A LIL BOY’S CRACKED TOOTH AND A DRACULA COSTUME FOR HALLOWEEN
Halloween is approaching in less than a week and I am panicking already thinking of a unique costume for Nico when he joins a Trick or Treat Activity at a Rotary function that we’re about to attend on 31 October. Nico’s Dada jokingly suggested a Dracula costume for the little tod. I wondered why, so I asked him. “What about the Dracula costume?” I said. “Simple lang. Look at his upper front teeth. Don’t they look like Dracula’s?” the Dada said. “Oh yeah, the teeth,” said me matched with a deep sigh.
A deep sigh because if there’s anything that I regret not having really focused on, it’s Nico upper front teeth. Oh yes, the four upper front teeth that continues to deteriorate since one of the upper front tooth cracked on 10 December 2005 (see, I even remember the day). The cracked tooth was the damage created by Nico’s accidental pagkadapa where his tooth was the one that hit a concrete floor. It was just a small crack and if someone will not look closely on the tooth, one wouldn’t notice there was a crack. Take for example this photo: Continue Reading »

