Stray Thoughts: Bracing for Change

It happens so gradually that we tend not to notice when

our kids grow up,

and in the process, something about them changes.

My young daughter had complained about her smile…

something we noticed

but failed to see as she did, from her side of the mirror,

so off to the orthodontist we went.

She was happy to put her old smile away and replace it

with something new, every tooth in the right spot.

It was a hard…