Change the damn toothbrush head
Tomorrow is Mother’s Day. I don’t know about you but every once in a while, everyone is out of everything all at once. Or at least it feels that way. The shampoo is low, we are growing out of socks and underwear, our toothbrushes need to be replaced. It is just time to refresh. I often see this during the change of seasons, so it makes sense. Time to pull out the summer clothes, freshen up those toiletries and stock up on some stuff.
Lately, I have been more scattered than normal. Maybe due to May being like November/December (Mayvember…get it?) but with no extended holidays from school and work. There are so many things. And so, the whole “people are running out of stuff and we need to replace it” has been more of a burden lately. For example- we ran out of shampoo last week- sorryyyyy ‘bout that. But the lists and the birthday parties and the teacher appreciation gifts and the dance recital and new bikes all got to be too much, so we had no shampoo.
Finally, I feel like I caught up on everyone else’s stuff but I was noticing that every time I went to go brush my teeth that my toothbrush head needed to be changed. And for WEEKS I didn’t change it. I certainly thought about it. I bought new toothbrushes for my kids. I got the damn grape shampoo. But I didn’t change my toothbrush head. And I got to thinking, why?
I know this is the point in the post where you are glued to the page wondering WHY? But I don’t know the answer. Is it because I am literally so tired by the time I am brushing my teeth that I can’t take that one step to change it out? Did I not want to go through the effort to look for the new ones, realize I don’t have them and then have ANOTHER thing I need to shop for? Or did I secretly like the persona of being the mom with the gross toothbrush head while everyone else had nice ones? So one night I looked at myself and said “enough is enough”. And lo and behold right down in my bottom drawer was not one but NINE extra toothbrush heads. I loaded that baby up and I brushed my teeth for so long my toothbrush shut itself off. My tongue, my gums and my teeth were happy and clean. And so was I.
So, tomorrow is Mother’s Day and I ask you, what is your toothbrush head?
Is there something that you haven’t been doing for yourself that you should be? What about a pedicure? A new bra or a haircut? Maybe it's time to book that physical exam or mammogram? I know you have heard these things before but it's time for us to take control of our own stuff too. Go buy that new shampoo, make those appointments, and change your damn toothbrush head.
Then thank yourself for it. We got this!
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