User:Sarah Jane Butfield

Is your glass half full or half empty? Life is tough and when you feel like the glass is half empty it’s time for change. After what felt like a lifetime of adversity including two failed marriages, losing custody of one of my daughters to a philandering freeloader and the death of my mother, obviously something had to change. I resolved not to waste anymore of my life on people who did not share, respect or appreciate the value of life itself. My new positive approach would help me achieve a good life for myself and my children which we knew we deserved. In 1997 I met Nigel, we live life to the full. Fast forward to 2008 with good times ahead of me and my glass half full, we made one of the biggest and most difficult decisions of our lives, to emigrate to Australia. We lived the Australian dream embracing the adventure, however adversity tested us along the way with a variety trials and tribulations. With the final trial appearing to be a test too far, ‘Glass half full’ is about taking the chance of a new life, achieving it, living it and losing it. When all hope is lost what does it take to fight back retaining your dignity, self respect, sanity and above all positivity?