Now this 'lady' has trolled me before; she had a complete moan about my early blogs and called them vacuous. I do realise that a year after starting my blogs they have changed as I've settled into my writing and I'm more comfortable within this. I would hope that they have improved and will continue improving. The thing is though instead of sending me a private message she attacked me on my page in front of everyone. So, me being me, instead of responding I deleted it and wrote a Blog about trolls. And I thought that was that.
Nope
Some of you might have seen the IG post that was going around, or if you're a friend you will have seen my repost on Facebook. A fan of Asking put this together and sent it to me. I thought it was brilliant, as in funny, not taking myself seriously, brilliant. It made me laugh. I was flattered of course that someone feels that my beautiful Ben and Bex are worthy of a greater accolade than the inventors of Facebook and Twitter and that I, in fact, am the reason they exist (at this point I should add that it wasn't an immaculate conception, it does take two to tango).
But it appears she took great offence to this and starting ranting that all I did was post about how much I love my children. That I'm coming across as precious and spoilt. Comparing my posts about my children to the plight of the Syrian refugees. Not at all sure what the link was to be honest. I'm pretty sure that it's an on going, deeply sad, political unrest that has caused their plight not me posting about Ben and Bex. Anyway, once family and friends began standing up for me she started attacking them also. I can only presume that she is deeply unhappy and was drunk at the time. Do you know what, attack me as much as you like, but my daughter and one of my best friends... Seriously lady, get a life. She ended up looking pathetic and dreary with everyone asking why I was friends with such a nasty minded person.
Suffice to say, said 'lady' and her family are blocked.
I will happily discuss the Syrian refugees around a table with friends, as I post blogs on the thousands of children dying from hunger each day; I will petition for smear tests to be available from 18 and for mammograms to be available at 40. What I won't do is attack friends and family in such a vitriolic attack either privately or on a public forum. My Facebook is for the lighter side of life. For me to meet up with my friends whom I can't see on a regular basis. It's for the occasional prompt for us to be good to each other and our planet. My friends know what I deal with in my life, I don't need to post it all over Facebook; that's what messenger and Whatsapp are for. That is my private life. I'm also a believer that politics and religion should not be mixed with friends because as the world is showing us on a brutal scale, the two things can lead to unrest and evil.
But all she did was actually remind me that I've only posted a couple of blogs since my extended summer in the UK with family and friends. She reminded me it was time to get my blog on and restart my musings about life and the world. That I do in fact have things I want to talk about and pass on. So I'm going to continue posting on Facebook about my children because I love them beyond everything and I'm proud of them both; the adversities they've faced and overcome, will face again and still overcome. Because we are a strong family unit and in this dysfunctional world that's something to be celebrated. I will continue writing my blogs and if on occasion you don't agree with me or have a different view point please feel free to message me; I'm open to all sides of a story and I'm happy to learn from everyone.