Only one person in the room didn’t cry that day and it was the man hunched on a chair, singing passionately from the darkest corners of his soul.

But pain is hard to put into words and in life there is always pain. It’s as natural as birth or death. Pain makes us who we are, it teaches us and tames us, it can destroy and it can save.

She was drawn to damaged souls like a moth to a flame.

It’s funny how the world works, how we win and lose, how we can never really know what’s ahead though we never stop planning. How we survive and move on. There’s a sadness that comes with survival, but also more joy to be had.

After night comes day. After death comes life. Even at your darkest time look around because you are never really alone. You are loved.

Today I’m alive and here, and now it’s my job to fill my daughter’s world with love, happiness and security. She doesn’t need Disney Land, she just needs me, and I’ll do my best so that when I’m gone she’ll have a head full of memories and a heart full of love.

Only one person in the room didn't cry that day and it was the man hunched on a chair, singing passionately from the darkest corners of his soul.

People wasted so much time seeking out the love of their lives in the shape of a partner, when the truth was that for most the real loves of their lives were their children - and everyone else was dispensable.

I thought he'd pick me, I know he has kids, but when it came down to it, I really thought he'd pick me."Tears rolled down her face and her nose ran. She sniffed."I know I'm selfish""You're human""I wanted him to abandon his children

The emptiness made her insides ache.