CHILDLIKE JOY
Image credit: www.canstockphoto.com The evening breeze conveyed little children's shrill laughter and chatter into Mandy’s ears. Squeals of delight came from the children as they jumped several times on a mattress placed on a floor in the garden. Two of the children were her nieces; one was her nephew while others were neighbours. Yesterday, like many others days, they had played on a mattress in the ‘children’s room’. But once Tobi, Mandy’s nephew collided with a wall clock that fell clattering on the floor, Mandy had angrily pulled a mattress out of the house when the children couldn’t stop jumping on a mattress. Mandy watched the children’s hilarious display with enthusiasm even though she was s...