For a moment I forgot what this bog was all about... When I started it, it was going to be my Life Coaching support blog. Then I discovered the benefit of writing when you are a mum working from home and need to let off some steam without becoming the annoying friend who won't shut up! So this blog became a reflexion on motherhood, a diary for my boys to read later on and my sanity's life support machine. This blog was going to be for them, Craig and me.
That is when I discovered the lovely Susanna and the fabulous community she created with British Mummy Bloggers. It opened my eyes to a whole new world out there and I met women who were all sharing one thing with me: we were parents and were talking about it. Some of them became as close friends as you can virtually be. Like a girl on drugs, the addiction started and without realising, 6 months later there was the Top 100, then the Top 20, then the offers of reviews, the freebies, the stat monitoring, the number of comments, the number of followers, the number of posts we have to keep up with... A real tornado that took me far far away from my first goal. What about that diary for my babies? What about these profound discussions about Motherhood? What about sharing our ups and downs with other parents and laugh a lot?
I doubt that one day my boys will look at this and want to know about the latest Annabel Karmel Pasta or what we thought of Butlins... I am sure they won't really care about what place we were in the Top 100, and how much of an ego boosting it was for me? What they would want to read is the following:
This morning I watched you both play together and you couldn't have looked more like brothers then. For the first time since Victor was born I saw the look in his eyes that says "Wow Brother, you are good and when I grow up I want to be just like you!". You were both playing with the 100 cookie cutters that you found in a box, hidden in a corner of a cupboard. Elliott, you put a round one on your wrist and held it like a bracelet. In a fraction of second, I saw Victor scrutinising the floor to find one too. He did! He picked it up and put on his wrist too. For a couple of minutes you were both walking around the lounge holding your arm up to prevent you cookie bracelet from dropping off. Then you looked at each other and giggled the most beautiful giggle ever! Victor was looking up at you Elliott, like a little brother looks in awe at his older brother, and you Elliott you were smiling with that very sweet smile. I almost cried at so much love between the 2 of you...
I am praying everyday for this love to last. I have only one wish and it is for you to remain best friends forever. Life will challenge you on that front and you won't always agree with each other choices. You might even totally disagree with the other's life. What we are asking of you is to always be tolerant and non judgmental with each other. We are not all the same and siblings can be very different and it is love and respect that will keep you together. Learn to forgive each other and be there for each other when the tide is low.
Mes deux amours, je vous aime,
Maman
How about you? Do you sometime feel your blog is taking over your life? Do you sometime feel pressurised to deliver better results, better stats, better comments?
Note: Reviews will now be published here and to access them you will need to click on the dedicated link top right. Perfectly Happy Mum Blog will try to remain as much as possible a blog where we reflect on family life and especially motherhood and a memorabilia for my gorgeous boys, Elliott and Victor.
