If you see someone without a smile, give them mine:

I talk a lot about my Dad, I can't help myself sometimes. He's a person I'm proud to know - never mind have come from.

1 in 4 UK households are headed by a lone parent:

I'm part of a statistic that has been teetering on the cusp of old school notions and new school ideals for the past decade or more, and on either side I'll be met with disdain and judgment. The old thinking will perpetuate that there is no greater shame than a woman with a child & no man to support her, and the new way of thinking insists that I should have been smart enough to know better, that I've single handedly ruined my life and squandered my potential.

Everyday may not be good, but there's something good in every day:

Some people just aren't worth it, let them go. I used to be so incredibly wrapped up in the approval of people who didn’t care about me. This year, though, I started to actively brush off the people who weren’t interested in showing me affection in return. 

Leaving a bad place:

I’ve recently been reconfiguring everything I thought about emotions and relationships. I know this is heavy for a first post, but I'm not one to skirt around and lace how I feel with less than deserved words.