It seems like I've been reading a lot of posts about the "Tooth Fairy" lately. I guess a lot of my friends have kids at that age, and the question has been raised, "what is the going rate for a tooth?" Well, the "Tooth Fairy" doesn't visit us out here on the road. We just move around too much and the poor fairy would go broke trying to pay market value for 13 children, all of whom are of "tooth-shedding" age. Not to mention that some lose teeth in their host homes, while I personally pull others. The fairy just can't handle the pressure of keeping up with that.
The question that has not been raised is, "what do you do with all the lost teeth?" Now I know there are some that may put them in a special box, or maybe in a scrapbook, but the thought of saving and keeping up with 13 kids' teeth is just plain gross (to put it bluntly), and I can just imagine little teeth falling out of the kids' suitcases in random places if they kept them.
Now I can't take credit for this brilliant idea. Our kids from India taught us about this tradition of what to do with lost teeth during our first year on the road, and I think the idea has spread to several other countries by now! It is an outdoor ceremony of sorts, and the key is to gather everyone around and make a big deal about it. If the tooth was lost from the upper jaw, then the "tooth loser" throws the tooth up on something (a stranger's roof, a tree, or in our case a church...). If the tooth was from the bottom jaw, then it's thrown under something. It's fun, it's quick, it's easy and it saves the child from having to face the traumatic question of "what do I do with all these nasty teeth?" when they go off to college. After all, we do call them "lost" teeth!
While we use this as an alternative to the "Tooth Fairy," I'm sure all of you could figure out a way to incorporate it with the fairy if you wanted! So anyways, if you should someday find yourself on a roof and you find a little tooth, you'll know either the Children of the World choir was there, or this great idea caught on!!
Catherine, Uganda
wanted to be a nurse, but thanks to Disneyworld, now wants to be a princess
Wilberforce, Uganda
wants to be a pilot
Ericka, Guatemala
wants to be a choir director, singer & missionary
Esther, Uganda
wants to be a nurse
Suresh, Nepal
wants to be a drummer
Ritah, Uganda
wants to be a policewoman
Matia, Uganda
wants to be a headmaster
Suzan, Uganda
wants to be a nurse
Jonathan, Uganda
wants to be a lawyer
Juliet, Uganda
wants to be queen of Uganda
Deepesh, Nepal
wants to be whatever God wants, but leaning towards an engineer
Blanca, Guatemala
wants to be a teacher
Francis, Uganda
wants to be a pilot
About Me
- Tiffany
- My husband, Steven, and I are so blessed to have 15 beautiful children this year! That brings our total children to 78! They came to us all the way from Uganda, Nepal and The Philippines. God is using all of us to give help and hope to children all over the world. The children are growing more and more in their understanding of why they are here and what their mission is. It has been amazing to see everything God is doing in and through us. Our prayer is that we make much of Jesus wherever we go, and that these precious 15 children that God has given us the responsibility to care for this year will learn to do the same thing.
2 comments:
That's really hilarious!! I can imagine someone finding a tooth on their roof and all of their imaginings for trying to explain it away. . .
Ahhh. I remeber our India children doing this too. I wonder if I can convince Adam to take on this tradition.
I am laughing at the thought of Churches finding random teeth in the parking lot after you have left.
I agree that "lost teeth" are gross and I certainly dont want a box full of them. :)
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