Playing along with Britmums again…

britmums blog prompt for this week is:

What is the best thing that has happened to you as result of blogging. 

I tentatively stumbled into the world of blogging when my now nearly 6 year old daughter was still just a baby, i think sitting up in a highchair (just) type baby. A friend of mine had mentioned she had one and that it was the new thing in how people kept in touch and shared ideas about topics, ordinary and extraordinary! 

Wandering into Typepad interface for the first time i chose a name based on kids tv programme that my kids were into at the time, yeah..not the most imaginative but three kids under 4 meant my decision making process was fairly ….um..basic.

I often wonder why i actually did start a blog. At the time i did say it was for the benefit of my family, so they could keep up with what the kids are doing etc. But actually I think i started because i wanted to write…something i have always wanted to have a go at and never really known how to. So in my own little way this was my place to start getting 'out there'

But i think perhaps the best things so far about this blog was that it gave me an interface to share some information that i was too scared to share face to face with people. Mostly because i was frightened of their reactions to our surprising news. 

You can read that post here and i was terrified when i pressed publish but what i received was such warmth and support and encouragement that it lifted me and bouyed me in a time when i was drowning in shock and disappointment. 

and that was (as Lola would say) my favourite and my best. 

and the happy ending to that story is right here….

 

If you want to see more of these from Britmums, they are here

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