LONG IN THE TOOTH AISLE

I knew my brain was suffering information overload... 

When I stood in the toothpaste aisle... 
And couldn’t make a decision.

Gone are the days... 

When the only criteria for buying toothpaste...
Was price... 

Because back then...
All toothpastes were created equal.

Today there are so many choices...
Price is now at the bottom of my decision list. 

What I wanted was a “whitening” toothpaste...

Because besides my teeth being clean... 

I wanted them to be white...

But then I noticed that particular brand...
Didn’t have tartar control... 

And I’m prone to tooth crud.

Scanning the shelves, I found a brand...

That whitened and had tartar control in it. Great!

But it also had fluoride...

I don’t want fluoride in my toothpaste anymore...

Because city water has fluoride in it.
So that got me to wondering...
If I drink city water with fluoride...

Do I need fluoride treatments from my dentist?

I also worry...
That if I drink eight glasses of city water a day... 

Am I getting not only too much fluoride, but chlorine?

But then...
Because chlorine is used to clean my city’s water...

And chlorine bleach makes laundry white...
If I drink enough city water...

Will it whiten my teeth?

And then do I even need the whitening toothpaste? 

And besides the chlorine whitening my teeth...

Chlorine kills germs like in pools...

So? Will drinking city water...

Kill germs that cause gingivitis and bad breath?

And then do I even need mouthwash that kills germs? 

Is it me? 

Or should buying toothpaste be this difficult?

Always,

Em-Musing

PLEASE RELEASE ME, LET ME GO!

This post is part of the monthly blog hop/therapy session known as the Insecure Writers Support Group, founded by the one and only, Alex J. Cavanaugh. If you're a writer, insecure, or just supportive of writers—insecure or not—please join us. It happens the first Wednesday of each month. I encourage everyone to visit at least a dozen new blogs and leave a comment. Your words will be appreciated.

This month’s question? Did you ever say, “I quit”? 

If so, what happened to make you come back to writing?

Me?

Quit writing?

Never!

But I have quit a manuscript.

But not for long because

It was painfully annoying

And the guilt was killing me.

Manuscript: Hey Em! Why are you putting me away?

I don’t want to be put into a file.

Me: It won’t be for long.

Manuscript: I don’t want to be forgotten like all those poems you’ve written and haven’t looked at again.

Me: I just lost passion for them. Got insecure. I promise

I’ll bring you out again.

A few months went by

Manuscript: Hey Em! Remember me?

Me: Oh hi, manuscript.

Manuscript: See! You did forget about me. Didn’t you ever wonder how I was doing? Didn’t you care that I might have felt abandoned? Lonely?

Me: Well now that  you mention it, yeah I did wonder.

Manuscript: Then take me out. Give me life again.

And I did. 

Because the guilt I felt for abandoning my manuscript. . .

Wasn't worth it. 

And actually I am in the process of working on the query for the manuscript to send to agents. . .

Yet again! Lord help me!!

So?

What about you?

 Ever abandon a manuscript?

Did you feel guilty?

Always,

Em-Musing