"Because some tortures are physical and some are mental,
But the one that is both is dental.
It is hard to be self-possessed
With your jaw digging into your chest..... "

To add insult to his injury my younger son piped in " Thank God its over for the next six month at least".....

Little Boys

Could'nt have found a better piece to post as my first one...A true mommy's heart wrote this one...

"Grubby fingers, a cheeky grin
Wriggly worms and snails in a tin
climbing tree's, no danger seen
Walking around in a dream
Lego by the truckload
Scattered o're the floor
Never ever to be picked up
'Tis not a little boy's chore
skating, skate boarding, riding a bike
Fishing 'till it's dark at night
Shirts hanging out, laces untied
Love them or hate them, you can't decide
And then at your heart strings they surely tug
When out of the blue they ask for a hug
You forgive all the tantrums, and harsh words they've said
It's snuggles and cuddles, it's now time for bed"