snot

zoe has her first cold and by golly it's amazing how much grief a bit of snot can cause. when i was 12 i broke my arm riding a bike and my mum said up until that point she had always wanted to suffer for me.... but she didn't want to take on the broken arm for me :). at the time i thought it was a strange thing to say however now that i'm a mum myself i can totally understand what she meant. i wish i could take on that snot and blow it out of zoe's nose for her.