Update 4/5/2008: This post contains the first of 7 letters that my daughter, Emma, has received from the Tooth Fairy. You can find an expanded version of this post on my new blog, Think, Thank, Thunk on a new post entitled The Tooth Fairy Secrets.
I preface this post by saying that, from time to time, my oldest daughter, Emma will visit this blog. She’s eight now, and a pretty good reader (just finishing The Secret Garden, by Frances Hodgson Burnett). So she has no trouble reading this drivel.
She even left a comment once chastising me for sharing too much information.
Anyway, Emma, if you’re reading this (hi!), I hope you don’t mind me sharing this. It’s just something that not a lot of people know about. I know I didn’t–and it’s wicked cool!
I never got any letters from the Tooth Fairy when I was a kid.
So, now, that taken care of–back to the rest of you . . .
A couple of years ago, when Emma started losing her baby teeth, she got the first of what has so far been seven letters from the Tooth Fairy. Each letter builds on the previous.
Unbelievably, the Tooth Fairy has confided in Emma. Little by little the Tooth Fairy is sharing what, until now, has been known only in her world.
It’s fascinating stuff.
Truth be told, I’m not sure the Tooth Fairy would want me sharing this. If not she should have known better than to share magical fairy secrets with a blogger’s daughter.
So here goes. What follows is the first letter Emma found under her pillow. I remember that she also found some money, but really, that’s nothing compared to this:
12/23/04
Dear Emma,
Congratulations! You finally lost that tooth!
What a relief. Do you feel any differently now that you’ve lost that first tooth? Loosing teeth is a sign that you are growing up. It sure was a long time in coming. I know that most of your friends have already lost a few teeth. Don’t feel bad because you’ve only lost one so far. There are three things that make teeth valuable to me—and this tooth has all three of them. This is a very magical tooth and I’m glad to have it. Do you want to know what those three things are?
- Age—the older the tooth the better, because it has a longer time to soak in all of the good magic that you create.
- Health—a good, strong, white, pearly tooth always gives more magic than one that is starting to decay.
- Goodness—a tooth from the mouth of a good child always has much more powerful magic in it than a tooth from a naughty kid. Your tooth is super duper strong and has lots of magic.
Emma, I’ll explain more about the magic and what I do with your teeth later (probably next time you loose a tooth), but for now just understand that you are a very special girl so you have very special teeth. The teeth that you give me really help me a lot.
So keep on being that wonderful, unique girl that you are. Keep taking care of those teeth. I love you very much. And thank you for letting me have your first tooth. It’s very special, and very magical.
Sincerely,
The Tooth Fairy (in fancy handwriting I can’t figure out how to copy)
The Tooth Fairy
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15 responses so far ↓
1 tom // Apr 3, 2007 at 9:45 am
This is wonderful to know, that you have a good relationship with a growing daughter.
Thanks Tom,
Before I had kids I thought maintaining a strong relationship with them should be easy. Now I know it’s actually a lot of work. You really have to pay attention to a lot of things. I have to credit my wife here. She pays attention for me, letting me in on all the subtle intricacies of parenthood that I’d otherwise be blind to.
I really hand it to single parents. I don’t know how they do it.
Thanks for the comment, Tom. Hope to see more of you around.
Chris
2 Mark // Apr 3, 2007 at 4:55 pm
I love this concept. You did a great job. This letter reinforces many lessons that you had been teaching your daughter. This is great, I will recommend this method to other parents of young children! You are a very special Father!
Thanks Mark,
The letters are fun to write. It is fun to pretend sometimes.
Chris
3 Mckenzie // Apr 3, 2007 at 11:38 pm
Aww. Cute!
4 writer chick // Apr 4, 2007 at 2:22 am
What a very cool letter. Emma must have been thrilled to receive it. I especially liked the three reasons that it was special. Nice touch.
WC
5 skywindows // Apr 5, 2007 at 12:15 am
Hey Emma and Chris,
When my daughter Elisa (she is now 11) lost her first tooth, she actually accidently swallowed it. (She was only 5). She got a quick lesson about how human anatomy works. We waited for 5 whole days, and always checked to see if the tooth appeared, but it seemed to be gone forever.
On the 6th morning, Elisa woke up with glitter all over her face and pillow. Under her pillow in a bunch of fairy dust glitter was a note very much like yours.
She still has her note, and apparently the tooth fairy was building a castle in the sky, and used her tooth, the one that was missing as the doorknob to get in.
