I am a working mother of 2 wonderful daughters, 16 and 9, and I have a supportive husband. I work full time and my husband does mostly side work so that someone is in town to take care of our girls because in this day and age who can afford outside childcare. As of now he has only got about 10 full days of work in sense the end of August. I am making enough to at least keep our home, pay our bills and keep the necessities going but, I am not doing so great with keeping food on the table and househould supplies. We live paycheck to paycheck and do not get me wrong I am truly thankful to have a steady job but the worst feeling as a mom is knowing that when you get home from a long hard day of work that the kids are going to say "Whats for dinner?" and to not be able to answer that question is heartbreaking. My girls know that I work very hard and that times are tough right now but it does not seem fair to them to see me struggle to just keep food and necessary items in stock. I try to keep a smile on my face, and try to be excited when they talk about what they want for Christmas but it is very hard when I know I am barely keeping food in the house. I can not even imagine trying to get Christmas this year. I wish with all of my heart that Santa is real and something good will come along. I will keep saying my prayers each night, live my life right and keep smiling.
