Parched Puckers

Have you ever tried to smile and your lips crack in like 5 places? Yeah, that is one of the many benefits of living in the cold tundra of southeast Idaho. I could stick my lips in the toilet and they'd absorb all of the water, but that would be wrong for other reasons that have little to do with this topic.

So how do you ease the stretchy pain of scaly lips when your toddlers have confiscated every tube of lip balm and eaten the contents?

Being a bit OCD is a wonder around my house when it comes to chores, but when it comes to lip care, not so much. I can't help but mercilessly tug on my lips in the hopes that will make a difference. Not so much.

To all of you suffering from parched puckers, my lips go out to you...hopefully you don't have little scavengers with an appetite for flavored wax.