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

Her eyes never met mine.

Instead, they stayed fixed on the bathroom floor.

I smiled, trying to sound cheerful.

“Of course, sweetheart. It’ll only take a few minutes. Then we’ll read your favorite bedtime story.”

Normally, Sarah loved bath time.

She would spend half an hour making castles out of bubbles, pretending her toy boats were sailing across the ocean, and laughing whenever I wrapped her in a towel and called her “Your Majesty.”

But lately…