So I was nearly in tears as I drove into work this morning. See yesterday, my just turned 6 year old lost his first tooth. That alone on a bad day could push me over the top. But what really got to me is that he came right up to me and said I know you and mommy are the tooth fairy. I tried to convince him there is a tooth fairy, but he would have none of it. Especially since Melissa gave in and told him the truth when he asked her. So a part of me was like – Good for you Josh, way to think critically and skeptically. But a bigger part of me mourns his first real loss of magic. I mean it was his first tooth. Is it really to much to ask of the Universe that he be given at least one magical morning of finding a dollar coin under his pillow, from some mysterious source? It breaks my heart. I want him to feel the magic in the world before society rips it away from him.
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Take heart my friend! That sense of magic does not solely lie in whether a child believes still in the tooth fairy or santa claus. Where it lies is deep within them. It is a part of their being, that with encouragement, they never lose. For me, it was never giving up my teddy bears. And today hubby and I have over 2,000 of them.
Thank you.
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As long as he still has wonder and playfulness, he will have magic. We just have to realize it’s different for them than it was for us.
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