Bugger.

I just wrote this fantastic long entry.
And then lost it somehow.
Bugger.
So now I'm not going to retype it and bore you all.
Instead we'll have a short storytime with an except from a picture book I found when I was pottering around yesterday...

"Getting hugged by someone you don't like, is scary.
Stepping on something squishy when you're in bare feet, is scary.
Holding onto someone's hand that isn't your Mother's when you thought it was, is scary.
Stepping down from something higher than you thought it was, is scary.
Thinking what if you'd been born a hippopotamus, is scary.
Knowing your parents are talking about you but you can't hear what they're saying, is scary.
Thinking you're not going to be picked for either side, is scary.
Knowing you're going to grow up to be a grown-up, is scary."

"Some things are scary: no matter how old you are" by Florence Parry Heide, illustrated by Jules Feiffer. Walker Book, London, 2000.

G'night xx