Molars and Bridges.

I’ve had a chipped tooth for god only knows, - a while. And thankfully Covered California insurance allows my ability to carry my dentist in my pocket. Dr. Toothpick.

It’s weird how as kids we have a scar and it can look kinda cool, or a cast to sign, extra cool. I always wanted braces, and hear often that’s a common odd wish we had as youngsters. (Oh my god, I just typed “youngsters..” ) I’d pull back the ends of a paperclip, and make a kind of retainer, to try to push that idea forward, and likely some cuts to the mouth along the way.

As an adult, not the same picture. A chipped tooth, means, $$ and $$=eh, its not so bad. To me the “Eh not so bad” has been okay, except that it doesn’t go away just b/c you can’t attend to it at the time..

Mid life is sort of that way. You can’t rewind the aging process, and you have to figure out while you’re in the “eh it’s not so bad” phase, to soak it up, because each day is a new one to deeper and older and more used and less new.

Anybody else drive with the gas light on? Same concept. It doesn’t fix itself and I think I’ve learned by now, after many trial and errors. More so the errors. And now I drive with an emergency gas can in the trunk of my car.

While we enter into this next layer of quarantine, where’s the gas gage? Is it on empty or how does one re-fill it? Are there ways we can all tap into resources to ignite, refresh, fill, and fix?

I’ve always said, “we’ll see”. People that know me, know that. And while “we’ll see” may seem like a pause button, it’s actually a green light. It means, propel forward however you can, releasing expectation. It’s the yes to the should. It’s the filler to the empty. And filler to the chip.

New perspectives:

“Alexa, will there be a prince on a horse galloping into the picture?”

Alexa: “We’ll see”

“Alexa, if I ask my boss for a raise, do you think that’s a good move?
Alexa: “We’ll see.”

“Alexa, is “we’ll see” something that’s a comfort or too ambiguous?”

Alexa: “We’ll see”

So, you see, we’ll see’s are hopeful sights.

Be where you are. Because not knowing sometimes is okay too.

You’ll see.