{"id":1772,"date":"2025-10-15T06:38:22","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T06:38:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/humorsidehub.com\/?p=1772"},"modified":"2025-10-15T06:38:24","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T06:38:24","slug":"my-5-year-old-and-i-were-ready-to-leave-target-when-it-started-pouring-do-we-wait-or-just-get-wet-i-asked-lets-get-wet-she-said-mom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/humorsidehub.com\/?p=1772","title":{"rendered":"\u2018My 5-year-old and I were ready to leave Target when it started pouring. \u2018Do we wait or just get wet?\u2019 I asked. \u2018Let\u2019s get wet,\u2019 she said.\u2019: Mom learns powerful life lesson from daughter at Target"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\u201cMy five-year-old daughter and I were just about ready to leave Target today when it started to pour rain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We stopped our cart behind the automatic glass doors and looked out at the windy, wet parking lot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In front of us, other finished shoppers were waiting, either for a designated family member to pick them up at the sidewalk or for the weather to lessen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018Do we wait or just get wet,\u2019 I asked my little one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018Let\u2019s just get wet,\u2019 she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We waited five minutes \u2013 because our car wasn\u2019t parked close \u2013 but the rain only got worse. So, we decided to make a run for it. On our way out, I asked my daughter if she was sure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018It\u2019s going to be cold,\u2019 I said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018Let\u2019s go,\u2019 she exclaimed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We hurried across the lot, buckets of water dumping on us. I got her into the car, unloaded our bags, and hopped in the front seat. I turned the heater on, thinking my daughter would complain she was cold.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018Mom<\/a>,\u2019 she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018Are you okay?\u2019 I asked, turning around to see her smiling big.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018We did this,\u2019 she said. \u2018You did this. We got wet. Now, we can go home.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As I turned the heater on and drove home in the storm, I thought about all the people still at Target waiting on it to pass.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How often do we let life\u2019s storms keep us from getting where God has called<\/a> us to go? We think, if we just wait, whatever obstacle we are facing might go away. We freeze on the other side of the door.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We make the comfortable choice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But our avoidance is more impactful than just being stuck in a store on a Saturday afternoon. When we avoid walking through life\u2019s challenges, we miss out on all God has for us. When we hesitate to step out on faith, we wind up perpetually standing still.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My daughter wasn\u2019t hesitant to go out into the rain today. She embraced the inconvenience as part of the day\u2019s journey<\/a>. She was willing to take on a challenge to get where she wanted to go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sometimes in life<\/a>, you have to get wet.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Mom<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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