A mum repeatedly stabbed her daughter after telling her: "I don't love you as much as I used to."
Irene Forrester, 66, left Linda Ann Forrester, 38, with a collapsed lung and broken rib after plunging the blade into her four times.
A court heard Forrester, who is a retired nurse, had suddenly blurted out she no longer had the same love for her daughter.
But now the offender faces jail after she pleaded guilty to assault causing severe injury and danger of life.
Moments after the vicious attack, Forrester, of Partrick, Glasgow, told the police: "I hope she is not dead."
Lorri Pidgeon, prosecuting, said: “Forrester told her daughter that she was going to put her out her misery and stabbed her four times.”
Despite the bloody wounds, Linda Ann managed to escape the flat into her car before calling an ambulance.
Glasgow Sheriff Court heard Forrester called 999 to confess.
"I stabbed my daughter. I hope she is not dead. I'm very sorry," the former nurse said.
"She will be dead. I am guilty. It is so bad."
The pensioner was later held by police, who found the knife at the flat.
She told officers: "I did it. I did not want to do it, but sometimes enough is enough."
Linda Ann suffered wounds to her back, hip and arms. She was fortunately able to leave hospital days later.
Neil Stewart, defending, said: "She believes this is an extremely serious matter.
"She acted disproportionately, but was at the end of her tether with her daughter."
No further explanation was given in court.
Sheriff Alan MacKenzie continued Forrester's bail meantime.
But, he told her: "Custody is at the forefront of my thinking due to the gravity of the offence."
