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The Little Lilypad is a lifestyle blog mostly written by a mum to two beautiful, cheeky and entertaining daughters. It is sometimes written by the Man on the Pad or by one of our baby bloggers. Occasionally we accept guest posts too. There is frequently talk of sustainable living, saving money, lifestyle and travel. It is hopefully helpful, sometimes funny and always honest.
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Things I have realised ....

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It was my birthday yesterday and another year has passed. Each year is made up of 365 days, 52 weeks and 8765.81277 hours, so there is alot of time to reflect on the things that I have learnt in the past 12 months and I have realised the following things.
 
1. You cant please everyone all of the time. This is obviously not a new revelation and whether this is buying the wrong present for my god child or inadvertantly upsetting a relative over a party invite, it is not intentional and certainly not the end of the world. This is just the way it is.
 
2. Starting an online gift business is both fun and hard work. Enough said.
 
3, People let you down. Both personally and professionally, people  let you down. This maybe because of personal circumstance, lack of care or simply because its the way they are. I have to accept that everyone is different and it is not personal.
 
4. When you are a grown up, you dont have to grow up. The oldest of people can still be young at heart.
 
5. Children dont want quality time, they just want your time. My laptop is and will always be in 2nd place. (despite twitter tempting me with humorous tweets)
 
6. New friends maybe around for the short or long term - dont analyse - just enjoy. Old friends are not always the best for you, no matter how long you hold onto the memories of the past.
 
My thirties (ahem) are the best years of my life so far, I have two daughters who bring so  much happiness every day, we are surrounded by fantastic family and friends, the Little Lilypad Co is steadily growing and we are finding lots more beautiful, unique and unusual gifts for our loyal customers.
 
If you follow us on Twitter, you will know our love of inspirational quotes,  so will leave you with this one.
 
"Yesterday is History, Tomorrow a Mystery, Today is a Gift, Thats why it's called the Present"
 
 

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  1. Great list - and so true. Number 3 resonates with me because I just had my 40th birthday party last month and a friend who'd known about it for 6 months made pathetic excuses not to come. It was a relaxed event in the garden and went on all day, so she could have popped in for an hour. But she didn't. When I was younger, I'd have got very emotional about this and probably picked a fight with her. Nowadays, I accept some people are selfish/thoughtless and I focus on the many who did bother to come along and spend time with me. I'm thankful for them. And I accept this other "friend" for who she is and just reflect my level of effort for her to the level of effort she's made for me.

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  2. As you said - kids don't need 'quailty time' just your time - and as my wise old mum used to say - Memories don't come with a price tag'

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  3. Amen to that. My birthday was yesterday and I could have written the same thing! Especially the bit about growing up. What is that quote about being old and arriving gracefully versus skidding in sideways? That's us kiddo.

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