The Vapor Rub Incident

Our family was having a pretty good gospel moment until our 4yo left during the prayer, and re-emerged naked and covered in vapor rub. It was the stinging smell that brought our heads up. She’d had a cold, and I’d stupidly left the vapor rub in her bedroom the night before.

She glistened like a baby seal in an oil slick. It was across her chest and neck,…