The Tooth Fairy Runs on Quarters

Photo by Mike Balbus on Unsplash — an interpretation of the setting, not the moment itself.

A single mother mentioned at the laundromat that she’d run out of quarters — machine money, tooth-fairy money, all of it. The next week, a mason jar of quarters sat on top of her usual dryer. No note. The jar refills.

This story was submitted anonymously. We wrote it down, because someone should remember.

— We Are Silence Dogood