Exploring New Things and Getting Uncomfortable is Part of a Happy Family Life

Why Getting Uncomfortable Leads To Happiness

The surprising joy of my family bucket bathing for three weeks.

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“Mommy — you better come quick!”

Those words are enough to make any parent’s heart race and mine was no different.

I raced up the stairs — sprinting two at a time. When I walked into the bathroom, I was pleasantly surprised.

1. He was not hurt. At least not noticeably.
2. The bathroom appeared to be relatively intact.
3. His new kitten was not trapped in the shower.

I breathed a sigh of relief.

“The water won’t shut off.”

I looked at him perplexed while watching the water gush out of the shower faucet. Surely this was a user error.

I reached over to turn off the water but the handle provided no relief from the surge of water flowing into our bathtub. As I ran downstairs to shut the water main off, I began having flashbacks to last year’s holiday season.

Two days before family arrived to stay with us for Christmas, the shower faucet broke. Murphy’s Law, right? This felt…