Gracie E

So this is my first diary entry. As a single parent of 3 currently surviving on Universal Credit, I say surviving as it's most certainly not living and long term I hope to be in a better position financially.

But for now my youngest son is almost 2 and I have no childcare to access work right now. Anyways I digress, the worries of everyday life sometimes consume me.

Will I be able to afford food this week? What am I going to do for his upcoming 2nd birthday? What do I do when my older two are growing so fast they constantly need bigger clothes and shoes. School uniforms for a new high school, etc. Etc.

But this week my youngest had an accident and potentially broke two bones in his foot. It was something that was completely out of my control but the worry of having to pay for fuel to get him to hospital, then hospital parking and while I was there with 2 of my 3 children the worry of feeding them while we were there away from the food we have at home. These are things a parent should not have to be worrying about knowing the knock on effect will be felt at the end of the month.

Due to the hospital negligence we have had to go back another two times since Friday which is two more amounts of fuel and parking payments. Luckily this time I was prepared with home made snacks, etc

But this has even my week so far and its exhausting.