Hi there. Yes, it might have been awhile since you signed up to receive email from Epic Dental, and we’re happily ready to deliver something we think is well worth opening, reading, and maybe even forwarding to your friends … but, clearly, we’re a little biased.
We call it Something To Smile About: Shared simple stories and moments to make you smile every other Wednesday morning.
To wit (well, hopefully, it has a little wit …):
A couple of my friends, Brett and Jill, teach (Brett high school english and Jill junior high science), and they’re developing that stare … you know the one? The “it’s almost Summer” stare. It’s the same one my kids get … only far more intense.
One of them sent me these a few weeks back:
One day the first grade teacher was reading the story of the Three Little Pigs to her class. She came to the part of the story where the first pig was trying to accumulate the building materials for his home. She read, “…And so the pig went up to the man with the wheelbarrow full of straw and said, “Pardon me sir, but may I have some of that straw to build my house?’” The teacher paused then asked the class, “And what do you think that man said?” One little boy raised his hand and said, “I think he said ‘Holy %$#@! A talking pig!’” The teacher was unable to teach for the next 10 minutes.
I teach preschool, 2 year olds. When I was Pregnant with my 3rd child, I saw no reason to tell my class because they were so young. As the year was coming to an end, I grew quite large. One of my little darlings came up to me and said,” Miss Ilene, your belly is getting very fat!” I asked this little boy if he’d like to know why, and he said yes. I told him I had a baby in my tummy. He walked away, saying nothing. The next day, this happy, never cry child pitched a fit when his mother tried to leave. She pulled him aside and they talked for a few minutes, and the little boy calmed down, and the mom was grinning from ear to ear. I asked what happened and she said, “Adam thought you might eat him, you’ve already eaten a baby.”
The children had all been photographed, and the teacher was trying to persuade them each to buy a copy of the group picture. “Just think how nice it will be to look at it when you are all grown up and say, ‘There’s Jennifer; she’s a lawyer,’ or ‘That’s Michael, he’s a doctor.’” A small voice at the back of the room rang out, “And there’s the teacher; …she’s dead.”
So, that’s the idea. You’ll also receive the occasional super-secret password-protected deal on Epic Dental’s gum and mints and toothpastes and such, plus a few fun and entertaining links out on the skinny end of the world wide web.
So, that’s our plan. I hope you’re interested enough to give me a couple chances. You’ve waited this long. 
But, if not, you’re welcome to opt out, and I wish you the best. (But please stay … my daughter, Kate, thinks you’ll be glad you did).
Now, it’ll be way more fun if you send me stuff people send you or that you found that made you smile, so I can share it with everyone. Who knows how much we’ll all learn from one other.
So - send me something to smile about! See you next time.
Big Smiles!
Lynn P.
Editor
Something To Smile About
