Dr. Emma (Anna)

I'm curled up on the couch sick.

Last night, Emma was the sweetest little thing.

I told her that I wasn't feeling very well. She turned to Caroline and said, "Mumma's sick. Yucky belly."

Then she said, "Blanket Mumma?" and when I said yes please, she pulled it up gently over me and tucked me in.

She stroked my hair and kissed my forehead, and then gave me a big hug.

First, she went to get her very favourite toy - her baby doll Victoria - and tucked her in under the blanket so I would have something to cuddle. She did the same with one of her teddy bears.

Then she went to get her toy medical kit, found the "medicine" syringe and said "Open your mouth, Mumma. I got medicine." And she fed me my "medicine" and gave me another kiss.

Then she went and got a book, plopped down beside the couch and said, "I read to Mumma" and then did exactly that. Periodically, she got back up to give me a nuzzle and a kiss.

If "melting heart" was a medical condition, I'd be in hospital for the duration of my daughter's childhood.