Come and celebrate our new [thanks] emoticon by saying Thank You to a Mumsnetter who's made a difference. Spot prizes to be won and all!

[HelenMumsnet]

Hello.

We have a new emoticon:

It's meant as a way for say thank you to someone for something nice/funny/amazing they've done or said. And it's in no small way inspired by the lovely Mumsnet Blanket Crew who've been agitating- very politely but very persistently - for a thank you emoticon for some time now. (They originally wanted a star but we thought a bunch of flowers probably had a bit less of the 'prefecty'/'sticker chart' thing going on.)

We want to mark the arrival of our new emoticon by starting this special Thank You thread - and inviting you to say to another Mumsnetter who's made a difference to you.

Perhaps it's a Mumsnetter who has posted (or PM'd) something that helped you or supported you or inspired you ? or just made you laugh like a drain. Or maybe it's someone who's done something extraordinary for you, off-board or on.

Do come and tell us about it - and thank her/him for it - here. We're hoping for a thread full of for some truly lovely MNers.

Oh, and we've also got some rather covetable prizes - books, toys and some very cool (child and adult) bike helmets from Bell - to give away as spot prizes. Anyone who posts on this thread is in with a chance of winning - we'll pull names at random out of a hat in a couple of days' time.

, MNHQ

I'd like to thank mumsnet for this [thank] !

I would like to give to missdisorganised for getting through the past year and more and wish her all the luck in Uni.

to dittany for having unleashed the dorment feminist in me!

Thank you for the Mouseface. The reason that thread was so successful was because you've helped so many, they all jumped on the chance to show their appreciation
Yay for your prize!

Thank you IvySedai. I am very touched.

A HUGE THANK YOU
to Carrots and celery who heard
my plea about weaning myself
off nicotine tablets and
(following a PM) posted me
the most delicious Scottish
sweets to suck.

To all the posters on the love bus to Crealy thread and it's subsequent offpring. The book titles had me laughing for weeks and as for "shopping for carbs with Claire".......pmsl ever time I remember it.

'Shopping for carbs with Claire' definitely deserves a

Another thanks to tiktok for being lovely in the face of my hormonal sleep deprived madness. Many moons ago, and when I was in a previous incarnation, but kept me going.

Tethers has to get one, for maybe slightly less important, but greatly appreciated help on a shoe search.

i would like to give a big bunch to the mumsmetters who send me some gifts from the secret santa so very kind :)

I did this once but thought of more

FlamingRedHead and MrsDV who are always there with kind words and support despite the fact that I am amazed how they get up each morning after what they have coped with. I think you two are bloody amazing.

I would like to give a to truthsweet for giving my loads of support when I was trying to get bf going with my DS.

also to AuldAlliance for giving me a load baby clothes and a pump which really helped me out.

Last but not least, to the Nov 2010 posse for the laughs, support and good advice :)

2shoes, because she's very lovely and has given me some great advice recently.

2shoes you are an utter star

Valhalla for all her wonderful doggy wisdom

DooinMeCleanin for her great advice and really funny stories - and for making me feel my terrier isn't quite so difficult!

julienoshoes because she gives wonderful advice in home ed again and again, and never tires of helping people, no matter how often she is asked the same thing.

Marjoriew because it always brightens my day to see her on a thread. :)

and for ApocalypseCheeseToastie for always having some wonderful gadget up her sleeve and making my Christmas shopping easy

to those who've taken the trouble to post that my wittering at them/listening to them has made a difference when they were struggling

I'm sitting here sobbing, because when I worked through my own hell of complex PTSD, traumatic birth and child abuse issues I asked God to promise me that it would not all be for nothing. And it seems it hasn't been...

Flamesparrow, BALD, and others who helped me one evening a couple of years ago after my friend died. Never forgot it.
And the lovely berolina who doesn't post any more (or maybe yes?) and who helped me with my funeral speech when I was struggling.

ApocalypseCheeseToastie for being there for me

To AnyFucker, she's always there with solid, funny advice.
Don't seem to have flowers on phone, so will have to be a instead!

I need to say a massive thank you to all my fellow shineys
I know we are generally known as a bunch of cunts on MN
However, the support, advice, laughter, fights and constant chatter is what has got me through the past few years.
I will never forget the day the Ocado van pulled up with a massive shop they had done for me to get me through a tough time (I tried to send the man away but he insisted it was for me and then I cried. I don't think he will come back here in a hurry!)
But the one thing I have to say for more than anything is the posts, emails, texts etc that simply say 'Hey Jaq, how are things?'

Um, so many to name...

Riven, Peachy and 2shoes for opening my eyes. I have learned a huge amount from those ladies and I hope, have become a slightly better person for it.
mrz, feenie, indigobell and, horrors, I have forgotten her username - the lady who was a teacher and who lost her husband - for all the helpful teaching insights.
OJ and Trinity and rindercella and Misdee and Edgar plus others whose names I can't quite pull out of memory right now, who by sharing their traumas have helped others and also shown such dignity and bravery.
lulumama, tiktok, and the midwives (whose names I will go 'of course!' when I see them) who post of here to reassure and inform.
Plus all the other incredibly funny and sharp women (and men) what make be lol on a daily basis...

Another one I forgot - to RockStockandTwoOpenBottles for guiding me to the way to access BBC iPlayer from overseas - love you for that! x

Oh yes I luffs RockStock

Ye Gads! Last post was 'that make me lol', not 'what make be lol'...

Also, have remembered Dittany for insightful view on the world, kewcumber, nananina, thefirstmrsdevere,earthmotherimnot all for their kindness in sharing their experiences and knowledge most generously...

to MouseFace and MadameOvary for their boundless kindness and caring

to AnyFucker and solidgoldbrass who scare me a little bit but who always go in straight for the kill with succintness and insight

to garlicnutty for appearing to share a brain with me

to PiranhaMorgana for kind words, at length, when I was feeling suicidal