Love All Dad
Wow! I think I might still be in shock. A few weeks ago, I was gobsmacked to find out that we had been nominated alongside four amazing bloggers for the Best Non-Dad Blog award. Having only been blogging just over a year, I genuinely thought that I had no chance of winning. On Sunday I had been practicing my gracious loser face all day, as there was NO WAY we could win. Sunday night arrived and just out of casual interest (!) I kept refreshing the LoveAllDads Twitter page. Well blow me down, we actually won!
I don’t want this to turn into a Gwynnie Oscar acceptance speech, but I did want to just let you know what it means to me; to show you how much I appreciate it.
About a year ago, around the time I started this blog, I was diagnosed with PND. This in itself was a shock to me; I was not the type of person to be depressed (ha ha, little did I know PND doesn’t care what type of person you are). I hadn’t got time to be depressed; I had everything I wanted so badly and I really felt guilty for feeling so sad. However, it was true, I think crying several times a day should have given me the heads up! For those who have never suffered, PND robs you of the essence of you; you change and at some points don’t recognise yourself. The confidence you used to have disappears, the simple things you used to do easily become challenges and your emotional resilience decreases.
I was lucky, I found my blog and although I rarely post about PND, it has given me back my voice. It is my place to escape to and something I love dearly. However, probably due to the PND and being terribly British, I find I am quite apologetic about my blog. I am always so surprised when someone tells me they have actually read it; even more so when they say they like it! My confidence is pretty low, so I automatically think other blogs are automatically better than mine.
So this award, the fact that someone liked what we do enough to nominate us and then the panel selected us as the best in that category…. Well we must be doing something right; maybe I should start to believe. All the lovely comments that I have received through social media, congratulating me, were amazing! I appreciated every single one. So thank you to LoveAllDads for picking my blog and for helping to give me back my confidence. Congratulations to all the other winners and finalists.
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Congrats.
Well deserved!
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Thank you so much, that is very kind of you x
Congratulations! I’m not surprised that winning the award has been such a pick-me-up. Well done!
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Thank you Nell, it is a great tonic x
I am not surprised at all and think you thoroughly deserve this award, well done my lovely enjoy xxxx
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Oh thank you so much huni, that is so nice of you x
congrats!! enjoy your win 😀
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I will, thanks hun! x
Congratulations on your win. You really deserve it,. you put a lot in to your blog
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Thank you so much Jen, that means a lot x
Very well done.
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Thank you so much x
Well done on your deserved win!
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Thank you Tim, you too! 🙂 x
Congratulations again on you’re very well deserved win 🙂 x
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Thank you my lovely x
Awww congratulations and well done. And remember, humility is a quality not everyone is blessed with and makes you human and approachable. x
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Thank you so much Aisha, such a kind comment x
Oh, how wonderful. Congratulations and make sure you bask in your spotlight and enjoy it’s warmth!
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Thank you so much for your lovely comment x
whoo well done. I bet you feel awesome.
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Thank you Emma, I do 🙂 x
Congratulations! You’ve done amazing well 🙂
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Thank you very much x
A well deserved accolade my dear! Well done!
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Thank you so much huni x
Well done! It’s always great to hear about someone being rewarded for doing something they love well!
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Thank you, that is a really lovely comment x
Congratulations! It’s things like this that make blogging all the sweeter.
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Thank you lovely x
Woohooo congratulations to you!! Very well deserved! x
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Aww thank you huni, that is very sweet of you x
Aby, what a lovely post. Congratulations on your award and for getting through your PND and finding your voice again.
Keep writing! I will follow your blog now. 🙂
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Your comment made my day, thank you so much x
Huge congratulations, very well deserved 🙂
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Thank you Sara 🙂 x
Congratulations! 🙂
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Thank you! x
Congrats!! 🙂
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Thanks! x
What wonderful news honey! And well blooming done – you deserve it! xx
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Thank you so much huni. xx
Yay well done you x
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Thank you x
Well done!
Huge congratulation.
Well deserved award!
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Thank you that is very kind x
Congratulations and well done on the award. x
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Thank you so much x
Wow well done, I love your blog so it is great to see it receive the recognition it deserves
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That is such a kind thing to say lovely, thank you x
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Thank you my darling xxx
Huge congrats sweetie, so deserved, honour to have been a finalist with you. I love your blog and you are right, you better start believing how brilliant you are. I’m sorry to hear about your PND and so glad your blog has helped you feel like you and given you back your voice, I always said the latter about my own blog-when I started in Nov 2010 when Oliver was 10 months old I felt lost and alone and it really gave me my voice and confidence back and a couple of years later became my full time job-blogging is a joy, I feel so passionate about it, I SIMPLY love it-here’s to many more years darling and many more awards for you. Thanks for linking up to #brilliantblogposts x
Well done lovely xx
Congratulations! Like others have said, it’s well deserved. It’s so nice to hear that blogging has been helping you through PND and has allowed you to find your voice again.
So happy for you! Congratulations, you were already deserving a reward and here it is 🙂
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Thank you so much x