Electric toothbrushes have far more influence on us than they should.  My morning meditations about the day have been messed up for years because in the middle of solving a pressing problem I am interrupted by the 30-second gear shift alerting me to how many cycles I have left on my 2-minute commitment to dental hygiene.  It’s irritating.

However, we have stressed to the girls how important it is to complete the whole 2-minute routine.  “Clean teeth, fresh breath to start and end the day.”  Hadley and Elle were at our house for a couple of days last week.  I walked down the hall and met Elle coming out of the bathroom with her electric toothbrush whirring away and a regular toothbrush also stuck in her mouth.  She had one hand on each brush and was working them both.  

“What are you doing?” I questioned.  Talking wasn’t easy with two brushes in her mouth, but I got the just of it.  One minute of brushing times two brushes equals a total brush time of two minutes with only one minute of her time sacrificed.  In all my morning musings I’d never solved a problem so efficiently.

Life is Good when brilliance shines through.  We will see how the next dental checkup goes.