My 10-year-old daughter always rushed to the bathroom as soon as she came home from school. When I asked, “Why do you always take a bath right away?” she smiled and said, “I just like to be clean.” However, one day while cleaning the drain, I found something. The moment I saw it, my whole body started trembling, and I immediately…

and some scars would never fade completely. But I knew now that we could get through it together. We would keep moving forward, one step at a time.

I thought about the worry jar that sat on the kitchen counter, the notes inside that represented all the fears and anxieties we had dealt with along the way. The jar wasn’t empty, but it didn’t need to be.continue reading …