I haven’t truly smiled in 3.5 weeks and a couple days ago, I suddenly realized that not smiling may literally making me grumpy.
My gum surgery was on April 5. It went well but there was a minor complication that meant the healing process on one tooth is taking longer than usual. That tooth happens to be the closest one to the front of my mouth, in an area that gets pulled whenever I smile my usual gummy smile. Avoiding things that pull on my lip or gum is important to efficient healing.
So I haven’t been smiling. I’ve been grinning with my lips closed. I’ve been smirking with the “good” side of my mouth. But I haven’t truly been smiling.
And in what is probably not entirely coincidental, I’ve felt grumpy for weeks and haven’t had much success in shaking it off. Fingers crossed I can smile normally again soon.
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Life continues to be fun and full despite my lack of good smiles. Charlotte had a field trip last Friday to the Houston Museum of Natural Science, so I joined her and had a nice time. She has really grown a lot in the last few months and I loved seeing her interactions with her classmates and teachers. She is still a kid who carries her emotions close to the surface…but she is also becoming more outgoing and resilient.
Emma’s school had “art night” last week as well, which featured artwork on display by each kid along with a choir performance and art stations to make various projects. She was so proud to point out her pig painting! It makes me so happy to see my kids enjoying art the way I did when I was young (and still do today, of course).
