Going behind my back

'Literally' has to be one of the most overused words in the English language - it should be one of those words that you literally never see or hear. But earlier on today my youngest daughter, who is six, took something I said literally - which is what children do of course - because they haven't learnt the complexities of language yet.

Many of you will know that as a family we're following 40Acts throughout Lent. As well as the daily challenges for the adults there is a wall chart for children with their daily challenge too. Today's children's challenge was 'say something nice about someone behind their back'.

A few minutes later my daughter crept up behind me and whispered, 'I love you'. Needless to say that made my day.