WOW WHAT A WEEK.........

I'll start by saying I’m shocked by all the attention that The Living Gorgeously blog has received over the last week.

It has been great awareness for the mamami brand but has also been a little unnerving.

As a time-starved mummy and business owner I re-posted a blog I’d put up last year. It was an email (as you may know) sent by a girlfriend. It had me howling and crying with laughter. So much so that I felt that I had to share it with as many people as possible. So, in November 2011 I posted ’14 Steps to go through before deciding to become a parent’. Yes it caused some of my friends to giggle and comment, I think I had a total of 3 comments….not bad I thought.

When I re-tweeted and re-facebooked it this year imagine the shock and surprise when the comments started coming in. The comments slowly trickled in, majority of the commentators were on my wavelength and thought it was hilarious others were less impressed. I wasn't sure how to react or whether to respond?! So I didn't...I just kept quite.

I nearly fell over when I found out that The Daily Mail had picked it up, ABC New York phoned me to ask me my thoughts (YIKES) and early this morning I found out that it had also been written about on ABC Australia. A huge number of other blogs took it (and some very kindly linked back to me).

The fact everyone globally has commented, liked and re-posted means that The Steps resonate with parents worldwide. It mirrors parenting themes we all relate to and laugh about.

So having seen the comments continue to flood in I felt I should finally ‘comment’ back,

•  I didn’t write it but I really wish I had. The person who wrote this has a brilliant sense of humour and has captured some of hilarities of being a parent.
• Just because a person goes through IVF does not mean they can’t see the funny side to parenting. I myself went through IVF and feel utterly blessed to have two very gorgeous little divas.
• However this does not mean that I love the sleepless nights (and the wonderful dark circles and puffy eyes that seem to be a permanent feature to my face these days).
• Or enjoy repeating everything I say a million times (sometimes my jaw aches).
• I’d also love it if my kitchen remained clean for more than 5 mins. Seemingly not possible with a 2 and 5 year old.
• And once an anally punctual adult, I’ve now become one of those people you have to wait for! Especially if I’m coming with my girls!

Despite all this I wouldn’t change my role as a mummy for 
anything in the world. I spent 4 years trying to get pregnant, I spent an agonizing 9 months praying that everything would be ok with the baby and once my baby girl was born I thought I'd stop worrying and guess what I didn't, she is now 5 and I still worry.

From the moment I laid my eyes on my princesses I felt nothing but unconditional love.

BUT and a very big BUT despite my utter devotion to my divas I have to laugh about my journey as a parent. Mr P and I have been through pretty much most of the 14 steps and for those we’ve not encountered friends have.  Just because you laugh does not mean you don’t care or that you take your role as a parent less seriously. 

So on that note a BIG thank you to those of you who have read, passed on and commented on the blog. If you are at The Baby Show this weekend do come over to E82 and say hello in person and finally.....