The Sunshine Blogger Award

Credit: Not me!

I felt so overwhelmed with emotions when I came home from work yesterday and found out that the lovely Malorie had nominated me for this award! It has not even been a month since I joined the blogging world so I was really not expecting this at all!

Thank you so much Malorie! Do go check out her wonderful blog Maloreads – from lifestyle to books to challenges, she’s got it all!

You can connect with Malorie here:
Twitter,
Instagram,
Goodreads,
Bloglovin,
Pinterest.

Before I dive into answering the questions, here are the rules!

1. Thank the awesome blogger who nominated you!
2. Answer all of the 11 questions you were asked by the blogger.
3. Nominate further 11 bloggers and ask them your own 11 questions!
4. List the rules in your post as well the Sunshine Blogger Award logo in your post and/or blog.

1. Why did you decide to start blogging?

I have always found myself wanting to say something especially since becoming a mother. Being the only one out of all my friends to have a baby, I’d think twice whether my friends want to hear about Little A’s random poop explosion or how I ended up going out and not realising that I have baby puke all over me or being very sleep deprived I wore my clothes the wrong way round and only realised in the evening – these are just a few examples.

So coming across parenting blogs I realised that this is what I want! I didn’t know that the blogging community was so big, I first came across vloggers on YouTube then bloggers. Since I have always had a passion for writing I thought why not combine being a Mum and writing!

2. What’s been your favourite post from your blog so far?
My favourite so far is the one that was the most difficult to write emotionally, ‘Birth and Beyond: How I Really Feel’ Little A’s birth story. I have put this as my favourite because when I read it, I can feel proud of myself that I actually managed to write that and share such a personal and to an extent a traumatic experience with the world. I wrote this with the hope that someone may read it and it encourages them to open up their feelings as well one way or another because from my own experience I know that keeping such feelings bottled up can only do damage not good.

3. What’s your favourite social media platform?

Twitter! I am actually only active on Twitter although I have made Facebook and Instagram accounts but I find twitter so simple and easy to use and communicate with fellow bloggers.

4. What’s your greatest achievement outside of blogging?

At first I was confused as to what I can write here but thinking about it, there are two which are connected, it is actually that I achieved a Merit in my Masters of Laws which I did whilst I was pregnant with my first born, my Angel baby, an eventful and emotional pregnancy. Coinciding with this, managing to attend my graduation ceremony a little over a month after my son grew his angel wings. I remember to not wanting to be there, not wanting to face the happy crowds but I just told myself that my son would be so proud of me today. So I walked onto the stage, keeping my son in my mind and smiled an actual genuine smile.


5. What’s a short-term goal you wish to accomplish before the end of the year?
I have a couple of goals for this year that I wish to achieve by the end of the year which are listed here but if I had to choose one between them all then it would have to be moving to a bigger home. With Little A growing up so quickly she needs more space, everyday is like a reminder that we need to move. Although, some people do manage with the space that we have and I feel grateful for what we have but I’d like her to have the freedom that I had when I was a child. This goal, I am confident, will be achieved by the summer.

6. What’s your ideal of day?
An ideal day would be a day where I’d manage to get everything done. Whether that’s going to work, cooking, cleaning, blogging, keeping Little A happy and entertained, eating (I sometimes forget).



7. What’s your favourite book?
If you had asked me this question 10 years ago I would have instantly wrote either the Twilight or the Harry Potter books but now I really don’t have a favourite. Anything that I may come across and read and end up liking will become my favourite for the time being.

8. Who’s your celebrity crush?

If I was younger I probably would have written Johnny Depp or Gareth Barry (footballer) but now I actually don’t have one! I’m so boring, right?

9. Who would you most like to sit next to on a 10-hour flight and why?

My Mum! This is because we both would always have something to talk about and she would take good care of Little A when I’d want to rest my eyes..

10. If you could go back in time to witness a historical event, and only witness it, which event would you pick?

There are many historical events that I would like to witness and change but the one event that I would happily witness and not want to change would be in 1918 when British women first got to vote. It really would have been impeccable and surreal to witness this great achievement.

11. Is there a country you have always wanted to visit, and if so, where?
This is a difficult one! It would have to be a tie between Turkey and Canada! Turkey because of its history and culture and Canada because I have no idea why but I have this strange obsession with Canada, I think Canada is the only other country in the world that I can see myself living in other than the UK.