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That Frown Might Get Stuck!

Over lunch one day I told my daughter to work on demonstrating a happy face.  “You don’t want your face to get stuck in a frown do you?”  Another daughter challenged my assertion with disbelief that anyone’s face could get stuck in a frown.  Not to be out done by a child, I explained that, no, not literally, but that when people live their lives unhappy and bitter, many times their faces look hard and angry when they grow old.

“Is that what happened to you?” my ten-year-old asked.  I burst out laughing.  I wondered, did she really see me as frowning all the time with a hard, bitter old face?

It was only after questioning her further that I realized she was talking about the time I got Bell’s Palsy!  Yep, my frown indeed got stuck that way that time!  The joke was on me!

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Esther

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13 Comments Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged: funny, kids, quotes

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  1. Frieda says

    September 15, 2011 at 7:50 am

    That was several years ago. She has an amazing memory. You never know what is in a kid’s mind.

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  2. Maria says

    September 15, 2011 at 9:37 am

    Oh my! Mother used to tell me that too when I was in great school:
    “You don’t want your face to get stuck in a frown do you?”

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  3. Shari Lynne says

    September 15, 2011 at 9:59 am

    That is so cute! Kids are so smart! The funny things we say to our kids always seem to come back to us!

    Blessings Esther

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  4. Dr Momi says

    September 15, 2011 at 10:02 am

    Too funny! I’m still chuckling.

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  5. Kim @ Stuff could... says

    September 15, 2011 at 10:10 am

    This is funny!

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  6. Elizabeth says

    September 15, 2011 at 10:59 am

    Wow! That is hilarious yet thought provoking as well. I laughed when your daughter asked if that was what happened to you. Then, out of curiosity, I read your posts that linked to Bell’s Palsy. Again, Wow! That must have been very frightening. I’m glad to hear you survived and made it through.
    I reviewed your blog on Alexa through Block Party Hop, Week 5. Great Blog by the way!

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  7. Melissa says

    September 15, 2011 at 11:32 am

    That’s cute. 🙂

    I think of it this way: We’re going to either get smile lines or frown lines at some point in life, and smile lines are more attractive.

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  8. Hannah says

    September 15, 2011 at 11:38 am

    Phew! At least there was a real reason…hate to be seen as the ‘frown stuck’ Mom, although there are days when it feels like that sometimes!

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  9. Diane says

    September 15, 2011 at 11:47 am

    Kids say the best things! And thanks for the reminder . . . my Mom used to say that as well!

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  10. Eschelle Westwood says

    September 15, 2011 at 12:22 pm

    my mom always yelled about me about that: “your face will freeze like that forever!” “You’ll get crows feet if you keep rubbing your eyes like that!!!” “you’ll end up looking like your father if you smoke and drink too much!” etc.. etc..

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  11. Rachel says

    September 15, 2011 at 6:30 pm

    I am a living testimony to that theory! I am not quite 35 yet and I have some deep creases between my eyes from being stressed out and furrowing my eyebrows! My mother warned me when I was young but I did not listen to her! Oh well it adds character!

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  12. Ruth says

    September 17, 2011 at 10:56 pm

    Esther, I LOVE that picture of you and your daughter! You both are so beautiful… and there are definitely no hard, bitter frowny faces happening — inside or out!

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  13. Rach (DonutsMama) says

    September 18, 2011 at 8:03 pm

    Oh too funny. But what a great way of explaining it to your kids.

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