Thanking my lucky stars...

I lost my temper with my daughter this morning while I was mopping the floor and she was insisting on 'helping', by spilling water and walking around leaving dirty footprints. I don't know why, but she has an inability to do as she is told at the moment. Apparently, this only extends to her behaviour at home - at nursery she is a veritable angel, as her teacher was quick to tell me the other day. This somehow seems to rile me even more when she won't do as she's told at home! So anyway there was an ugly scene and shouting and tears and Dave had to come down from the office and sort it all out.

And then I was clearing up and listening to the news on the radio and they had a report from that town in China where the school has collapsed in the earthquake. There was a recording of a woman crying, who had just found out her child was dead.

And then I was crying and thanking the universe for my wonderful life, and beautiful children, and feeling so glad that they're here to not do as they're told...