My favourite of Samala’s pet names for the girls is Angel Fish. Nell looks a bit like an angel to me – though I imagine Samala has good cause to snort at that description at times. Three-year-old’s might look angelic, but looks can be deceiving. When I stumbled out of bed after a recent sleepover Nella spotted me sleepily lurching into awakeness and launched herself up the hallway, flinging herself at me for a full body contact cuddle. Little arms wrapped fiercely around me, squeezing tightly. It was a nice way to wake up having a little body loving me.