Many readers will know that I'm often moaning about not seeing enough of my daughter.
However, she lives less than a mile away and, despite my differences with her mother, she is in good, safe hands.
Unlike this girl.
Before arriving here to teach this evening I made a short detour to the next village (Rothley - pronounced Row-thly, newsreaders) and stood for a few moments with some distressed , muted villagers and and lot of media people.
Who, to be fair, looked suitably muted and distressed as well.
We all watched two young girls struggling to light a small candle.
And I think everyone was thinking the same simple thought:
Please let her be safe.
So that's where my thoughts will be tonight.
People in Rothley, the Leicestershire village where the three-year-old lives, will hold a silent vigil in the evening to show their support.
The little girl was abducted from a holiday apartment in Portugal on Thursday.
08/05/07 @ 18:50