Introduction

I'm a single mum to 2 kids Little Miss 5 and Little Mr 2 1/2. I just turned 29 2 weeks ago.
It has now been just a few days over 12 months since their father and I separated and I can legally lodge the divorce papers now. However due to him residing under the same roof for another 2 1/2 weeks after the separation its easier to lodge them after the move out date which was the 22nd so I can lodge them after the 23rd.
The last 2 1/2 years has been a huge rollercoatser ride for me. When Little Mr 2 1/2 was 6 weeks old our house was set on fire and this in turn brought to the forefront all the problems in our marriage along with depression/anxiety/stress issues.
Being a single mum has been tough and finances are the biggest problem at the moment, causing a lot of stress here, which in turn is affecting my moods and my interaction with the kids.
The original aim of this diary/blog is a gratitude diary. Every day I need to find 3 things to be grateful for/happy about. I know that there will be a lot of other stuff happening too which i might like to get off my chest, so it will be a mixture of everything...however no matter how bad my day has been i MUST include those 3 things to be grateful for/happy about/thankful for.
In less than 12 months I will be 30 and looking back over my 20s I see a lot of decisions I could have made differently and a lot of pain and "piles of shit". So I am hoping that my 30s will be a much better time and i now have less than 12 months to do all the things i need to do in order to ensure that by the time i reach 30 my life is different and I can get on and enjoy my 30s. So here goes my journey, as tedious and uninteresting as it may be...