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All I Want for Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth

Dear Reader,



Well, all I want for Christmas is to a life-time free of painful dentist visits. In preparation for an international studies program, there have been several dentist visits in my schedule lately. However, I want to share with you that the most significant thing about these visits is the lack of pain I've had. It has been quite surprising.

Here is a little history of previous dental visits: vomiting mid-procedure, screaming, and being completely drugged for a week post-procedure. None of these were pleasant experiences.

This time is very different. I owe it all to my Heavenly Father. I went in last week for a checkup and I was told that my list of dental tasks included a root canal, a crown and several fillings. That is NOT what I wanted to hear based on my history. A few days later I went in for the root canal. While waiting in the patient chair, I said a quick prayer. The exact uttered words escape me, but they were most likely something like, "Heavenly Father, don't let me die." That prayer made all the difference.

I have had little pain for past few days. Dr. Ericksen, D.D.S.,  is very good at what he does and we are going to have another visit tomorrow. I am very thankful that my body has reacted much better than it has in the past.

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