Misty Urban

They’re called mandibular tori, and yes, since you’re asking, they do hurt, a little, often, not in a take-me-to-the-dentist-immediately way but in an ongoing, low-grade, what-can-you-do-but-learn-to-live-with-it kind of way.

"I didn’t realize what was happening until the dough hook went through my finger."

"My daughter’s in the backseat as we drive to zoo camp and since she’s old enough now I switch Pandora to my station and the Indigo Girls start belting out “Galileo” and not in another lifetime but in this one, right now, I’m in college, freshman year, sitting in Kelly’s dorm room with the blinds drawn and the lava lamp bubbling."

"I’m sitting on the edge of my bed, crying. One hand on my pregnant belly, I’m counting kicks, but that’s not why I’m crying."