I am sure that your valuable teeth are right along side Elisa’s in the tooth fairy castle. You are both very lucky that the tooth fairy came and left you both a special letter.
Sky,
Great story! We’ve never swallowed one. ‘Course that didn’t stop us from worrying that we would.
A doorknob, huh? That’s interesting. I didn’t know the Tooth Fairy was into real estate, or the building trades. That’s not what she’s been doing with Emma’s teeth. I wish I could say more, but Emma stopped by and read this post the other day. She said, I’ve said quite enough. I guess a secret is a secret.
Thanks for stopping, Sky. And thanks for the comment.
Chris
6 laurelwrites // Apr 12, 2007 at 5:05 pm
Chris,
My five unfortunate children obviously don’t have your tooth fairy. The tooth fairy that works in our area gets lost easily and is held up by the smallest bit of bad weather. I know it’s not just in our house either. A friend’s children had to resort to bribing the tooth fairy with Barbie clothes just to make her appear. Sad, but true. It never got quite that bad at our house.
So, tell Emma she’s very lucky. Not every child has a great tooth fairy.
Laurel
Hi Laurel,
Not sure how you found me but I’m glad you did. Thanks for taking the time to share your thoughts. And by the way, thank you so much for sending us a signed copy of your book, A Wish in Time. Lisa is about 1/2 way through it and enjoying it very much. I get to read it next. Can’t wait!
Thanks again for stopping.
Chris
7 Anna // May 6, 2007 at 10:59 pm
is that tooth fairy stuff real? because i kinda got confused on this…
8 Nicole // Nov 26, 2007 at 11:17 pm
Thank you so much for sharing!! We are having our first visit from the tooth fairy tonight and I certainly think she’ll be leaving little notes behind :D. I would love to see the rest– very endearing!!!!
Thanks Nicole,
Little notes are definitely a big hit.
Thanks for visiting and leaving your comment!
Chris
9 Hassaan Mohammad // Dec 31, 2007 at 10:52 am
Tooth fairy, every time i lose a tooth you never come, Good job you have another chance because i have lost a tooth today and i will put it in an envelope under my pillow and can you pick it up and leave some money under my pillow
10 Jenn // Mar 26, 2008 at 5:16 pm
This is too perfect! My Emma (just turned 6) has her first loose tooth and I thought I would search for any neat toothfairy ideas or letters. Yours was the first I read! I love it and will steal it, if you don’t mind! Great memories!
11 Betsy // Mar 29, 2008 at 9:12 pm
Chris,
This is an amazing letter! My 7 year old daughter just lost her first tooth…much later than anyone else in her class! So, I am sure you realize how perfect this letter is. I hope the tooth fairy leaves her a very similar note.
My question for you…do you have the subsequent letters that you might be able to share via email? We are on tooth #1 and I would like to know what to look forward to in the next letters that share the details of what she does with the teeth she collects. I am using very delicate language here for reasons you mentioned in your posting.
Thank you so much for sharing!
Betsy, mom of Zoe, 7
12 The Tooth Fairy Secrets | Think Thank Thunk // Apr 4, 2008 at 1:09 pm
[…] a year ago I posted the first of the seven letters we have received so far on my personal blog. Originally I was […]
13 Sam S. // Apr 13, 2008 at 10:25 am
That’s nice! I always just got a dollar under my pillow for each tooth lost. I caught my mom once though. I did get letters from Santa though left behind and cookies thrown on the roof. Hmmm… nice idea!
14 Melissa S. // Apr 21, 2008 at 7:30 pm
Thanks for sharing this letter! I hope you don’t mind that I used it and tweked it a little for my son. Can’t believe my little boy lost his first tooth already!
Proud Mom of a 5 year old with a gappy grin.
15 Jennifer // Apr 22, 2008 at 10:03 am
This is just too cool! Let me tell you what happened when my little Spencer lost his 5th or 6th toogh … My husband and I were apparently over tired that night and, after Spence carefully tucked his tooth under the pillow, we ALL fell sound asleep. You can imagine his disappointment the next morning. I felt so bad and I didn’t know what to say so I simply told him the truth … that I was the tooth fairy. Sweet little Spencer, looked up at me with complete trust and asked … “for the whole world?” Me, being the good mom and seeing a way out said, “Yes and that’s why I’m so tired all the time … so many kids are losing their teeth.” All was great until the teacher called. Spencer had told his class what his mom did for a living. He just turned 14 and this is still one of his favorite childhood stories!
Jen Goyette
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