Meredith loves to sit really close to the heater. Although I tried to discourage her, she will always have 1001 excuses..."I am cold", "I want to warm up my body" or simply "I like it"...

The other day, she noticed something had happened to the chair she usually sits on...

"What happened to the chair Mum?" She was particularly worried about the protruding lump.

I told her that is what happen when the chair is left too close to the heater.

And then I reminded her how she always likes to put her face so close to the heater...

I told her maybe one day her face may become the same...

She thought about what I said for a while, she thought about it hard.

And I could tell from her expression, in Aunty Pauline's word, which is written "all over her face", that she is telling herself, "I will NEVER sit near the heater again....EVER!"...still looking at the very disturbing protruding lump...