“Mom, I don’t want t0 take a bath” What my daughter really wanted to tell me

Part 1: “Every Night She Stood Outside the Bathroom”

“Mommy… do I really have to take a bath tonight?”

I looked up from my phone and saw my six-year-old daughter, Sarah, standing quietly in the hallway. She hugged her stuffed rabbit tightly against her chest, her tiny fingers gripping it so hard that her knuckles had turned white.