He is the best thing that has ever happened to us as a family, and has brought us even closer together.” In the book’s intro, they say, “we have never, ever known a love like the one we all have for him. The first positive pregnancy test was on Ma– World Down Syndrome Day – and Gina and Karol know that they were meant to be his parents. Gene was always meant to be in the Daly family. We were just so delighted that we had this perfect little baby.” “There was almost an element of knowing, even though I didn’t know, so it didn’t come as a massive shock or anything like that. Born with as the Daly’s like to say “an extra chromosome of awesomeness,” Gina says she knew from the moment she met him that he had Down syndrome. Ten months ago, Gina gave birth to Gene by emergency section. On the rainiest of days, sometimes the sun peeps through. At a time when Irish families were experiencing the most painful of losses completely alone, the Daly’s story made them feel less so. In 2020 the couple gave voice to the unthinkable when they shared their experience of baby loss in the middle of a pandemic. Since the publication of their first book, they have shared their personal struggles along with their kitchen successes, and it’s their ability and willingness to be vulnerable that has earned them legions of fans. Pre-pandemic and pre-Daly Dish, they worked in marketing and design. Living in the countryside with their three children, Holly, Ben and Gene, their life centres around togetherness. ![]() It’s not their intention to showcase picture-perfect scenes, full of before and after photos and an idyllic family life. This club-within-a-club mentality is the community that Gina and Karol foster, offering a bird’s eye view into their lives, warts and all. “A lot of it is about thinking about how to make your dinner so delicious that you actually want to eat it.” “The thing I noticed from the slimming clubs I have joined over the years is that a brand will have all their recipes and meal ideas online and in their booklets, but in the classes, the people who are in the club all rely on each other for inspiration,” Gina says.
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