Perfectly Pink

I saw somewhere on the Internet (so I know it’s true! 😉) that you can tell the condition of your general health by looking at the color of your tongue. For as long as I can remember, I’ve had a weird colored/textured tongue. It has these divots down the center and is usually colored tan/light brown on the majority of what I can see, minus the outer edges. it basically looks like I just had a caramel-colored piece of candy that had sharp edges and cut up my tongue. Once upon a time when I just got married and was working at an elementary school, I remember talking about senses with the kids, and we all stuck out our tongues. The teacher and the student next to me saw my tongue, and then both looked at me like I had leprosy. I suppose it makes some sense now, consider considering all the health issues I’ve had.

Yesterday, I left work early and tackled some much-needed house cleaning. At one point when I was wiping down a bathroom, I stuck my tongue out and was surprised to see that it was perfectly pink! (And no, I didn’t have raspberry lemonade for lunch.) This gave me a confidence boost for the rest of the day that maybe I am doing something right, trying to take care of my body, addressing one concern at a time. Of course, it was back to the normal, discolored state this morning. Too bad I didn’t take a picture of it as proof. Oh well. As I’ve mentioned before, no bodies perfect. Cheers –  pink champagne, anyone?