"Hello mummy, you look pretty!"
I can’t even begin to express what hearing those words meant to me as I walked through the door after a long commute the other day. Especially coming from one so small, and in context. I looked to my husband after the glow of such unabashed warmth slowly dissipated and asked whether he’d put my almost-three-year-old son up to it, and he denied all knowledge. He was as surprised as I was by the purity and spontaneity of the sweet compliment. It’s funny how a few small words fr