Having a tuff time today

Things have been getting me down for about a week now and try as I have to stay positive I just cant seam to do it... the purple fish has gone for a while and im back to my blue one... I think im too trusting and keep getting myself hurt... I always think things are going to get better for me and hope that somewhere in my future things will work out for me but just keep getting knocked down by the lorry I didn't see coming... I feel so fed up of trying to pick myself up and start again... when does all this start to get better?? In fact will it start to get

We moved into the new house in February.  My boyfriend's stepdaughter chose the biggest bedroom upstairs, but we allowed it so we could have the basement to ourselves.  Bear in mind, this is no blood relative of his... she chooses to live with him and not her own mother, and she also chose to come back home from Ottawa cos she missed her boyfriend.  She had an apartment up there (shared) that she paid for, plus utilities, food etc.  But since she moved "home" she has not paid anything.  This really pisses me off, especially when her stuff started to migrate to other rooms.  My boyfriend

It’s a January morning in 2003 and I can’t bring myself to take the kids to school. What will I say when someone asks me “How are you?” The answer, you see, is just not the stuff of polite conversation.

“W E L L… My partner of ten years has just dumped me. I was supposed to live with him into old age. I had no idea he wasn’t happy. I loved the bastard. But that was only the half of it - he has dumped me with three kids under seven. With not enough savings to build a realist future…..

With no job...

With a house that was going to be sold to pay off debts...

With no pension....

With a fortieth