Monday, August 27, 2007

Found: some teeth

I continue to de-clutter my mom's room on a weekly basis because her hoarding behavior crosses all categories: animal,vegatable and mineral. I should be so lucky to come across mystery jewelry, magazines and the occasional shoe. Instead, I must always be on the look-out for the errant ham sandwich or pee soaked pad tucked away in her dresser acting as the most acrid of sachets. So when I came across the teeth I yelped a little. There's nothing quite so unsettling as finding some false teeth set inside a plastic cup nestled beside a baby doll in a tiny crib. FYI: Mosey has all her teeth so I knew they weren't hers. Fortunately, nursing homes are used to things like teeth and hearing aids and glasses going on safari so they were labeled. I didn't go so far as putting them back in the toothless resident's mouth but I did hand them over to the proper authorities.